... on your life than it set out to have. When those things are forced into every part of your life as a child they become very things you disgust and turn your back on when you become an adult. Nowhere is this more evident than in James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man where being punished by several different people severely affects the growth and development ... of the protagonist, Stephen Dedalus. We meet the young Stephen as he is interacting with his family and his ... neighbors, and we see the first image of punishment. Stephen expresses his intention to marry his neigh...

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