A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man By James Joyce

A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man By James Joyce

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man describes Stephen Dedalus’s development from a bright young student to a promising clergy student to an artist. The story is set in Ireland around the turn of the century and starts with his earliest memories as a boy before moving on to his momentous epiphany, where he tells his closest friends that he has decided to pursue art instead of religious life. The combination of Stephen's temperament, which affects his perceptions of the world, his relationships with people, and his interpretation of social dynamics leads to his choice.