Dedalus and Daedalus In James Joyce’s novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Joyce tells

But this is rooted into what his grandpa taught him. As a child, Stephen was reprimanded by his grandpa many times for not doing things right. When Stephen is deciding to go with the group from Settlers Landing, the voice of his grandpa reminds him, “Don’t trust anybody.” The relationship between Jenny and Stephen is awkward because he is at first angry with her. The fight caused Stephen to distrust Jenny, but his love grows as he sees how much Jenny cares for him. As the book progresses, we find fewer mentions of Stephen’s grandpa, and Stephen becomes more open. The setting in the book changes as well, from Stephen’s desolate salvaging world to a home with civilized things that modern America has, with the exception of one thing: technology. The reason that Stephen was able to relate with the people of Settlers Landing was because they did not have the pleasure to be lazy. This made the transition gradual and kept Stephen’s trust levels to not have sudden drops. The setting change also changed him because he has been so used to disappointment from his grandpa reprimanding him to his mom dying, to where everything seems too good to be

As one of their conversations comes to an end, Stephen thinks, “I remained silent. Unlike me, he doesn’t seem to need anything more. I guess all his years alone have left him comfortable with himself… Sometimes the house is so quiet I feel like the only noise that fills my mind is what I’ve created myself. Remembered conversations come back to me as if my friends and family were right here in the room” (17).

The narrative then shifts to how he describes her and his feelings of her in his notebook, they are summed up in a single word ‘Pulse’. Stephen’s growing attraction towards Isabelle become increasingly apparent with his awareness of the way she moves and noticeably how she eats and drinks. “Her white hands seemed barely to touch the cutlery when they ate at the family dinner table and her lips left no trace of their presence on the wine glass”.

What makes this character feel real? There are many things Hugh Winkleman does that make him see more believable. Hugh Winkleman is a character in the novel Schooled by Gordon Korman. Schooled is about a thirteen-year-old hippie who goes to a public school for the first time after being homeschooled by his grandmother until she's sent to the hospital due to a bad fall. But, when Capricorn Anderson(Cap) joins the new school, almost everyone there torments him and tries to break him so that he will stop being so nice. But that all stops once everyone realizes that Cap is a much better person than the rest of them. Everyone else begins to appreciate Cap as they try to become more like him. This paper discusses Hugh Winkleman round as a character through his path and purpose in the text, his interactions and effect on others, and his change over time.

The first Moore, the author, began his deviance in school through failing to do his assignments and performing extremely poorly in class. The second Moore, the prisoner, began through the use of a knife to solve conflicts as a child. Another case of defiance in the two children is evident when the first Moore, the author, started vandalizing public property. On the other hand, the other Moore was busy helping drug peddlers in supplying narcotics in the neighborhood. The mother of the first Moore became concerned of his son’s behavior and enrolled him to a prison school, where he would later become a leader of several cadets. It was while at this school that he gave his deviant behavior after several attempts to escape failed. The discipline levels in the school were extremely high, resulting in the young Moore changing his behavior for the better (Moore, 2011).

Holling lives in a house that his dad desighned which he calls the perfect house. The story also takes place at school whick he described it as full and with alot of halls. Holling also lives right in between the temple and church, but since he is presbyterian, he doesnt go to the temple or church.

     Despite his situation, Stephen is able to separate the good from the bad and his experiences benefit him greatly. In the

“The Book Thief” presented a story filled with various themes that comprised a powerful plot line. Although there were many themes in the story, there was one that stood out to me more than others. In the process of reading the book, the theme of suffering affected me the most. The definition of the word suffer is to experience or be subjected to something bad or unpleasant. Different characters within the story are subjected to dreadful feelings and are therefore suffering. Through my analyzation, I observed the three different types of suffering that the characters experienced: guilt, feelings of emptiness, and anxiety. The characters of “The Book Thief” experience these three types of suffering in different ways.

Shortly after his mother's death, in place of Stephen Hero, Joyce wrote A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, which was based on the events of his life (Gifford 160). In this largely autobiographical novel, Joyce wrote that "I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to force in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race" (Gifford 177). Joyce appears as the character Stephen Dedalus in this book. Like Joyce, Stephen finds himself in conflict with his family, the Roman Catholic Church, and the nationalistic zeal of the Irish people. Also, like Joyce, Dedalus leaves Ireland and wishes to become a writer (www.jamesjoyce.ie). By depicting Stephen with a mixture of irony and sympathy, Joyce suggests the special importance of the artist in the modern world.

On his final day as a teacher, the despairing Mr. Holland is led to the school auditorium, where his professional life is surprisingly redeemed. Hearing that their beloved

His family’s confidence never dwindled; time after time, they joined a crusade to save Richard’s soul. Tensions began to increase when Aunt Addie enrolled Richard in the religious school where she taught. Labeled as a black sheep, Richard continued to defy the iron fist of his family. The conflict between Aunt Addie and Richard exploded when he was accused of eating walnuts in class. Richard knew the boy in front of him was guilty, but he abided by the “street code” and said nothing. Despite Richard’s denial, Aunt Addie did not conduct an investigation and immediately beat Richard in front of the class. After submitting to his aunt, he finally confessed the guilty suspect. Rather than to commend Richard for the truth, Aunt Addie attempted to beat him again after school. However, brandishing a knife, Richard defended himself. He had stood up for his dignity and pride, something that was worth more to him than anything.

As he grows older, his style changes and he sees the real world as it really is as opposed to his fantasies he had when he was younger. A major development in the story is the actual act of becoming a man. Boys his age have a festival for many days that lead up to their circumcision, after which they become men. After this accomplishment, he still writes about his fears and his thoughts but he is much more wary to keep them to himself. And as he grows even older he moves away from home to attend Technical College for four years. These years change him very much and when he returns home he is much more of an adult and conducts himself in such a manner.

Both Dante and Stephen's own mother associate themselves with punishment when they assert that he "will apologise" or "the eagles will come and pull out his eyes" (Joyce 246). This incident results in Stephen's composition of a poem based on "apologise" and "eyes," one of his first artistic endeavors. Dante and Mrs. Dedalus, having planted these words in Stephen's mind, are the first females to inspire him to create.

inability to escape their lives. In another of Joyce’s writings, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young

Stephen starts as an object - Baby Tuckoo - in his father's story of his early years and is thus without his own identity. Later, at Clongowes, he is either gripped with embarrassment as he fails to connect with his peers or speechless at a family Christmas dinner as debate and anger rages around him. He is isolated, associating only with the sounds of words (belt, iss, suck) and other stimuli. He doesn't understand the schoolboy argot and his consequent victimisation is all too predictable as his peers react with typical schoolboy nastiness to a boy who doesn't fit in.