Part one of term paper
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Is Stephen Dedalus Really James The main debate that all critics had over this novel was whether or not Stephen Dedalus was, in fact, James Joyce. Maurice Beebe feels that Joyce, when creating Stephen, used some of his own characteristics but also tried to not make Stephen too much like himself. One ...

Part two of term paper
... artist, they fail to realize that he therefore cannot be a true artist. In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is written in the indirect first person, in which everything is “seen through the eyes of Stephen.” Joyce's method of writing for this novel and apparently for his other novels is stream-of-consciousness. Nowhere in the novel does Joyce include his own thoughts. The character of Stephen Dedalus is revealed through only his observations and reactions to the world aroun ...