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danelleeb 's review for:
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is Joyce's semi-autobiographical book that follows the experiences of Stephen Dedalus (Joyce's alter-ego in the book) as he grapples with religious and philosophical ideas (not to mention the political struggles between England and Ireland). The prose is just narrative, though "just narrative" really sells it short. It is absolutely gorgeous. Not for everyone, it seems to have a really polarized following - people either really, really love this or really, really hate it. I loved it and thought it both profound and poetical. Joyce truly was an intelligent writer.
His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he had heard their tale before.
I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use -- silence, exile, and cunning.
His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he had heard their tale before.
I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use -- silence, exile, and cunning.