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A 7 page analysis of the walk Joyce's character takes through Dublin, a walked detailed in Chapter 5 of Joyce's book. The walk is a coming of age story. This paper examines the individual elements of that story and comments on how they all tie together. No additional sources are listed.
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James Joyce characteristic writing style rivets the reader to their seat. As the
words roll across the page the reader moves his or her eyes with more and more speed to gorge themselves on the events that Joyce is describing. With time
such an almost frantic pace must slow or the reader tires and becomes too dense to absorb the full meaning of Joyces writings. Such is certainly the case with
Chapter 5 of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man". Fortunately the first interlude is offered relatively quick in the text. That interlude comes with the
walk that Joyce takes while leaving his parents turbulent home and traveling to the university where he is a student. This walk, however, is anything but down time for
Joyce. Indeed, he uses the slower speed for reflection and for the offering of a greater insight into the character and events that he has presented.
The importance of the walk has been emphasized by more than one literary reviewer. Indeed, Even in the Introduction of "A Portrait of the Artist
as a Young Man" Seamus Deane presents the idea that the walk is one of the novels most effective rhetorical devices. Indeed, this interlude that the reader so
gladly engages in is in actuality yet another literary device. It allows time for Stephen, the main character in "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", to
communicate with himself. By allowing such an interlude Joyce allows for a better opportunity for the character to communicate with the reader. So too are the flashbacks and
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