Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man: Vocation Sequence

Part I of Essay
...and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and to know the place for the first time. -T.S. Eliot As Stephen questions whether or not his repentance and devotions served the purpose of expiating his sins, he learns that the director of his school ....

Part II of Essay
.... masters at Clongowes and Belvedere taught him christian doctrine and urged him to lead a good life and...led him back to grace once he fell short of Gods glory. Stephens first calling, to become a priest, has appeal, but his epiphany lets him know that his true calling, instead, deals with finally knowing the solitude that he always faced. Stephen considers the many aspects of his priestly vocation: great power, sinless innocence, and the pious constraint on his freedom. By the end of this sequence, Stephen realizes that his soul longs for ....