A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Correlations Between Einstein's Science and Joyce's Artist
Joyce and Einstein both made enormous contributions to their respective fields, but left us with as many new mysteries as answers to questions. Einstein's theory of Relativity showed us that our conceptual relationship to the world around us is extremely flexible -- that our perception of the world is determined both by our position in and of itself, and our position in relation to others. His theory of physics which had an immense impact on our epistemological endeavors, in that it imposes limits of what and how we can know due to our location
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Stephen becomes very taken with the notion of education, and he excels at it. His efforts put him at the head of his class in essay writing, although his skill at mathematics is weak. His education indoctrinates him with the structures of rationality in the liberal arts, and his religious education, as we are shown in the retreat episode, indoctrinates him with a passionate faith for a time. The One True Way of Irish Catholic Rationalism seems to be his calling, and yet, as we see from his forays with the prostitutes, it is insufficient for him -- clearly, he longs for a variety of experience that that path will not allow for. Even his repentance is driven more by his fear of damnation than by a genuine love of God. Stephen himself comes to a partial realization of this after his conversation with the priest about taking holy orders: Some instinct... Stronger than education or piety, quickened within him at every near approach to that life, an instinct subtle and hostile, and armed him against acquiescence. (p. 174)
What we see here are the early stirrings of Stephen's recognition of himself as an individual truly apart from the world in which he was raised, an intuitive belief that he is 'a being apart in every order' (p. 174). It also marks the beginning of Stephen's most drastic change
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It ascends from a tone of gray mundanity to one of more romantic and poetic vision, both of which have strong associations with the liberal fluidity of individual perceptions. Stephen also begins to see beauty in a new, more personal way. His earlier encounters with women, specifically those with prostitutes, did not allow him to appreciate the beauty of a woman, but rather were attempts to express himself as an individual in a system that frowned upon that notion. The descriptions of those encounters are fleeting and dry, implying far more than was actually said, and were, even before his 'repentance', a source of guilt and shame. But, once Stephen begins to assert his individuality, he is able to appreciate beauty according to his own aesthetic, as we see in his ecstatic description of the girl he sees wading in the stream (p. 185). he comes away from the experience regarding her as a 'wild angel.. of mortal youth and beauty.' (186) His later conversation about fire and beauty with the dean of studies, with Stephen quoting from Aquinas takes on a condescending and insincere tone when held up to this description. Stephen has already found his aesthetic, and the quote from Aquinas is a statement of compromise: 'Pulcra sunt quae visa placent' allows Stephen room enough for his individual vision, while sliding that fact past the dean in the guise of
The hopes of the prohibitionist were dreams of a healthier and more successful nation. Their dreams were spun from the idea of shutting out the alcohol industry and enforcing large industries and stressing family values. The eighteenth amendment consisted of the end of sales, production, transportation, as for importation and exportation of intoxicating liquors. Their imaginations were large and very hopeful. The prohibitionists felt that alcohol is a slow poison of their community. They felt that if the liquor industry was shut out that Americans would spend their hard earned money in the clothing, food, and shoe industries therefore boosting the American economy. Many felt, “Seeing what a sober nation can do is indeed a noble experiment and one that has never yet been tried, (Crowther, 11) Prohibition was a test of the strength of the nation and an attempt at cleaning up societies evils. These reformers denounce alcohol as a danger to society as well as to the human body. Some ethnic hopes of prohibition was to regulate the foreigners whose backgrounds consisted on the use of alcohol for religious purposes. And try to enforce an American valued society upon them. Many reformists felt that ending the use of alcohol would protect American homes and families. They felt that alcohol use was the root of their family’s destruction. Many women felt that their husbands would waste a lot of their income on the purchase of alcohol and not on family needs. Alcohol was often known as a “poison, or sin”. Another hope for the eighteenth amendment was to reduce the crime and death rate. Many people felt that drunkenness was the cause of many of the nations crimes. Prohibitionist felt very passionately on their cause and were often called “dry’s.” They felt their battle was justified and that, “it is manifest destiny that alcohol will not survive the scrutiny,”(Darrow and Yarros, 20).
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Prohibition is possibly one of the most memorable events in the history of the United States. The 18th Amendment and eventually the Volstead Act created the law that made it illegal to produce, sell and the transport of alcohol over .5%. Although to most it seemed like a good idea, prohibition promoted the likes of criminal entrepreneurs. Numerous government officials were apprehended in night-clubs and speakeasies but never punished. At the time prohibition was also separating the social classes and making issues for those less prominent in the community. Holes in the government’s plans were beginning to show through leading up to the 21st Amendment and the ratification of the 13th. Prohibition failed to limit consumption and was actually costing the US more than originally expected. However according to Dr. Jack Blocker’s article, “Alcohol Prohibition as a Public Health Innovation” the claim that prohibition failed is actually false and failed only because voters became blinded by priorities over the Great Depression. With the amount of money being made on the illegal sale of alcohol was consumption really limited, or did Americans see a chance to overcome poverty and ratify the Amendment.
I am pleased to acknowledge and affirm these strengths. I hope to never let these become obstacles to anything I am trying to attain. I find that it is always good to be aware of who you truly are and I plan to use this newly discovered knowledge to the best of my ability.
During the early 1920a and up to the early 1930s the United States of America entered a time that brought forward a series of regulations that prohibited the sale, manufacture and distribution of alcohol in the American territories. Through out history, experts have developed many hypotheses trying to determine the effects brought forward by this prohibition. Furthermore, these experts are also trying to determine whether national prohibition is to be considered a failure or success towards alcohol regulation. The 1920s national prohibition of production and consumerism of alcohol can be considered a national economic and regulation failure that brings forward laws that impact society and international relations today.
Nobody denies that every client and situation is unique, but there is a general layout out of a treatment plan that can be used thought out the facility to ensure success for the client. The first step in the treatment plan is to screen clients to determine if he/she meets the criteria of the facilities drug, or alcohol program. The facility will use the standard CAGE, of the Substance Abuse Subtitle Screening Inventory questioner as a screening tool. These two screening tools are consist of few questions and require only short answers to determine (American Society of Addiction Medicine, 2012). These tools are easy to use and can be done by any qualified staff according to the ASAM. If more through information is needed then the client will go under an assessment.
Young Roy Zerby was drafted away from his job of washing cars in Bellafonte, Pennsylvania, to eventually become Sergeant Zerby, Communications Chief for Company D, 714th Tank Battalion. Sergeant Zerby postponed his dream of a better job and livelihood to serve his country. Others like Alvin L. Cooper of Northampton, Massachusetts, volunteered "two steps ahead of the draft board" in order to avoid the National Conscription Act. Cooper quit his position as a Glazing Machine Operator at the International Silver Company and left his Public Accounting classes to become a Surgical Technician in the 714th Battalion's Medical Detachment.
“Prohibition did not achieve its goals. Instead, it added to the problems it was intended to solve.” On 16th January 1920, one of the most common personal habits and customs of American society came to a halt. The eighteenth amendment was implemented, making all importing, exporting, transporting, selling and manufacturing of intoxicating liquors absolutely prohibited. This law was created in the hope of achieving the reduction of alcohol consumption, which in turn would reduce: crime, poverty, death rates, and improve both the economy, and the quality of life for all Americans. These goals were far from achieved. The prohibition amendment of the 1920's was ineffective because it was unenforceable. Instead, it caused various social problems such as: the explosive growth of organized crime, increased liquor consumption, massive murder rates and corruption among city officials. Prohibition also hurt the economy because the government wasn’t collecting taxes on the multi-billion dollar a year industry.
When James was at graduate school, he began writing magazines articles and interviewing big names. Before each interview, he would get butterflies and his hands would start shaking. At one time, Collie had an interview with a musician that he admired, Duke Ellington. During the interview James had found out that Duke still has stage fright even though he has been performing for more than thirty years .He had benefited and discovered from a process psychologist call “ extinction “. Which brought up his second rule: “you’ll never eliminate anxiety by avoiding the things that cause it”
At first, the brain is stressing out over all that needs to be accomplished. The trash may need to be disposed of, last week's laundry may need to be given a wash, but a quick glance of the clock will say, "Hey, you've got until (specific time) for these responsibilities to be done, why not relax for 30 minutes or so?"
James Joyce in his novel “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” says “The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful.” (134) For Stephen Dedalus after the reoccuring stream of consciousness throughout his youth, one of the factors of his creation into the artist is women. Indeed it is the women throughout the novel that shape Stephen into the man he finds himself becoming toward the end. Six women in particular that form specific functions in Stephens life are: Stephen’s mother, Eileen, Mercedes, the Virgin Mary, the prostitute, the birdlike woman by the water. These women affect and shape his character by loving him, inspiring him, and fascinating him.
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, the author of A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, was once described by a friend, Constantine Curran, as "a man of unparalleled vituperative power, a virtuoso in speech with unique control of the vernacular." While Constantine viewed Joyce's quality of verbal abuse "powerful," and praised his "control" of the language, many viewed this expressive and unrestrained style of writing as inappropriate and offensive. A dramatic new step for modernism, Joyce used language, style, and descriptions of previously unwritten thoughts and situations which stirred the cultural norm, thus sparking controversy over what was necessary and acceptable in literature.
Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. New York: New American Library, 1991.
The novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is an autobiography of James Joyce who delivers the influential aspects in his life and his artistic development to the reader through the eyes of the fictional character of Stephen Dedalus. In the novel, Stephen's journey to maturation and to become an artist is influenced by his religion, sexuality and education. Yet, Stephen is able to overcome the obstacles result from these aspects and experience his life to its fullest.