” This strict conformity shapes Stephen’s life early in boarding school. The severity of his parents, trying to raise him to be a good Catholic man, is evidenced by statements such as, “Pull out his eyes/ Apologise/ Apologise/ Pull out his eyes. He was reared in a strict, if not harmonious, Catholic family. Religion is central to the life of Stephen Dedalus the child. Though reared in a Catholic school, several key events lead Stephen to throw off the yoke of conformity and choose his own life, the life of an artist. Through his experiences with religion, Stephen Dedalus both matures and progressively becomes more individualistic as he grows. Religion is an important and recurring theme in James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
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