Religion shapes Stephen’s home life, his school life, his introduction into the Irish policy, his expectations, much of the books he reads, and even the language he uses.
I shall try to fly by those nets” (220)) three “nets” indissolubly linked by religion (as the central element) with an almost permanent presence in the novel interacting and influencing continuously all the others issues addressed. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. Three are the elements that accompany Stephen as a child and teenager (“When the soul of a man is born in this country there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. Religion in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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