In Portrait, it was Stephen who Stephen was most afraid of. It was his sexuality and vocational calling and artistic abilities that isolated himself from others in an Irish world where familial connections and friends are the main part of existance no matter the age. However, though Stephen was most afraid of himself, it was that fear to discover that drove him in life. It was that fear of his obsession with words and the questions about God that pushed him to leave Ireland, to turn down the preisthood and to find poetry in words such as fetus.
While man is his toughest critic, it is the fear of oneself that pushed him to move forward with his dreams, ambitions, talents, and goals. And in the process, he's lucky to find himself, much like Stephen and escape the chains that hinder his growth.
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