Problem Formulation Objectives of the Study
at every turn. Stephen roams the labyrinth searching his mind for answers. The only way out seems to be to soar above the narrow
confines of the prison, as did Daedalus and his son Braurer, 1985: 35.
Stephen is certainly influenced by the environment around him that he has such a complicated mind. Stephen is sceptical to questions of life. According to the study
above, there are some other common things in his life which represents that the way he has to go through in order to find the answers to the questions of life is
complicated. Since along this book Stephen is conducting school life, he has his
personal view on how school exists to him. Stephen then looks towards the priests at his school, but they are the
same priests that beat him for not being able to do his homework because his glasses were broken. In Stephens mind, anyone who
would lay out such unjust punishment could not be the worldly interpreters of any higher being that was really true and good. Stephen
still honours the priests, but cares nothing for what they preach http:www.literature-study-online.comessaysjoyce.html.2002.
The view that ‘teachers are always right and therefore students must obey them’ is criticized. Stephen considered his teachers as unjust persons according to his own
experience. This research discusses a different point from those previous studies. It
pays more attention to the schools where Stephen studied. In its daily activities, school does some actions of repression toward the students. It is a problematic
phenomenon but, it is considered as something common since it occurs frequently
and is accepted as a necessary thing. This research figures out how the actions of repression happen at school.