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Unintentional FindingsEN 102 Honors February 12, 1997One can find their place in society much the same way as Stephen did.Unintentionally he went back and forth between extremes until he found his ownpreference. Figuring extinct what one wants to do with their spiritedness can be confusing,especially since there are so many opportunities in the world, but giving each achance and finding one that suits ones personality and attitude is the bestthing to do.Many people think Stephen went from one extreme, wanting prostitutes, toanother extreme, a life of celibacy as a priest, were done on purpose, on courseto finding his own happy medium. The same people might also rate Stephenpurposely chose a happy medium as not to subject himself to either extremebeing in the middle lets him experience a trivial of both extremes.Different people might say that his oblique search for his place insociety was brought on from when he was very young with his esthetical vision. Helooked at things diff erently then others boys around him and he knew that. Healways had extra questions about the simplest of matters and constantly viewabout what was wrong and responsibility and how it lead to double-standards. This is seenwhen he is asked if he kisses his mother at night. No matter what his answer ishe still gets laughed at and this remains in thoughts for a while. His daintyvision can probably reflect his incessant habit of always having an opposingopinion to his schoolmates even if it was something small such as who he thoughtthe greatest writer was.In his school Stephen seemed to be told how he was supposed to think anddo things and in turn saw his family unable to follow the exigent Catholicismtaught in his school. This guided him in his decision for his future planssince he felt he was isolated from others because of the way he thought and didthings.When looking at his decision for where he fit in society one should notignore the fact that his family life had an impact on his choice. Had Stephennot been so tippy it would not have bothered him so much how little hegained emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually from the Irish nationalismsurrounding him and his religious background.To begin his life as an artist, his final decision concerning his placein society he realizes he cannot stay in the environment where he is seen as