A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man · Character
Boland
A student at Belvedere College.
minor
First appearance: II
Boland shows up with force in II. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A classmate who joins Heron in tormenting Stephen over his admiration for Byron.
Boland first appears in 0003 ii.
In II: A classmate who joins Heron in tormenting Stephen over his admiration for Byron.
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- Other
Character groups
- Belvedere rivals and literary references
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
Stephen's obsessive, mechanical devotion reaches its emotional and psychological peak here, as he drives himse…
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