A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man · Character
Fleming
A classmate of Stephen at Clongowes.
minor
First appearance: Chapter I
Fleming's tie to Stephen Dedalus is one of the pressures that moves A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
A schoolmate at Clongowes who wrote a verse on Stephen's geography book.
Fleming first appears in 0002 i.
With Stephen Dedalus (friendship): Fleming is a schoolmate at Clongowes who shares a desk with Stephen and is involved in the mild rebellion against the prefect of studies.
In Chapter I: A schoolmate at Clongowes who wrote a verse on Stephen's geography book.
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Relationship types
- Friendship
- Other
Character groups
- Childhood and family influences
- Protagonist
- Clongowes schoolmates and early crushes
- Diverse influences and acquaintances
- School bullies and antagonists
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Breaking point
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See Fleming in Chapter I