A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Chapter 1 Part 1

In which a young boy named Stephen moves through the shifting world of schoolboy games, familial affection, and the curious complexities of childhood thought, feeling the chill of both physical and social cold while wrestling with the notions of identity, faith, and belonging; and, upon return home for Christmas, he finds himself surrounded by the warm, sometimes tense rituals of family life framed by the quiet struggles of grown-up opinions. The intertwining senses of hope, fear, and bewilderment carry the day through the flickering lights of chapel prayers, the distant echoes of politics, and the simple yet profound acts of eating, praying, and dreaming of what lies beyond the familiar.