Was Stephen selfish in renounching the Church and his parents' wishes or is it his right to follow his heart and search for happiness?
I don't think Stephen is selfish in renouncing the church because he tried to participate but it simply didn't work for him. It didn't make him happy, it didn't fill the space in his heart that he needed filled.... I don't think that's selfish at all. He finally found love and happiness in his poetry, when the Church failed to give it to him.
"I tried to love God. It seems now I've failed. It is very difficult. I tried to unite my will with the will of God instant by instant" (217).
"There's real poetry for you. That's real love" (221).
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