aves this jog to the reader to access the mind of the protagonist. And so, the reader will only enter into what comes into the protagonist's mind. Anything which does not impinge on the mind of the protagonist will not be found in the novel.
             The first page of the novel might be considered as an introduction to the whole novel. It also introduces the characters of the archetypal family. Stephen, the son, Simon Dedalus, the father, Mrs. Dedalus, uncle Charles and aunt Dante. This novel presents the father and the mother as artists to be. The father is a storyteller, and the mother is a pianist. Stephen's earliest memory of them is of admiration, love, and respect. Stephen's mother is presented in association with two significant symbols; "Cold" and "Warm":
             When you wet the bed first it is warm then it gets cold. His mother put on the oil-sheet. That had the queer smell.
             The succession of the words warm and cold as two contrasting natural elements implies an idea of conflict towards his mother. As a child, the image of the mother figure is strong. It is nurturing and supportive, that of "a woman standing at the half-door of a cottage with a child in her arms . . ." who shelters and protects and makes Stephen afraid to "think of how it was" to be without a mother. As Stephen grows, however, like any child, his dependency of his mother begins to dwindle, as does his awe for her. He f
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