Read excerpt 2 from a portrait of the artist as a young man. then answer the following question.

how would you describe stephen’s relationship with his father?

Stephen seems to have an uncomfortable relationship with his father. Stephen has developed a psychological distance from his father:

An abyss of fortune or of temperament sundered him [Stephen] from them [his father and his father's companions]. His mind . . . shone coldly on their strifes and happiness and regrets like a moon upon a younger earth.

Unlike his father, Stephen seems to be shy and reserved. Some aspects of Stephen's father's behavior, such as his drunkenness and his flirting with the barmaids, make Stephen feel humiliated.

He is embarrassed by his father's conversation with his companions, and he listens in awkward silence to their vulgar talk. Stephen's repetition of the lines from Shelley suggests that he is well-read, revealing another difference between Stephen and his father.

the sun warms our planet, and with the moon, creates the tides. the moon orbits the earth and in turn, the earth orbits the sun. because they appear to be the same size in the sky, the sun, earth and moon work together to create eclipses. when the moon is directly in between the earth and sun