Freedom and Desire: A Quest for Spiritual Journey in James Joyce’s Novel Ulysses/A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

This study, Freedom, and Desire: A quest for a spiritual journey in the novel by James Joyce, describes of main character story from his adolescence to best way conceptualizing dynamic, multilateral relationship between individual experience socio-cultural scope, since it recognizes causal significance culture but also choice changes. The researcher examines true desire which enables him embrace creative spirits “the actual experiences” symbolize freedom. claim is formed contemplating how many historical shifts context, i.e. increase freedom choice, shift interpersonal patterns, loss traditional values, religious understanding, increasing conflict individuality complexity achieving it, have led changes essence intentions modern personhood. For this research, qualitative method adopted framework Locke on Freedom (2015). It points out aims at need establish new perspective provision treatment field desire, focuses improving particular person, rather than simply reassuring distress. man should not restrict himself limited ideas, one has go beyond limitation change mind ultimate reality advancement life.