Which technique does the author use in this passage? a portrait of the artist as a young man that was not a nice expression. his mother had told him not to speak with the rough boys in the college. nice mother! the first day in the hall of the castle when she had said goodbye she had put up her veil double to her nose to kiss him: and her nose and eyes were red. but he had pretended not to see that she was going to cry. she was a nice mother but she was not so nice when she cried.