Eveline

The theme of Eveline is that the past is not good to hold on to when thinking about the future. This short story is about a girl name Eveline and her tribulations of going away from home and leaving what she has known her whole life. What is Eveline’s lover’s name? What is the father’s feeling about Eveline being with her lover? Has the past ever restricted you from making a decision?

Well I am not sure what to think about this short story. I thought it was a good piece, but I don’t know if I liked or what exactly Joyce was doing at the end. Eveline to me, until the end, seemed like an intelligent girl and knew what she wanted. However, she like shuts off at the end and has no response to her lover, Frank. I guess this deals with the “paralysis” that you, Mrs. Pfan, were talking about. The epiphany that Joyce implements in each of these stories was present as well. Eveline remembers her mother’s last words and knows that she must leave her home and start a new life. However, the paralysis sets in and that is what keeps her from starting this new life with Frank.

Overall this story was very organized and had a good style. Joyce’s writings seem to have a pattern…weird.