Free Essays on Eveline

Summary The short story „Evelineâ€Å", written by James Joyce in 1904 and published in 1914 as the fourth of fifteen short stories in „Dublinersâ€Å", deals with the problems of a young girl who isn’t able to leave home because of feelings of responsibility and obligation. Eveline Hill is a 19-year old girl, who works in a department store in Dublin, where she is criticised and ordered around. Since the death of her mother she manages the household and cares for her two younger siblings. Having decided to leave Dublin and her family Eveline sits at the window one evening and considers if she acts the right way. Playing a special melody, a street piano player reminds Eveline of the promise she gave her dying mother, which says that Eveline would care for the family as long as she could. But Eveline also thinks about her mother’s sorrowful and self-sacrificing way of life, which ended in madness. She doesn’t want to suffer the same fate because her father often threatens her with violence and they always have arguments about the housekeeping money. After leaving two farewell letters for her brother Harry and father behind, Eveline walks to the harbour where her boyfriend Frank is waiting for her. He wants to sail with Eveline to Buenos Ayre s, where they would marry and have their own home, what gives her the chance to start a new life. Arriving at the quay, where the ship is ready to take off, Eveline gets into an inner conflict and doubts the rightness of her decision. Asking god for help and clinging to the railing, she is not able to follow Frank and remains in Dublin.... Free Essays on Eveline Free Essays on Eveline EVELINE In James Joyce’s â€Å"Eveline,† Eveline, the young Dublin girl has a life that she wants to leave. She realizes the hardships in her life, and sees that they are the same as her mothers. Not wanting to live the same life as her mother, she plans to leave with a young sailor named Frank. Eveline has to pick from two things: to stay at home or to leave for a life that is unknown to her. She has three things to look at in her decision to leave. One, her father; two, Frank; and three, her home. At home, she has the comfort that she has known her whole life, but if she leaves, she knows that she will have a mystery that has to be discovered by her. The first point is her father: Her father is a difficult man who is hard to handle. He takes her money that she works for because he feels that she will spend it on silly things. He then gives her a hard time about the money he does give her on Saturday nights so she had to rush to buy Sunday’s dinner that night. She also feels that she is in danger of her father’s violence. She loves her father even though he beat her brothers when she was younger, but with her being the only one there to take care of him, he turns his violence to her. However, with the arguing and the fighting; it gives her heart palpitations. Even though she has a fear of her father, she has some good memories of him. She remembers that he had read her a ghost story when she was sick and that when she was younger how that he had put on her mothers bonnet to make them laugh (Joyce 526). When Eveline meets Frank, she realizes that with him she could escape her world and that she could begin a new life of adventure and excitem ent. When her father finds out about Frank, he forbids her to see him; but she goes against her fathers orders and meets him secretly. The second point is Frank With Frank, Eveline is able to see that he can open new doors for her. He can take to parts of the world tha... Free Essays on Eveline Summary The short story „Evelineâ€Å", written by James Joyce in 1904 and published in 1914 as the fourth of fifteen short stories in „Dublinersâ€Å", deals with the problems of a young girl who isn’t able to leave home because of feelings of responsibility and obligation. Eveline Hill is a 19-year old girl, who works in a department store in Dublin, where she is criticised and ordered around. Since the death of her mother she manages the household and cares for her two younger siblings. Having decided to leave Dublin and her family Eveline sits at the window one evening and considers if she acts the right way. Playing a special melody, a street piano player reminds Eveline of the promise she gave her dying mother, which says that Eveline would care for the family as long as she could. But Eveline also thinks about her mother’s sorrowful and self-sacrificing way of life, which ended in madness. She doesn’t want to suffer the same fate because her father often threatens her with violence and they always have arguments about the housekeeping money. After leaving two farewell letters for her brother Harry and father behind, Eveline walks to the harbour where her boyfriend Frank is waiting for her. He wants to sail with Eveline to Buenos Ayre s, where they would marry and have their own home, what gives her the chance to start a new life. Arriving at the quay, where the ship is ready to take off, Eveline gets into an inner conflict and doubts the rightness of her decision. Asking god for help and clinging to the railing, she is not able to follow Frank and remains in Dublin.... Free Essays on Eveline In the world of literature there are many complex characters, all that face difficult issues and decisions. Eveline’s character was one of the most complex, and oddest I’ve ever read. I understand that the story took place in a different era, but I felt Eveline should have been stronger and more in control of her life. However the era being Eveline’s age (20+) you were already considered an old woman. I guess one word that I can use describe Eveline would be devotion. Her Devotion to her family was what drove here to stay with her family in the end. Another word would be hardworking, which seem to have been her nature throughout the book. Eveline’s devotion to her family really impressed me. She was so true to making sure everything at home was right, even though most of the time she did it out of fear that her father might hit her. For example in the story her father gave her money to go to the market and buy Sunday dinner, even if it was intentionally done she would go and do it and fast as she could. Eveline would return to home late still having important duties to finish up, but again that was her nature, also making that promise to her mother she couldn’t break. Another point I brought up in my introduction was that eveline was hardworking. Much like her devotion she put 110% into a lot of what she did at home. She had to be a mother to her little brothers making sure they went to school on the regular and got their meals regularly as well. Eveline worked hard and was unappreciated by many of the people around her. Eveline’s character was very interesting to me due to the fact that she did was she felt was right. She followed her heart by keeping the promise she made to her mother. Though the decision of leaving behind her unappreciated life sounded tempting to her, she ultimately realized that was all she had left. In my opinion eveline was a flat character, she was tempted but stayed true to her...