Essay about Character Analysis of James Joyce' Eveline

Gwennie, like Evadne, struggles with overcoming a past of being sexually abused, not by a stranger or distant relative, but by her father. Once leaving Guyana she never returned, not even when hearing of the death of her mother. Explaining to the narrator,

Eveline was treated differently from her siblings, Harry and Ernest, because she didn't have a mother that could protect her from her father. When Eveline decided to leave with Frank, she changed her mind. Why would she refuse the opportunity of happiness over her lifetime with her father? It was because Eveline made a promise with her mother, to care for her father. For example, if your comrade was injured during a mission, but you must complete the mission without anyone slowing you down, what should you do? Finish the mission without your comrade, or abandon the mission and save your comrade? Obito Uchiha, from the anime Naruto, quoted "Those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum." People may

She moves away from the family she is living with because the father of the family tries to get her to stop which she does not

Lastly, her family betrayed her by not listening to her side of the story after her sister told lies about her, and they betrayed her when they acted as if they did not care if she moved out of the house. In all of these actions, the family itself and certain members of the family are portrayed as uncaring, unsupportive, disrespectful, conniving, deceitful, and hateful to Sister. Through every action of the family, Sister is treated harshly, and she tries to not let this bother her. Yet, anger and bitterness build up inside of her until she cannot take it anymore. Consequently, it built up so much inside of her that it severely affected Sister so profoundly that she moved away from her home to get away from her family.

Eveline falls in love with a young man named Frank, whom held all the qualities that she had ever dreamed of. He was "very kind, manly, open-hearted" (Joyce 1558), opposite of her father, and presented her with a feeling of cherishment she never experienced before. " Frank would save her..give her life, perhaps love too" (Joyce 1559) and was the literal passageway to the life she hoped for. Although she wants to believe that she does deserve the right to be happy, she is overwhelmed with guilt in leaving all that she ever cared about behind. She finds it difficult to break her mother's dying wish of remaining an obedient daughter and to stop being the caretaker of the family.

A Motif is a recurring structure, contrast, or literary device. An epiphany is a sudden realization of the meaning of something. The characters in the short stories of "Dubliners", by James Joyce, undergo great and small epiphanies. These epiphanies aren't the sudden realization of new experiences and possibilities for reform, but instead they give the characters a better understanding of their circumstances. In "Araby" and “The Dead” the endings conclude with epiphanies that the characters fully comprehend, yet these epiphanies are touched with frustration, sadness, and regret.

whether he is lying or telling the truth, because she has no way to confirm

In order to solve the paradox of Eveline, Joyce uses sentence structure to show the importance of various characters to Eveline. The father in Eveline is given a lengthy amount of the story and longer sentences. Sentences such as “He said she used to squander the money, … he was usually fairly bad on Saturday night.” (Joyce 65-68), and “When they were growing up he had never gone for her … for her dead mother 's sake.” (55-58) contain forty words and forty eight words respectfully. Frank at the beginning is given slightly longer sentences at his first introduction. The third sentence in Frank’s introduction, “She was to go away with him by the night-boat to be his wife and to live with him in Buenos Ayres where he had a home waiting for her.” (80-82), is thirty words long. As the story progresses Frank’s sentences becoming increasingly shorter and shorter. After Eveline remembers her father caring for

Eveline has begun to question her happiness. "Could she still draw back after all he had done for her?" (Joyce 33) She questions whether it is really better for her to go off with Frank and let him be her savior, but again, she declines. "No! No! No! It was impossible." (Joyce 33) Once again because she is so terrified of that which lies a mystery, she decides to stay with what she knows.

“James, get your sister we’re leaving soon,” my mother shouted. We were leaving our camp of Neinmeyer to go to California since we heard what had happened to the camp near us. My sister, Rose, was out playing in the mud. She did not want to move and neither did I, but I also did not want to be a bother to Mother. Mother had to leave too and that meant she would lose a good paying job which is rare to find especially for a woman, but she did not want to risk our safety so we left.

Being at the bottom of the hierarchy, Eveline’s only means of escape is a man who will take her hand in marriage.

change in her life by moving with her boyfriend Frank from her homeland of Ireland and making a life with him in Buenos Ayres. Joyce illustrates that one of our most inherent qualities as humans and one that Eveline displays is that we are resistant to change. Through Eveline's relationships with her father, Frank and various peripheral relationships, Joyce demonstrates to us how Eveline has come to have certain beliefs about change.

The unknown things of what Eveline leaving would do ultimately made her not want to leave with frank. Eveline said, “Through the wide doors of the sheds she caught a glimpse of the black mass of the boat, lying

She still “doesn’t know” what to do with her life and seems to be exploring the possibilities. She feels uncomfortable around Doreen sometimes because she is kind of the “third wheel” when Doreen is with her men. She confides in Betsy’s sweetness, but finds her rather

The unknown things of what Eveline leaving would do ultimately made her not want to leave with frank. Eveline said, “Through the wide doors of the sheds she caught a glimpse of the black mass of the boat, lying in