Tribulations Of Leaving In James Joyce's Eveline

She has always felt a responsibility to take care of her siblings, earn money to help with finances, and control her father when he was drunk, even taking him home from the bar. Jeannette would try to bring food home for her siblings when she found any extra. At one point she says, “I felt like I was failing Maureen, like I wasn’t keeping my promise that I’d protect her.” (206) In reality, Jeannette should not be the one in charge of protecting her siblings and making sure they have enough food and necessities but she does because her parents don’t. She also feels the need to make extra money because her parents don’t have steady incomes. By the age of thirteen, she was the head of the household for the summer and had a job that paid forty dollars a week. (209, 215) She was making more money than either of her parents and she wasn’t even old enough by law to have a job. Another example of her maturity beyond her age is when Rose Mary makes Jeannette retrieve her father from the bar when he doesn’t come home after a couple of days. (181) This a job that Rose Mary should be doing herself but instead she sends Jeannette so she doesn’t have to deal with

Because of this big trouble, the grandmother has to move out in order to avoid her daughter’s divorce. Natalie loves her mother, but she cannot afford to lose her husband. Finally, the grandmother moves in with Natalie’s mother in-law, Bess. Natalie doesn’t bring Sophie when she visit her mom, and she seems busy than ever before, just come and leave.

There are multiple problems that are currently affecting the Gallagher family system. Frank has been an unreliable parent to the children since Fiona’s birth. Frank is currently trying to insert himself back into the family’s life; yet, the children are not fond of this change. Fiona recently became her sibling’s legal guardian. Fiona’s guardianship has lead to a change in roles within the family that her siblings are struggling to adjust to. Fiona is struggling with her role and when she should act as if a parent and when to act as a sister.

The final reason for Edna’s escape from her troublesome life is the failure of her relationship with Robert. Edna was able to find some form of escape through her desire and hope of being with Robert, but when those plans fell through Edna feels as if she has nothing to look forward to, nothing to live for in life. Robert realizes that he and Edna will never be able to have a true

rotting body. Here we can see that insanity took over her. She did not want to be left

This quote leads me to believe the father will be leaving in the future and I think Jeannette knows this too so she tries to take care of the family more and more. Some clues that I have picked up on in the text that makes

When people become parents they take on the responsibility of taking care of their children. Jeannette’s parents live in a fantasy world, with unrealistic wishes. They are blinded by this and lose sight of their children’s real needs. Jeannette says, “Mom gave me a startled look. I’d broken one of our unspoken rules: We were always supposed to pretend our life was one long and incredibly fun adventure”(69). Life is not a game of hide and seek, where some people can just hide/ shut out their problems. Problems must be faced because it is all a lesson. Life is real, and you only have one shot at it. Not realizing so can put yourself and others in danger. Jeannette is just wants some food to keep herself from starving. Her parents are selfish people that need to get their priorities straight and start living in reality.

She understands that John’s dad is “an old man—living there all alone”(Ross, 226), and has difficulties doing chores that require more effort than he can provide. Every time John goes away for the day she fears that he will get caught in the blizzard leaving her as a widowed farmer’s wife. Also, John understands that Ann gets lonely when he leaves for his father’s or is busy working on his farm. This is portrayed when Ann tells John that “‘sometimes when [he’s] away [she] gets lonely’”,so he decides “‘On [his] way [he’ll] drop in at Steven’s place. Maybe he will come over tonight’”(227). John recognizes that Ann gets lonely while he goes to his father’s house, so he tells her that he will go to Steven’s house on the way and see if he will come over to keep her company while he is gone. John realizes that Ann needs some sort of entertainment to offset the quiet days that she is forced to spend on the farm. In contrast, Liam and Gabriella struggle to understand each other. This is demonstrated when Liam tells Gabriella that “‘[he and Clive] are gonna head down south’”(Helgason 3). Sadly Liam does not understand Gabriella’s

The first factor that affects Ann’s responsibility is Ann discontent with her life with John.when Ann gets married to John, she obligated to John that she will be a farmer’s

Her maturity is also confirmed when she is shown to be “barefoot on the lino… washing up” which is something you’d expect from an adult not a pre-teen child. Eveline displays the characteristics of an adult especially when she on numerous occasions trying to take control for example she hoses the wasps off Therese in an instant also when she leads the children back to the garden; Eveline as a result is trying to take the role of her mother and trying to shield her sibling from anything that could harm them mentally and physically. In addition this could be the reason why Eveline doesn’t build up the murder and covers up the hole as she was in denial and still tries to keep her control with brushing away the ring to hide any evidence. Eveline is one minute shown to act too old for playing with the children and she fashions herself her own bikini (which is quite a mature item of clothing, maybe this could be to make her feel older) and the next she is shown to stop talking about the body and is in rejection as a result. Lastly a contrast to her mature self is that she needed confirmation when she found the body by asking for a torch this shows that she doesn’t have the amount of maturity needed to make her own judgement and follow her instincts

When she reaches the decision to leave the house to go with Friend, it is almost as though she has no choice. This directly relates to

Q3 - In the text If I Stay, there are a lot of aspects which link to my life personally with the theme of love and friendship. I personally love my family and my close friends and I don’t know what I would do without them. Losing an important family member relates to my life because I know the pain which comes from losing someone you love but I also know how to move on  and go forward. This is expressed throughout the text with Mia losing her family throughout the accident and if she decides to ‘Stay.’ She had lost all of the puzzle pieces to her life in the text. It is an uplifting story of rehabilitation, mental strength and losing people who are close to you, and how it can send you either way, you stay and live with what has happened, support

The story Eveline is by James Joyce. It is about a girl named Eveline who must make a decision that will impact her life in either a positive or negative way. Eveline is a sympathetic character because she has an abusive father, she is always unhappy, and she does not seem to like the way her life is. Her life is hard because she must go to work and take care of the house and her siblings. These are reasons why I feel that Eveline is a sympathetic character.

Beginning with Mr. Darcy's failed proposal and his later letter of explanation, Elizabeth's proud and judgemental nature is altered by the pressure placed on her to decide if she wishes to marry Mr. Darcy or not. Introspection and her eventual acceptance of her romantic feelings for Mr. Darcy demonstrate that strenuous emotional situations can lead to a change in character, by allowing her to open up her prejudiced mind and see that the opinions she has are not always correct. Prior to her relations with Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth is a young woman who sees little point in marrying if she does not find a man whom will bring her happiness in life. This provides a foundation from which she can change, placing her in an ideal position to change in response to the

Eveline was a female that was brought up in a poor area of Dublin, Ireland. As with all underprivileged areas around the world things were harder. There was a higher importance placed on morals and values. Eveline’s job was to care for her father and the house after her mother passed. A promise she made to her mother on her deathbed, and promises are to be kept. She also had two children that she oversaw caring for. Her responsibilities were routine, comfortable, and safe. There is nothing that the human race likes more than routine. There is a comfort that comes with knowing how things are going to go and