Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Eveline / James Joyce



 “Her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition,” (Joyce 222).  Eveline cannot escape her family.  She cannot escape herself either. Her childhood friends played in the fields and always were on the look out for the owner of the property.   She has a lonely life. Her one brother is died and the other works in the country all the time.  Her father I not a kind man and has violent tendencies.  The story has a disconnected tranquil tone.  Nothing actually happens.  She almost leaves but at the last moment cannot.  Her life has slowly eaten away her will.  She feels a need to stay and look after the kids but wants to leave the town and live her own life. 

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