The text is a short story taken from Dubliners by James Joyce. It is a story about the girl Eveline who is going to leave her home and run away with her lover,Frank. The text represents her doubts and dilemma of making the right choice which is a result of analyzing her past and her life.

The text can be divided into seven sequences.

The function of the first sequences is to introduce the main female character through the comparison and difference between her childhood and present situation when she is going to leave her home.

In the second sequence the narrator provides the reader with further informations about character making a reference to the familiar object which are very important for her.

In the third sequence she wonders if the idea of leaving was right and also there is analysis of her position and situation at work.

The function of fourth sequence is to describe her difficult family life and to introduce her hope for a better life with Frank, her lover.The narrator also reveals her name, Eveline.

In the next sequence the writer presents her expectations from the new life with Frank.

The function of the sixth sequence is to analyze her relations with the members of her family: the father was against her love with Frank but also she was not always ill-treated by him; she promised her mother that she would keep home together as long as she could. In this sequence she also decides to run away after she considered pitiful life of her mother.

In the last sequences the writer presents Evelin and Frank before the departure with the ship. In the first moment Eveline seems physically absent, sign of her indecision and at the end she decides to stay in her city and do not leave her family.