Eveline

Eveline is a story taken from Dubliners , a collection of fifteen stories written by James Joyce.

The story is dived in two little chapters.

The first one counts 9 paragraphs. The first one is the introduction, in which the writer presents her main character, Eveline and he describes her as sitting at the window ,remembering her past which is completely different from her present. Everything changed and she has also to go away like people who belonged to her past did.

In the second paragraph Eveline thinks at things from which she will be divided when she will leave her home, the familiar place in which she had done the housework so many times.

It is only in the third paragraph that the reader went to know the reason for which Eveline is thinking to leave everything; she is in love with a man, Frank. In the third paragraph the writer gives the reader information about her job, too.

In the fourth paragraph the reader can perceive Eveline's feelings. She does not feel protected by anyone of her family. She feels alone, especially after the death of some people who were important for her.

Also the money became a problem and one of the reasons of discussions with her father. This is the topic of the fifth paragraph, in which the reader can catch some information about the works Eveline does. But she is not satisfied by this life, she is not happy. That's why she wants to leave all that.

In the following paragraph the writer describes the man she loves , the way they first meet, the way they spend time together. But her father does not want her to meet Frank. That's why she is constrained to meet her lover secretly.

Her father represents a problem for her relationship, but, by contrast, she remembers the really few times he has been kind to her.

 In the eighth paragraph the reader really understands why, even she is not happy about her life, she never tried to escape it: she promised her mother dieing she will keep the home together.

The last paragraph shows her taking the fatal decision: she will go away with Frank. He will save her by an unhappy life. Love will save her.

The second chapter describes the two lovers waiting for the ship going to Buenos Ayres. But, unexpectedly when the ship was going to leave the port, Eveline went down, ignoring Frank calling her.