"Eveline" is an extract from James Joyce's DUBLINERS and it is about a girl that want to go away from home with her lover.

The first sequence is the "Introductory" one and it is written in past simple tenses. The sequence has the function to introduce the story and to set the setting.

The next sequence is about "Childhood" in Dublin. There is the repetition of the verb "used to" to underline the routine-like nature of Eveline's existence.

The third sequence is the "Home things". It is written in the past perfect form because it underlines the idea of distance from her ordinary life. It is linked to the previous paragraph because it deals with her habits in Dublin.

The next sequence is the "Doubt". It is written in past simple tenses and it is linked to the previous because it is about the ordinary life she is leaving.

The fifth sequence deals with "Changes". It is written in an hypothetic way because they will happen in the future.

The next sequence is "The first meeting". It is about when Eveline met for the first time her lover and there is the repetition of the verb "used to" to underline again the ordinary way of living in Dublin.

The seventh sequence is "Letters". It deals with the letters she left to her relatives saying why she is going away. It is written in different past forms because it is like a steam of consciousness in which Eveline is thinking about her life with her relatives.

The eighth sequence is about her "Mother". It is written almost all in the past simple form as she feels to be very next to her mother even if she is died.

The last sequence is the "Changing idea". It is still in past simple tenses as the all novel happened at the same time and it deals with the decision to stay in Dublin. It is linked to all the previous sequences because it is the synthesis of what she felt in the hours before going away.