I will be comparing and contrasting “Eveline” and “Good Country People.”
Characters:
• Eveline: a young woman who feels trapped and unhappy at home; carries the burden of a promise to her mother and the obligation that comes with it; falls for a sailor named Frank who promises to take her away and start a new life; minimal education; leaves love behind to stay home and keep her family together.
• Joy/Hulga: an older woman who is treated like a child by her family; feels trapped and unhappy at home; would be off teaching at a university if it weren’t for her heart condition; highly educated, PhD in Philosophy; believes she seduced the bible salesman but ended up abandoned in a barn without her artificial leg.
Structure:
• Eveline: o Theme: duty becomes obligation; a girl blinded by love can do something unexpected; placed into a situation where a man could have changed her life forever.
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o Setting: small town; living in the home she grew up in. o Conflict: decision to stay or to go with Frank to Buenos Aryes. o Climax: Eveline praying on whether to stay or go, deciding to stay and let Frank go. o Flashbacks: memories of mother’s death and happy times with her father persuade her to stay. o Foil: her father.
• Good Country People: o Theme: Irony – a smart woman who got played by a “simple” man; a girl blinded by seduction can do something unexpected; placed into a situation where a man could have changed her life forever. o Narration: Narrator telling the story. o Setting: small town; rural; living in the home she grew up in. o Conflict: decision to stay or go alone with the bible salesman to a picnic at a barn. o Climax: going with the bible salesman and getting her leg stolen, leaving her stranded at the barn with no way to call for help. o Flashbacks: Joy/Hulga’s mother recalls the childhood accident and recounts her college days. o Foil: her mother, Mrs.
Characters:
• Eveline: a young woman who feels trapped and unhappy at home; carries the burden of a promise to her mother and the obligation that comes with it; falls for a sailor named Frank who promises to take her away and start a new life; minimal education; leaves love behind to stay home and keep her family together.
• Joy/Hulga: an older woman who is treated like a child by her family; feels trapped and unhappy at home; would be off teaching at a university if it weren’t for her heart condition; highly educated, PhD in Philosophy; believes she seduced the bible salesman but ended up abandoned in a barn without her artificial leg.
Structure:
• Eveline: o Theme: duty becomes obligation; a girl blinded by love can do something unexpected; placed into a situation where a man could have changed her life forever.
o …show more content…
o Setting: small town; living in the home she grew up in. o Conflict: decision to stay or to go with Frank to Buenos Aryes. o Climax: Eveline praying on whether to stay or go, deciding to stay and let Frank go. o Flashbacks: memories of mother’s death and happy times with her father persuade her to stay. o Foil: her father.
• Good Country People: o Theme: Irony – a smart woman who got played by a “simple” man; a girl blinded by seduction can do something unexpected; placed into a situation where a man could have changed her life forever. o Narration: Narrator telling the story. o Setting: small town; rural; living in the home she grew up in. o Conflict: decision to stay or go alone with the bible salesman to a picnic at a barn. o Climax: going with the bible salesman and getting her leg stolen, leaving her stranded at the barn with no way to call for help. o Flashbacks: Joy/Hulga’s mother recalls the childhood accident and recounts her college days. o Foil: her mother, Mrs.