James Joyce’s “Eveline”: Wrong Decisions People are faced with many decisions throughout their lives. These decisions could be important, or they could be very minor. Eveline was faced with an important decision. She had to choose between staying with family in her house and take the consequences of doing so, or she could start a new life with her charming new lover. Eveline made the decision to stay home with her family. Eveline made a terrible decision, to stay with her family and will have to endure the consequences of her decision. To begin with, Eveline was faced with a lot of problems at home, and she had a hard time dealing with these things. First, Eveline’s father was not a very good person. For example, he started to make
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To begin with, Eveline was already engaged to her lover, Frank, and he wanted to take her away to a new home that he already had waiting for the two of them in a distant place. In fact, Frank already had their ship tickets to board the night boat to Buenos Ayres. Also, Eveline would have a different kind of life if she had decided to leave with Frank. As an illustration, Frank seemed like a very nice guy and he would have given her the treatment she truly deserved, that of a lady. Lastly, Frank was a very experienced man and knew a lot about the world that he could have taught Eveline. For example, he had all kinds of stories about the places he had been and things he had experienced on all his journeys which gave him knowledge of the world. Eveline never focused on the opportunities at hand, and this probably guided her decision to stay home.
Eveline made the choice to stay, and she now has to endure the wrath of her father and do things around the house that she should not have to do. She also has to go through her life knowing she could have a totally different life free of mistreatment and with Frank, which would be so much better. Eveline had the chance to explore the world and learn newt things, but she threw it all away and stayed home. Eveline should have made the opposite decision and left her home with Frank to change her life for the
To begin with, Eveline was already engaged to her lover, Frank, and he wanted to take her away to a new home that he already had waiting for the two of them in a distant place. In fact, Frank already had their ship tickets to board the night boat to Buenos Ayres. Also, Eveline would have a different kind of life if she had decided to leave with Frank. As an illustration, Frank seemed like a very nice guy and he would have given her the treatment she truly deserved, that of a lady. Lastly, Frank was a very experienced man and knew a lot about the world that he could have taught Eveline. For example, he had all kinds of stories about the places he had been and things he had experienced on all his journeys which gave him knowledge of the world. Eveline never focused on the opportunities at hand, and this probably guided her decision to stay home.
Eveline made the choice to stay, and she now has to endure the wrath of her father and do things around the house that she should not have to do. She also has to go through her life knowing she could have a totally different life free of mistreatment and with Frank, which would be so much better. Eveline had the chance to explore the world and learn newt things, but she threw it all away and stayed home. Eveline should have made the opposite decision and left her home with Frank to change her life for the