In the story “Eveline”, wrote by James Joyce in 1995, the monotonous life of Eveline is described to show how circumstances can overcome her life’s purpose, and the wrong idea of attributing other’s the resolution of her internal conflict as fear to changes.
In Evelin’s life there is a lack of purpose. When the author describes Eveline's life he says, “she was tired,” suggesting that there was nothing that motivates her to wake up in the morning, for she has a monotonous life. Also, Eveline is a young lady who since her mother lost she has had to assume the responsibility to “keep the house together”, so she does not seem to have a goal in her life, but just the necessity of keeping her promise to her mother and this has lead to the acceptance …show more content…
It is true that as humans we all need from others, but Evelyne does not seem to want to do anything by herself. It is not the opportunity of a new place or a new love, but the opportunity of finding herself to figure out what she wants to do. The author describes her at the end, “she set her white face to him, passive, like a helpless animal. Her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition,” suggesting her body does not give her any response to what she has been planning because she was terrified to changes more than to continue with her monotonous life. Joyce shows how people get use to certain things as people, places, and objects. However, people forget to pay attention to what they really want, what they want to change in themselves, instead of just use others as an excuse to have an unsatisfactory life. At the end the problem was not only Eveline’s environment, but the way she got used to it as a comfort zone.
At the beginning the author describes Evelin as a lonely girl with a conflict environment what lead her to a lack of purpose in life. After, she find the opportunity of change with Frank, and he is shown in the story as the savior of her life, but at the she doesn't leave her home because she was afraid of changes and of taking for the first time a choice in her life, as she always do what others expect her to do. To sum up, the story of Eveline shows how people can adapt to their environment in a way that they do not want to move on or to look for a
In Evelin’s life there is a lack of purpose. When the author describes Eveline's life he says, “she was tired,” suggesting that there was nothing that motivates her to wake up in the morning, for she has a monotonous life. Also, Eveline is a young lady who since her mother lost she has had to assume the responsibility to “keep the house together”, so she does not seem to have a goal in her life, but just the necessity of keeping her promise to her mother and this has lead to the acceptance …show more content…
It is true that as humans we all need from others, but Evelyne does not seem to want to do anything by herself. It is not the opportunity of a new place or a new love, but the opportunity of finding herself to figure out what she wants to do. The author describes her at the end, “she set her white face to him, passive, like a helpless animal. Her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition,” suggesting her body does not give her any response to what she has been planning because she was terrified to changes more than to continue with her monotonous life. Joyce shows how people get use to certain things as people, places, and objects. However, people forget to pay attention to what they really want, what they want to change in themselves, instead of just use others as an excuse to have an unsatisfactory life. At the end the problem was not only Eveline’s environment, but the way she got used to it as a comfort zone.
At the beginning the author describes Evelin as a lonely girl with a conflict environment what lead her to a lack of purpose in life. After, she find the opportunity of change with Frank, and he is shown in the story as the savior of her life, but at the she doesn't leave her home because she was afraid of changes and of taking for the first time a choice in her life, as she always do what others expect her to do. To sum up, the story of Eveline shows how people can adapt to their environment in a way that they do not want to move on or to look for a