Eveline" by James Joyce

Leaving for an unfamiliar territory: Reinforcing Eveline's fear through setting in "Eveline" by James Joyce

In the short story "Eveline," James Joyce presented a thought-provoking narrative of the life of Eveline, a woman who refused to let go of the world she had long lived in and pursue other opportunities and challenges life has to offer her. Her story had been established in two phases. The first phase involved a narrative of her family's history, the life she led long before her mother died. The second phase began with her mother's death, wherein most of Eveline's childhood friends had moved on to live separate lives. Even her brothers had moved on, Harry pursuing a career outside their hometown and Ernest dying soon after his mother's death. It became evident that Eveline was not the only one who refused to move on with life: her father, too,...
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