Eveline

C) As Eveline is having flashbacks to the day before her mother passed away, she remembers that there was an organ player that had been told to go away. She also remembers her father cursing the organ player. “The organ player had been ordered to go away and given sixpence. She remembered her father strutting back into the sickroom saying: ‘Damned Italians! coming over here!’” (Joyce 27). Why was there an organ player? Was her mother surely to die where they had no hope? Why does the father get so aggravated with the organ player.

D) One quote that I liked was when Eveline talks about her father in a positive way. I especially liked this because she had been talking badly about her father the entire story. “Her father was becoming old lately, she noticed he would miss her. Sometimes he could be very nice. Not long before, when she had been laid up for a day, he had read her out a ghost story and made toast for her at the fire” (Joyce 27).

E) When Eveline starts having an emotional breakdown I was both shocked and confused. It almost felt like Eveline’s breakdown came out of nowhere, was she trying to escape her mothers death by leaving with Frank? It also says that Frank would give her life, but she wanted to live. I had a hard time understanding this quote and breakdown that happened. “She stood up in a sudden impulse of terror. Escape! She must escape! Frank would save her. He would give her life, perhaps love too. But she wanted to live” (Joyce 27).

First off, I like the Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run” quote at the top.
C) One of the parts that I do not understand is why he goes into such detail. I get the point that he is trying to express what is happening but Joyce gets to the point where he is just dragging on and on. “She looked round the room, reviewing all its familiar objects which she had dusted ince a week for so many years, wondering where on earth all the dust came from. Perhaps she would never see again those familiar objectsfrom which she had never dreamed of being divided. And yet during all those years she had never found out the name of the priest whose yellowing photograph hung on the wall above the harmonium besides the colored print of the promises made to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque.”
D) “But in her new home, in a distant unknown country it would not be like that. Then she would be married-she, Eveline. People would not treat her with respect then. She would not be treated as her mother had been.”
I like this quote for a number of reasons. The first reason is that I can relate it to many of the stories that my family has told me about moving, whether it be to America or another Irish city. This reminded me of all of the stories.
E) Even though not much was said about Frank, I feel that I can relate to him. Also, Eveline did not go with Frank so I feel bad for him. Joyce called him a good open hearted person. I feel that since Eveline did not go with him he could have been a more important character than what he was.

Nicholas leong
Mr.thomas
English 10

Eveline
A.I think that since Eveline had an sometimes abusive father, she can relate to many other kids. This can also have played a part in her decision not to marry Frank because maybe she reminded her of her father.
I. I agree with kyle where he says “E) When Eveline starts having an emotional breakdown I was both shocked and confused. It almost felt like Eveline’s breakdown came out of nowhere, was she trying to escape her mothers death by leaving with Frank? It also says that Frank would give her life, but she wanted to live. I had a hard time understanding this quote and breakdown that happened. “She stood up in a sudden impulse of terror. Escape! She must escape! Frank would save her. He would give her life, perhaps love too. But she wanted to live” in that I also think her outburst was uncalled for.
E. One thing that confused me was why Eveline did not go with Frank and why she had a sudden breakdown. I feel like she doesn’t know what she wanted in life especially because of her mothers death. However after reading it again I understood why she didn’t leave. She thought about her home and how happy she was when her brother was still there and I guess the thought of that made her stay.

D. Some lines I liked but were confusing from the story eveline were " No! No! No! It was impossible. hands clutched the iron in frenzy. Amid the seas she sent a cry of anguish! Eveline! Evvy! He rushed beyond the barrier and called to her to follow. He was shouted at to go on but he still called to her. She sat her white face to him, passive, like a helpless animal. Her eyes have him no signs of love or farewell or recognition." What the heck? Is eveline like her father now because she was emotionless. It seems weird how she acted after all that happened to her from her father. It seems like she is used to it and she actually wants to be used, or she doesn't see anything in herself.




C. After all of this why does eveline stay? She describes how terrible and awful her father and life is and she stays? "Frank would save her. He would give her life perhaps love, too. But she wanted to live. Why should she be unhappy? She had a right to happiness. Frank would take her in his arms, fold her in his arms. He would save her." Why wouldn't she go with him? She is so stupid.




B. " Her time was running out but she continued to sit by the window..." This quote reminds me of when I was playing my baseball playoff game and we were down by two runs with one inning left and we ended up winning the game by a walk off

C) Throughout the story, I was confused as to why Joyce went into so much detail. I am aware that he wanted to give the reader a clear picture of what was happening but he was continuing to ramble on. “She looked round the room, reviewing all its familiar objects which she had dusted once a week for so many years, wondering where on earth all the dust came from. Perhaps she would never see again those familiar objects from which she had never dreamed of being divided. And yet during all those years she had never found out the name of the priest whose yellowing photograph hung on the wall above the harmonium besides the colored print of the promises made to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque.” Instead of just getting to the point of not being able to find the name of the priest, a lot of unnecessary information was told. 

D) One excerpt that I enjoyed was when Eveline speaks very highly of her father.“Her father was becoming old lately, she noticed he would miss her. Sometimes he could be very nice. Not long before, when she had been laid up for a day, he had read her out a ghost story and made toast for her at the fire.” I feel that the typical father/ husband is overlooked in a family in today's world. 

E) When Evelines world is collapsing, I became extremely confused and startled. “She stood up in a sudden impulse of terror. Escape! She must escape! Frank would save her. He would give her life, perhaps love too. But she wanted to live.” I am clueless as to what caused Eveline to become scared all of a sudden. In addition, it says that Frank will give her life but then Joyce writes that Eveline wants to live like she is expecting to die if Frank were to help her.