Eveline James Joyce’s “Eveline” describes a story of a confused girl that is stuck in a situation that could change her life forever. Eveline, suppressed by her mother’s deathbed wishes, is mentally subdued by her abusive surroundings, making it impossible for her to make a better life for herself. Eveline, being the young indentured servant that she had been accustomed to, is surrounded by an abusive father and a society that treats her …showed first 75 words of 487 total…

…showed last 75 words of 487 total…to her mother. Eveline, being the growing, sheltered, and restrained woman that she was, proved to be eternally condemned to her miserable surroundings. Committed by her promise to her mother and by fear of her angered, drunken, and abusive father. She was mentally unable to leave her responsibilities. Eveline, suppressed by her mother’s deathbed wishes was mentally subdued by her abusive surroundings making it impossible for her to make a better life for herself.