"There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision (James)." Originally appearing in Dubliners, a compilation of vignettes by James Joyce, his short story Eveline is the tale of such an unfortunate individual. Anxious, timid, scared, perhaps even terrified -- all these describe Eveline. She is a frightened, indecisive young woman poised between her past and her future.                  Eveline loves her father but is fearful of him. She …showed first 75 words of 624 total…

…showed last 75 words of 624 total…get run over (Bevan)." WORK CITED Bevan, Aneurin. Observer. Dec. 1935. The Colombia Dictionary of Quotations. Colombia University Press. 1995. Microsoft Bookshelf 1996-1997 Edition. CD-ROM. Microsoft Corporation. 1996. n. pag. James, William. Principles of Psychology. vol. 1, ch. 4. 1890. The Colombia Dictionary of Quotations. Colombia University Press. 1995. Microsoft Bookshelf 1996-1997 Edition. CD-ROM. Microsoft Corporation. 1996. n. pag. Joyce, James. Eveline. Literature and the Writing Process. Eds. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X. Day, and Robert Funk. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice, 1996. 4-6.