1In the short story "Eveline" James Joyce shows us how one can live through memories, putting family first, and trying to start a new life. The story?s main character is a girl named Eveline who has spent her whole young adult life working and taking care of her younger siblings. Eveline has her whole life ready for a change when a young man named Frank offers to take her away from her life she …showed first 75 words of 751 total…

…showed last 75 words of 751 total…her into the situation that what ever she does will change her life forever. Decisions that include her very morals, poverty, and making decisions that change a person?s life forever. Ultimately life is based on decisions, and one bad one can completely destroy your life. Eveline makes the right decision in not leaving her home and her family for a man that she doesn?t love and a lifestyle that she knows nothing about.