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In his short story, "Eveline", James Joyce discusses the difficult decision of when the time is right to leave home and start your own life. The main character, Eveline, has to decide whether to leave to Buenos Aires with her boyfriend Frank, or to keep her promi ....

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.... her with respect once she is married. Her brother Ernest had passed away, Harry, her other brother was hardly ever around because he traveled for his job. This left her alone with her father who had begun to threaten her. At least in Buenos Aires she would be protected. Though she loved Frank, it was a difficult relationship due to the fact that her father forbid her to see him after the two men were involved in an argument. Eveline really didn't know Frank that well. She was a lonely person, and when Frank came along he seemed to be her ticket to happiness. All she knew really knew about him was the stories he had told which led me to believe he was ....