Change is a constant of the universe, but with it comes infinite peril. In James Joyce’s “Eveline” a young woman is paralyzed by fear when she faces the possibility of an uncertain future. Like a helpless animal she allows her fear of change to control her, and ultimately condemn her to a life of suffering.
Eveline is trapped in a miserable and oppressive existence. She finds her self anchored to this life by a promise to her dying mother, “her promise to keep the family together as long as she could” (3). She trods through the same routine each week. Working at the stores all week only to face “the invariable squabble for
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