for her father. This quote made me feel hugely sympathetic
and piteous towards Eveline.
“It was hard work – a hard life – but now that she was
about to leave it a wholly undesirable life”. By using this
quote the author did very well in making me understand the
characters feelings and emotions by using strongly emphasising
words like ‘undesirable’.
“She had consented to go away, to leave her home. Was that
wise? She tried to weigh down each side of the question”. This
quote shows that Eveline is still unsure about whether she has
made the right decision in consenting to leave home. This made
me want to encourage, support and help Eveline.
Another reason I enjoyed reading this story is because I like
the way in which the author has ended the story; leaving the
reader eager to know what will happen next.
“He rushed beyond the barrier and called her to follow. He
was shouted at to go on, but he still called to her. She set
her face to him, passive, like a helpless animal. Her eyes
gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition”. What
I like about his quote is its characterisation and language.
I think that by using the phrase “her eyes gave him no sign
of love or farewell or recognition” the author has made
the character of Eveline become alive, the reader can
almost picture Eveline through the description the author
has used. I also think that the simile “like a helpless animal”
is very effective because it made me feel sorry for Eveline,
by using this quote the author the author wants us to see how
vulnerable and forlorn Eveline is feeling.
Another story I enjoyed reading in this collection is ‘The
Winters and the Palmleys’, by Thomas hardy.
This story is narrated by the village ‘groceress’ who tells
A tale of what happened to two families the Winters and
the Palmleys. The main reason I enjoyed reading this story
is because it deals with a mixture of themes including
jealousy, rivalry, misery, vengeance, loneliness, love and
disappointment.
Rivalry is a very essential theme in this story, it is maintained
Throughout the entire story.
“Never mind in particulars, but in consequence of this they
were at daggers-drawn, and they did not love each other
any better when one of them tempted the others lover away
from her and married him”. This quote is used at the beginning
of the story and it grabs the readers attention and makes the
reader curious to find out what the story is about.
Another theme that is a very important in this story is love.
“love is an unceremonious thing, and what in the world should
happen but that young Jack winter fell woefully and wildly in
love with Harriet Palmley”. This quote makes the reader eager to
reader eager to read on to see if Jack will come to a bad end,
because we already know that Harriet Palmley is a ‘disdainful’
and ‘proud’ young girl who ‘regards herself as much above Mrs
Winter and her son’. Also the term ‘love is an unceremonious thing’
Endorses that the narrator has a rather negative perception of love.
Another reason I liked this story is because, in my opinion, it has a
very well defined story line. This story is also very ‘fast moving’ which
is why it made me keen to read further on.
The story I enjoyed reading the least from this collection is pictures, by
Katherine Mansfield. ‘Pictures’ is a story that lets us see the dreams and
everyday life of film actress Miss Amy Moss.
The reason I didn’t enjoy reading this story is because I feel it didn’t have
any theme in particular. Another reason I didn’t enjoy reading this story is
because I feel that it didn’t have any theme in particular.
Another reason I didn’t enjoy reading this story is because, in my opinion,
the story line was quite complicated. It was also very dull because, I feel that
it didn’t have a very satisfactory beginning, middle, or end, therefore it didn’t
make me want to read on.
In this coursework I discussed and analysed three stories from the collection.
The three stories I chose from this collection were ‘Eveline’, by James Joyce
‘The Winters and the Palmleys’, by Thomas Hardy and ‘Pictures’, by
Katherine Mansfield.
The stories ‘Eveline’ and ‘Pictures’ both have a main character but on the
other hand ‘The Winters and the Palmleys’ have no main character in particular.
Also the stories ‘Eveline’ and ‘The Winters and the Palmleys’ have something in
common because they both deal with loneliness and misery.
