Eveline - short story review

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Eveline

This short story is about a girl named Eveline who lives in Ireland that needs to make a difficult decision between staying at home with her father, or leaving to a country named Buenos Aires with her fiancé.

When Eveline first saw Frank she was firstly attracted to his good looks. After she got to know him he was kind manly and open hearted everything her father wasn't. He use to spend a lot on her and take her places like the theatre to watch a musical they were pricey seats so she felt uncomfortable sitting there. Frank was different from others because he had traveled he was more exiting than other men he had stories to tell and places to go. Other people hardly traveled because it took to long. She believed he would be her husband and escape plan from her home. Even though in the story one section said she would maybe love him, really did because she use to still see him after her father banned her. Even though he was good looking kind etc she only use to go out with him for excitement then when she got to know him she really liked him. Her relation ship with Frank had to have been strong as she was making the biggest step in her life with him.

Her father was very different because he was violent and harsh to her. She must have still loved her father more than Frank, because her father was the only family she had left in Ireland. She felt her life with Frank in Buenos Aires would be a real life not working all the time not getting shouted at. She thought Frank would give her all these thing then it said 'maybe love' so if she went with him even though she would have a better life she wouldn't have love but her father really loved her.
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Eveline had a tough life because both at her job and home it was tough work and she was not respected at both places. Her job at work was as a shop assistant at stores it was hard work and her boss didn't respect her. She didn't like working there because it says 'she would not cry many tears when leaving the store'. These are some of the reasons why she would love to get away from all the stress of her daily life.

At home it was still work but maybe she would cry a tear ...

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