From the beginning of this short story, my heart went out to Eveline. The first paragraph caused sympathy for this girl for obviously "she was tired" and lonely. As her story began to unfold, I felt awful for this girl. She was just over nineteen and had already been through many horrific situations: she detested her work, her mother and brother had both died, and she had an abusive father. These circumstances were in no way under her control, which added to the theme. They caused her inner turmoil regarding her choices between staying in her home with "those whom she had known all her life" or "explor[ing] a new life with Frank." Neither of these choices were great, but rather they show a lack of choices for Eveline. Just as abuse victims always allow for excuses, Eveline does the same. She begins to recall her fonder childhood memories, therefore becoming torn between what she wants and what is the best decision. I cannot imagine having to make a life-altering decision such as this; although I can say my choice would be Frank and Argentina, I understand the battle waging inside of Eveline. The entire story caused Eveline to be sympathetic because so much of it was caused by the unfortunate family and world she was born into. As a side note, this story was extremely similar to a book I read when I was much younger called So Far From Home; the story is basically the same, only the Irish girl in the novel chose to leave her family. It was interesting for me to compare the two stories after I read Eveline.
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