Sometimes in our lives, we are face with many decisions to make. We try to choose the best choice that will make our life better. In the short story "Eveline" by James Joyce, Eveline had a choice to choose to be with her lover, Frank and have a new life in Buenos Aires or stay with her father and live the same life she always been in. Even though she was not very happy in her present position, her father was cruel, and she had someone who she loved that will take her far away to start a new life, she chooses to stay with what she knew. Sometimes, it is just easier to stay with what you are already familiar with than the unknown.
Eveline's present life situation was not so terrible. She worked at a store with Miss Gavan as a sales clerk and her wages were seven shillings. Life was not so bad for her. She had food and shelter over her. She had people who knew her all her life. Some of those people she liked and they liked her.
Her father was a drunk. He drank......
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