Theme Blog #1

"Eveline" #2
Eveline feels trapped in her present life, and I do not think her father respects her as he should. On page 219, she says that "she would not be treated as her mohter had been". She would have "respect". Her father must not have respect for women. I think he may have physically hurt her mother and controlled what she did. Eveline says that she is afraid of "the danger of her father's violence". He was controlling and probably has anger issues. She wants to live a life of her own. He "had forbidden her to have anything to do with [Frank]"(p 220), which is what made her happy. She also said that she had a "right to happiness" (221). She must not have happiness in her current situation since she says this. Miss Gavan is very critical of Eveline, by correcting everything she did. Eveline says she "would be glad" if Eveline left, which also shows that Miss Gavan gave her more incentive to leave. Lastly, I think her father forbidding her from things made her want that life even more. Also, her memory of her mother contributed to her decision to leave. She saw how her mother was treated and did not want to be trapped. Since she remembered how life for her mother was, she knew what she did not want. Eveline wanted to escape into a life of her own, not dictated by her father.