Araby and Eveline Questions

#8. Analyze the boy’s feelings as described in the story’s last paragraph. Are his feelings justified? How will he be changed as a result of his experience at the bazaar?

I think his feelings are justified and also not justified. They are justified in that he worked so hard to get there and now feels as though he has failed. They are also unjustified in that it might feel like a failure at the moment but probably will not later in life, he thought he was in love with this girl but probably just has a crush on her and is getting ahead of himself. He also might feel stupid because he spent so much time over girl. He is probably very angry at his uncle for not listening to him and being there. This might change him to being more timid about love and not being over eager.

#3 At just about the middle of the story (end of paragraph 9), Eveline sums up her life in Dublin: “ It was hard work – a hard life – but now that she was about to leave it she did not find it a wholly undesirable life.” What about it makes it attractive to her?

I believe he most attractive part for her is the fact she gets money. She has a place to live, food to eat, fights with her father about money but ends u getting it in the end. Maybe the reality of moving away is hitting her hard and she is realizing it will not be as easy as it has been and that she will have to work even harder.

#7 Is Eveline a sympathetic or unsympathetic character? Is she a victim of her own character or of circumstances beyond her control? How do these issues contribute to the major theme?

It think she is sympathetic because she feels sorry for leaving her father behind and not obeying what her other told her to do even though she truly wants to leave. I also think yes she is a victim and not because she brought these problems to her but she also had no control over some of them it goes both ways. And again yes they do support the major them because they factor into her final decision whether she boards the boat or not. I think the things that happened to her and they way they did made her who she is and made her decisions.