The first two paragraphs of the story provide evidence of elements that lead Eveline to meditate about the past and to contemplate the possibility of change in the future. An interesting section is the paragraph that comes before the major cut in the narrative, (“She stood up...”), that defines the emotional clash between the forces of change and tradition going on within Eveline’s mind. This paragraph motivates the reader to examine the emotional impact of the forces that drive Eveline toward the possibility of change and her urge to escape and construct a new life and a new sense of self.
If you could find one, two or three things that reveal an emotional clash between the forces of change and tradition going on within Eveline’s mind; you would have a great thesis.
You can use some social conditions that are highlighted in this story are:
1) The life of unmarried and married working middle-class people like Eveline and
2) Family and societal pressures
3) Male drunkenness and its consequences for the Irish family
4) Intellectual and economic paralysis
5) Irish attitudes towards religion and sexuality
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