Eveline's father is not a good father in any sense of the word. Eveline's memories and anecdotes about him all surround his drunken and abusive behavior. The first incident the reader learns about is the time he went hunting for his children in the field with a stick.
Eveline admits that he is violent when he drinks, and tries to rationalize it away by saying he usually left her be. The abuse usually focused on her now deceased mother and older brothers.
Eveline is forced to try to care for him, and yet he does heap abuse on her and makes her life difficult. He berates her for wasting his money, which is for food, while he blows it on booze. Eveline is stuck to contend with his drinking and violent temper.
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