"Eva"
             In the short story "Eva," the author portrays the two male characters, the father and Stephen as being manipulated and seduced by Eva's sexuality.
             The father and Stephen who are both subjected to Eva's sexuality are captivated by her. The father is smitten by Eva. He cares about her more than his own children. In other words, he neglects his children to keep Eva happy and satisfied. Usually a father of two children who have lost their mother , tries hard to focus more on the children and make sure all their needs are met. In the story, the father is so much manipulated by Eva that he has put the children in his second priority. He considers Eva as the glue who keeps his life all together. "I am going in to the village to buy Eva some soft drinks. She finds the lemonade too sour. The village is a good half and hour's walk away," the father says(2). These lines imply that the father will walk an hour just to buy Eva a soft drink and his own kids have to starve from hunger. In another part of the text, Stephen tells his father "I am hungry, when can we eat? When will supper be
             ready? When Eva comes and only then. [His father replied]" (7). The father sacrifices everything, to make sure he could get what he wants from Eva. He
             calls Eva "his little wife" and gives her all his wife's jewellery. He treats Eva as if he is trying to deceive her with jewellery, just to keep on sleeping with her.
             There are proofs in the story revealing the fact that the farther sleeps with Eva. On one part of the story, Stephen mentions that "she would crawl in to bed with his father and they would whisper things he could never hear and then, after, he would hear the rhythmic movement of the bed springs, Eva's soft moans." These lines are a proof of the father's complete drowning ...