The main character of James Joyce's short story, "Eveline," has a tough time in her life, both at home and at business. The report shows what happened to her family, why her life went bad, meeting Frank, and that she couldn't go to Buenos Ayres to be married to her lover, Frank. Building the most important question, here is, "Why couldn't you go with Frank?" It is because Eveline's Catholic upbringing as a dutiful daughter makes impossible her hopes for a happy life.
             She lives in Dublin, and she is Christian. Her father had a preacher friend, and she also "prayed to God to direct her." She belonged to the Catholic society, but the community did not treat her well. "In her new home, it wouldn't be like that. People would treat her with respect. Eveline's coworker, Ms. Gaven, had an "edge on her." Joyce also mentioned that Eveline's store would be "filled up with advertisement" if she went away with Frank. Her society was small, and if one community member goes wrong, everybody knows it. Eveline grew up in this Catholic society, and its characters might prevent Eveline from going wrong in her life –to go away from her father and family.
             After her mother's death, Eveline "had hard work to keep the house together," and she was the only one who could do it. Her brother, Ernest dead, the other brother, Harry, "was nearly always somewhere in the country" for his church decorating business, and her father is violent and oppressive. She has two younger sisters and brothers, but they are too young to support themselves. No one seemed to take care of their family but Eveline. Her mother might know that Eveline is the only one who can do it, and that is the reason why she chose Eveline to ask "to keep the home together as long as she could." Her mother's promise seemed to put so much pressure on Eveline. It was challenging work and a "wholly undesirable life." I don't think her mother expected that Eveline would have such a hard time. Ju...