Catholic upbringing

The main character of James Joyce’s short story, “Eveline”, has a tough time in her life both home and at business. The story shows what happen to her family, why her life went bad, meeting Frank, and the fact that she couldn’t go Buenos Ayres to be married with her lover, Frank. Building the biggest question, here is, “Why she couldn’t go with Frank?” It is because Eveline’s Catholic upbringing as …

…if she does it, she will regret to have done it later. If she escapes from home, her family members might have some negative effect in her Catholic society because of Eveline’s action. Her father will treat badly for his young sons and daughters like he had done for Eveline and her brothers. Eveline knew that she will be the one who feel sorry about them when imagine the situation after she left home.