"A bell clanged upon her heart. She felt him seize her hand: 'Come!'" (20-21).
Do I smell the climax of the story? Probably not, but in any case, I believe that I did find the moment of epiphany within Eveline that lead her to let Frank sail away to Buenos Aires.
The story started with an anecdote to Eveline's childhood, but why? Okay, so the anecdote sets up what I am going to call the theme- Love cannot break the bond instituted by a family bond. The anecdote shines her father in a bad light as well as mentions all of her old friends moving on, but this indirectly shows her love for her neighborhood. This was the first moment where it should have occurred to me that an epiphany would come.
I would try to analyze the store seen, but I'm not really sure what it stands for- shocker.
Enough of the negative, let's get back to sounding smart and analyze the scene with Eveline's ill mother. For me, this was my epiphany that Eveline was going to stay- I say with hesitance. Not only does Eveline promise her mother to keep the family together for as long as she could, but her father even agreed that Eveline should not be with the "damned Italian." This idea that Eveline and her semi-abusive father would get along just confirmed the theme as well as added to the idea that Eveline's background was more important than her future.
What I am getting to is my answer to question six. I believe that Eveline decided to leave Frank behind, much like she did the friends in her original anecdote, but I am probably wrong. The strong draw on past events to tell a present tense story closely relate to the idea that Eveline always knew that she did not want to leave her home.
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