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The Boarding House, By James Joyce (1914) Rating: 8/10 In The Boarding House , we can say that Polly symbolizes a woman who is not independent. Polly's return to her mother's boarding house after working as a pie piste meant that she had failed in her attempt to become independent from her mother, who had a strong desire to dominate. Also, her marriage to Doran shows that Polly does not have any freedom. Mrs. Mooney uses her young daughter Polly to lure in her young boarders which shows her corrupted aspect. Doran fears that if he doesn't marry Polly, his reputation will suffer and he will lose his job, so he eventually marries Polly. Polly, Mrs. Mooney, and Mr. Doran all symbolize people who are paralyzed for some reason. They are all paralyzed and choose an unfortunate future. All of James Joyce's works have a common theme: 'paralysis'. Eveline's failure to choose a new future with Frank and her return to her family in Eveline can also be interpreted as p...

Eveline, By James Joyce (1914) Rating: 8/10 Eveline could have had a rather obvious storyline without the ending part. The story of a girl who sacrifices herself under her drunken father, meets the one she loves, and decides to escape with him and goes on a boat... It would be interesting as it is a cliché, but it would have been very disappointing if the story ended here. In this way, Frank saves Evelynn, but readers would think 'Couldn't Evelynn solve the problems by herself without Frank's help?'. Frank would be playing a role like the 'Prince Charming', and Evelynn would not be an independent woman, but a plain character waiting only for the salvation of the prince charming. By the final scene of the story where Eveline decides not to go with Frank and turns around, Eveline is at last completed. If I were Eveline, what would I do?  I may have chosen to leave with Frank, being  frightened of a pressing situation. But if I think about it a little more, I thi...