James Joyce Dubliners
... Joyce, himself an expatriate, turns this insult around in "Eveline": we see not an ungrateful child, but an ungrateful parent. ... Joyce gives us in concise detail the terrible poverty and pressure of her situation. ... Paralysis is a common theme in Dubliners, and poor Eveline finds herself unable to move forward. ... Analysis: "The Dead" is the most famous story in Dubliners, and is widely recognized as one of the finest short stories in the English language. Joyce conferred on it the honor of the final position, and made it three times as long as the average Dubliners tale. ... Much has been made of the fact that Dubliners is framed by two stories dealing with death. ... Joyce joins the themes of isolation and mortality.