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Well, guys, this is just like my Copper Sun Fic. I had to do an English project and write about this story we read in English class. The story is called Eveline by James Joyce and it's a short story.
In the story Eveline is sitting at home and she's thinking about leaving her home to go off with this guy named Frank who is a sailor from Argntina. Her mom and brother died long before this, btw. She lives with her dad and he's been drinking alot since her mom died and being a bit abusive towards Eveline. Anyway, she's thinking of all the things that lead up to this moment and wheather she should leave or not. And she ends up (SPOLIER ALERT) staying with her dad.
The assignment was to write in the perspective of either Eveline to her dad convincing him to let her leave, Frank to Eveline convincing her to come with him to Argentina, or Eveline's dad to Eveline convincing her to stay in Ireland with him.
So I chose to write from Eveline's POV to her dad convincing him to let her go with Frank.
And yea...
Here it is!! :D
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Dear Daddy,
I’m sorry that I have to write this in a letter, but if I didn’t I don’t think you’ll ever really listen to me. I just wanted to tell you that I decided to leave to go to Argentina with Frank. By the time you read this, I’ll probably be on a boat miles from Ireland. I’m so sorry, daddy, I wish it hadn’t of come to this. I love you so much, dad, but, I need some space, some independence. I need to be happy again. Ever since mom died, things haven’t been the same as they used to. We used to be happy, remember daddy? Remember how you’d put on mom’s bonnets to make us laugh? Remember the picnics, dad? Remember when things weren’t so bad? Remember when mom and brother were alive and how much happiness they brought us? Well, we’re missing that. We’re missing that happiness and joy. We’re not happy anymore, dad. And if we keep this up, we never will be. I have to let you go and you have to let me go. Frank makes me so happy, daddy. He’s a perfect gentleman and he’s manly; I know you always wanted me to marry a manly man. You always used to say that no man is man enough to keep your daughter happy. Well, I think Frank’s that man. He can keep me happy, dad, isn’t that all you wanted? I know you’d like him, if you ever gave him a chance. And, I think mom would like him, too. Don’t you think so? A man to make her daughter happy is any mother’s wish, right dad? Besides, he does love me. I know he does.
Argentina can’t be that bad. I mean, the language might be a bit hard to understand, but I’ll learn. I’ll learn fast, too! I’ll get Frank to help me and I’ll learn some myself! Doesn’t that sound exciting, dad? Learning all these new things! Wow! I can’t wait! I’ve always loved to learn. I probably never told you that, daddy, but I do so very much. I love to learn and I love to try it myself. That’s something I won’t miss in Ireland. I never learned anything. Everything is so monotone here. It’s maddening! I do the same thing every day and it gets so repetitive that I never learn anything! It’s frustrating, dad. I want to spread my wings and fly! I want to be a bird! I want to learn! I want to be independent and soar through the sky! Doesn’t that sound amazing, daddy? Flying, learning, being independent! It’s so scary to think of doing any of these things in Ireland, but in Argentina, I have a new start! I can be independent! I can fly as far and as high as I’d like! Doesn’t it sound perfect? Wouldn’t you want it, dad? Wouldn’t you like to be free? I think Frank and Argentina can show me what it’s like to be free. And I think, one day, maybe I could teach you, daddy.
He tells me he loves me. Sometimes, it’s hard to understand him, but I can’t help but fall in love with him. I’m sure you felt that way with mommy, right? I’m sure you felt like nothing could stand in your way, as long as you two were always together. Frank makes me feel that. He makes me feel a lot of things I’ve never really felt before! He’s very nice to me, and when I don’t understand what he’s saying, he’d act it out for me to understand and it’d be so funny! He’d embarrass himself for me! Can you believe it, daddy? For me! Just so that I could understand. And, I’d do the same for him. It’s weird, isn’t it? Being in love, I mean. It just makes you feel so venerable, yet to strong at the same time. It’s out of this world, right dad? Mom always told me that. She always said that if a guy makes you feel so very alive that it is unbelievable, that he’s the right one. She told me that’s what she felt for you. I really think that you would of liked him, daddy. I really do. Only if you would of given him a chance.
Mom always used to say that you were too hard on us kids when we were growing up, but I think that without that I would never be the strong girl I am today. Thank you so much daddy. Thank you so much for making me so strong and teaching me valuable life lessons, but now you have to let go. You have to let me be a bird. Let me fly dad; don’t bring me down, please. You’ve taught me so much and it’d be sad to waste it all on Ireland. Let me take this chance on love.
Now, I have to ask you something, dad. I have to ask you to let me go. I have to ask you not to be upset. And I have to ask you to never think that I chose Frank over you. I love you daddy, so much. Stay safe and be strong. Don’t forget me and don’t forget that I love you.
With all my love,
Eveline
