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Mistreatment Of A Child In Dubliners

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In Dubliners by James Joyce, many of his stories involve a dysfunctional relationship between a child and their father. This could represent that Joyce witnessed that during Dublin of 1904, it was a tough time and place to raise a child. Children would be mistreated by their fathers, and sometimes even abused. If neither of these were happening, then they were either feeling ashamed, seeking for love, or completely controlled by their fathers. Even their decision making can be affected by their fathers. However, there were children who still cared about their fathers even after all of the mistreatment. In “Eveline,” we are introduced to Eveline Hill, a 19-year-old woman who works in a Dublin shop to earn money for her father. She sits at
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