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Comparing Eveline And I Stand Here Ironing
The short stories, Eveline by James Joyce and I Stand Here Ironing by Tillie Olsen show the struggle of raising children with little to no money at all while also being single parents. Eveline’s story is different compared to Emily’s, the child being raised in I Stand Here Ironing, because she grows up with a father whereas Emily grows up with a mother. Also Eveline’s mother did not leave her family behind purposely; she died because of some sort of illness that is not stated in the story. Emily’s father however, did leave his family behind stating before he left ‘“could no longer endure” “sharing want with us.”’ (Olsen,291) Through this note, he showed that he left because he was struggling with the fact that he could not provide for his
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