"She set her white face to him, passive, life a helpless animal. Her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition." Pg 222
While reading the story it was evident that Eveline is a mess. She has gone through several traumatic experiences in her life. Both her mother and her favorite brother died. Her other brother moved away. And her father abuses her most likely both physically and mentally. Also her superior, Miss Gavan, doesn't even like her. But then she falls in love with the boy of her dreams. He is sweet, kind, and promises to take care of her. He even makes plans to move her away from her family's house into a home of their own. But just before she is supposed to get on the boat to go start her new life, she becomes terrified and decides to stay. But why? She finally has the chance to escape all the negativity and abuse and instead chooses to stay right in the middle of it all. I have one of two theories. The first is that she is loyal to her family. Her mother's last request to her was that she take care of the family after she leaves. If she were to go she knows the house would fall apart so maybe she just stayed out of respect to the family. The other theory is that she has more or less been brainwashed. After suffering so much abuse, she might not be able to walk away from it. She has been trained to stay by instinct like an animal. Another theory I had was that maybe she never really loved the man, but I'm not sure that's true either.
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