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The Paradox of First Love: Discovering Self in Joyce’s Dublins
Our lives are actually very hazy. What hazy means is that we don’t know what we can do at best and what we can do at worst. To a large extent, we go through life without knowing much about ourselves. However, first love sometimes pushes you to release your inner passion, allowing you to reach an extreme state and finally understand what kind of person you are. Joyce’s collection of short stories “Dublins” contains fifteen stories, the fourth of which is called “Eveline”. Evelyn was a girl who lived a very ordinary life. Later she fell in love with sailor Frank, who wanted to take her to Buenos Aires in…