ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does Harry do for a living?
A
He is a sailor.
B
He is in the church-decorating business.
C
He is a builder.
D
He does not work because he is still in school.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -To whom has Eveline written letters? Q. What does Harry do for a living? He is a sailor.

Detailed explanation-2: -Summary and Analysis Eveline. Eveline Hill, a 19-year-old woman who works in a Dublin shop, sits inside her family’s house recalling childhood, including some happy memories as well as her father’s drunken brutality to her and her siblings.

Detailed explanation-3: -Little Keogh the Cripple The only other sibling that Eveline names. He currently works in “the church decorating business” and is usually away from Dublin, in other parts of Ireland. He sends up money to Eveline’s father.

Detailed explanation-4: -Eveline, confronted with the ambiguities of sexual and romantic love, chooses to stay at home and take her place as her father’s caretaker. Eveline makes the decision she has been raised to make. She is faithful to the promise she made to her mother and assumes her role as the matriarch of the family.

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