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Response of Hope

Virginia,

       Never give up hope! There is a purpose in life for everyone- a reason to live. There is a God. He is real and loves you so much that He sent His only Son to die for you so that you can have eternal life after death in the presence of the Lord! No matter what happens in life, it is important to know and remember that God loves you and is always there for you. In the middle of life’s messes and the things that stress us out, it hard to dwell on how much we are blessed. But, hey, it’s not the end of the world! We have to trust that God knows what He is doing. These things that seem utterly devastating are actually the stuff he uses to draw us closer to Him.

       Even when all seems lost and you feel you have lost all reasons to live- please stop and think about the little things in your life that make you smile.

I pray and hope that you reconsider,

Ari

                                               

Lawrence and the Rocking Horse

Joyce Recap

My Almost-Sixty-Second Recap of James Joyce's Eveline

In this short story, the main character, and namesake, is a nineteen year old woman named Eveline. The story opens up to her looking out the window of her old house, thinking back on her childhood and the good days.

Recently, her life hasn’t been so good. In fact, Eveline refers to her life as “a hard work- a hard life.” After her mother died, Eveline has had a hard time keeping her promise to her to her mother to keep the home together as long as she could. What with her father looking down on her and having her give him all her wages and her having to make sure the children go to school and eat regularly, she’s been left pretty tired. But apparently she doesn’t find her life “wholly undesirable.”

She has in her lap two letters- one for her brother and one for her father- which she plans on leaving when she leaves later that night to run away and marry her kind, manly, and open-hearted Frank. In the end though, she stays there, her letters unread.

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