The end of love and acceptance of loss in “Eveline” by James Joyce and “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest HemingwayAt least once In their lives, most people will experience the end of a love and have to face the difficulties of moving on. The end of a romantic relationship can come either by choosing to leave the other half or by being the one left behind. In the short stories “Eveline” by James Joyce and “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway, there are particularly good examples of the end of love and the acceptance of loss. The end of a relationship should not be seen as the end of the world, but as a chance to grow from the experience. The women in these stories both felt pain from their losses, but in the words of Alfred Lord Tennyson, "it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." In the story "Eveline" by James Joyce, a young woman Eveline is torn between leaving for a new life in Buenos Aires with her fiancé Frank or staying home and caring for her father. Even though Eveline loves Frank, she knows that her father needs her. At home she knows everyone and everyone knows her, but in Buenos Aires there would only be Frank. “Frank was very kind, manly and open-minded” and Eveline knew that life with him would be wonderful and exciting, but she also had a duty to her family (Joyce 659). “The promise to her mother, her promise to keep the house together as long as she could” was the only thing keeping Eveline from leaving (Joyce 660). Her father had a terrible streak of meanness and they fought constantly, but now that he was getting older, she knew she couldn't leave him. As Eveline and Frank waited at the dock for their boat, these thoughts kept running through his head. At the last... middle of paper ...... uh that loss of love, but in the end we can hope that they were able to move on. This is what we must remember from these stories; that although the end of love can be painful, it is important to move on and grow from these experiences. Works CitedDilworth, Thomas. “THE NUMINA OF JOYCE’S ‘EVELINE’.” Studies in Short Fiction 15.4 (1978): 456. Academic research completed. EBSCO. Internet. April 24, 2011. Hashmi, Nilofer. “HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS”: THE JILTING OF JIG. " Hemingway Review 23.1 (2003): 72-83. Academic research completed. EBSCO. Web. April 24, 2011 Joyce, James. "Eveline." 2009. Bequest. By Jan Z. Schmidt, Lynne Crockett, and Carley R. Bogarad. 4th ed. . Wadsworth Cengage Learning. Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants.” By Jan Z. Schmidt, Lynne Crockett, and Carley R. Bogarad...