Eveline - #4

To me, Frank didn't appear to be a horrible sort of person, as expressed through the narrator's description. Frank was, however, a sailor. Often times, sailors where known to be flighty men. They were also known to be rather fickle in their choice of women and to lose their money easily. This may have contributed to her father's refusal to allow her to see. I also believe that her father made this refusal because it meant that he was able to keep her home a little longer. I feel that her father was over reliant upon his daughter, perhaps because of his wife's death. This in turn would also explain why she was not allowed to socialize with Frank.