In the short story collection “Dubliners,” James Joyce presents a mosaic of the daily lives of working-class Irish people and their personal struggles with the pre- independent. societal and personal restrictions of Victorian England. The characters of Little Chandler, Eveline, Maria and Farrington symbolize the specific components of the kaleidoscopic Irish population and their universal tendency to remain confined within the confines of the current period and within the confines of their society. Although life presents them with opportunities to improve or change their living conditions, these people are not ready to move on and are stifled by their ambiguity, belief system and stereotypes. Joyce's characters illustrate multiple stereotypes but also a variety of beliefs that Irish people followed, which influenced their behavior and choices. Some literary critics recognize the reason for Dubliners' paralysis as society as a whole with its pervasive moral conditions (Bloom 90-91). One of the most significant stereotypes, described by Phillip F. Herring, was the misleading belief among the Irish population that improvement in one's life comes "only through death or emigration" (Bloom 91). . This false belief is presented in at least two of Joyce's characters; Eveline and Tom Chandler. Eveline is a nineteen-year-old girl from the book of the same name. Although still very young, she takes care of her abusive father and two siblings in exchange for a roof over her head. She is employed in "stores" under the supervision of Miss Hill, who, like her father, shows neither affection nor kindness towards Eveline. However, there may be a light in the middle of the paper......gue 51.1 (2009): 1-16. Premier Academic Research. Internet. April 10, 2012.de Voogd, Peter. “Imaging Eveline, focalizations visualized in James Joyce’s Dubliners.” European Journal of English Studies 4.1 (2000): 39-48. Premier Academic Research. Internet. April 10, 2012 Goldberg, SL “Virtues and Limitations of James Joyce’s “Dubliners”: A Critical Handbook.” » Ed. James R. Baker and Thomas F. Staley. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc. (1969): 29-35. Print.Herring, Philip F. "'Dubliners': The Trials of Adolescence in James Joyce: A Collection of Critical Essays." » Ed. Mary T. Reynold. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1993): 67-80. Print.Kelly, Joseph. “Our Joyce: from pariah to icon”. University of Texas Press, 1998. Electronic Book Collection (EBSCOhost). Internet. April 10, 2012. Joyce, James. “The Dubliners”. Ed. Margot Norris.1st ed. New York: WW Norton & Company, 2006. Print