Respect In Eveline and Teenage Wasteland "Eveline" and "Teenage Wasteland" are both stories about people with problems gaining respect. Both characters tried to earn respect from their parents, but went about doing it in different ways. Neither of witch worked out for the better. Both ways ended up causing confusion instead of respect. James Joyce, author of "Eveline," wrote about a woman, named Eveline, who felt she needed to earn the respect of her father and even her neighbors. She felt getting married was what she needed to do to gain this respect. She met a man named Frank, and thought