Where Are You Going Where Have You Been Character Analysis
CHOOSE A CHARACTER FROM HARRISON BERGERON OR “WHERE ARE YOU GOING WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN” DO A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THAT CHARACTER. The story and characters that was chosen was “Where Are You Going Where Have You been.” The character Connie is a 15 year old teenager who doesn’t get along with her mother. She always fussing at her about staying in the mirror so much, her mother wants her to be like her sister June but, her parents showed her sister more attention than her. Happiness would not come to Connie by spending time with her family, or by going out her friends, happiness only came to Connie when she heard “the” music. The theme for this short story that Joyce carol Oates illustrates
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that “loss of innocence “will always change one’s perspective on life, and the things around him or her. The world is not what it seems to be, you have to be careful, especially when you are young teenage girl. Connie spends most of her evenings picking up boys at a restaurant, and one evening captures the attention of a stranger in a gold convertible covered with cryptic writing.Connie also thought she could control men with her beauty; she tried hard with doing it. Connie wasn’t normal she wasn’t doing the normal things what most teenage girls would do but instead she feels the need to get attention from boys. She loved listening to rock and roll music. But on one particular day she was home alone, it seems like it was a dream to her but it was real. A car pulled up in her drive way, it was a gold convertible covered with cryptic writing. There were two men one of them stepped out the car his name is named Arnold friend. Arnold friend looks like the type of guy who has the ability to combine romance and violence, that's the reason why Connie is falling for him. His appearance is less than impressive indeed, he looks strange enough to suggest that he has a mental problem or is even somehow otherworldly. He was a strange looking man he didn’t seem right to her he was older than he claimed to be. He acted as if he were a teenager. He had makeup on his neck; He wears mirrored sunglasses, he has translucent skin, and has hair that is so wild that it looks like a wig. When he walks, he wobbles, as though his shoes don’t fit.
His feet are hooves that the devil has. The narrator stated about the wig that Arnold friend was wearing was to make the reader think that he’s wearing it for a purpose, which is to hide his devil horns. The other guy name was Ellie he is also listening, to the same rock and roll song that Connie was listening to before they pulled up. Ellie looks like the type of guy who could do no harm. He's quiet and just hangs around; Arnold friend convinced Connie to go for a ride with him but, Connie knows that’s something doesn’t seem right with him. The ride that Arnold friend talks to Connie about could have been a sexual connotation. Connie does not pick up on right then because, she is so young and blind to the world of sexual pleasures that Arnold lives in.Connie has an uneasy feeling about Arnold friend, and she feels violated by his presence. Connie starts to get suspicious and don’t know what to do. Connie took that ride with Arnold friend, as they were riding he told her things that he already know about her.He seem to know a lot about where her family went on the day he came to visit her, and what her sister was wearing. Throughout Connie's conversation with Arnold friend she keeps getting a sense that she is looking at her surroundings for the first time. She
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all the pieces to the puzzle together to see that Arnold friend is not who he really says he is. Arnold friend revealed to Connie his real age, her heart just dropped and her heart was beating so fast. She also sees that his friend Ellie is also a grown man as well and not a teenager. She feels a wave of dizziness rise. She finally realizes that Arnold has lied to her, he feels like he has gain power over her. Then he admits stalking her and finding out all kinds of details about her from her friends. There also numbers that are on his car the numbers are 33, 19, and 17. I think that 33 represents Arnolds age19, 17 are the past victims he had in the past. If you add those numbers together its “69” which is a reference to sex. Ellie was a symbol of hope Arnold friend is a symbol of the devil disguise Connie radiates light throughout and that symbolizes her innocence. If you take out R’s in Arnold friend you get “An old fiend” it’s referring to the devil of course. Connie thought it was all a dream but it wasn’t. Anyone doesn’t still know who Arnold friend is. Connie rejects what is expected of her, what her family would consider to be the normal. By her being like everyone else, and doing the things that everyone else are doing, instead of being herself, as an individual. I think she saw how things were, especially with her older Sister June, she see that her parents showed her sister June more attention than they did Connie. Her mother was very jealous of her beauty. And Connie definitely did not want that kind of life for her. It was too bland, ordinary and unexciting. To a certain extent I think her feelings and rejection of that sort of life was justified being that she was a teenager and a few teenagers want to settle down and go the safe route.
Most want something different in and out of life and exciting and thrilling and a little bit dangerous, like Connie. Throughout this story is creepy when all of a sudden you are at home listening to music, and washing your hair and then someone show up at your house unexpected. Want you to go for a ride with them you don’t know nothing about this person it’s just weird. Connie attempted to become a woman to early instead of being a teenager. She met reality when Arnold friend brought her into his world. She realizes that trying to seduce men’s by her looks is not always good to do. Arnold friend took her on a ride that she doesn’t want to go on never again. I hope that this story teaches young teenage girls to not fall for any guy and don’t talk to strangers I enjoyed reading this story even though it was very creepy.
that “loss of innocence “will always change one’s perspective on life, and the things around him or her. The world is not what it seems to be, you have to be careful, especially when you are young teenage girl. Connie spends most of her evenings picking up boys at a restaurant, and one evening captures the attention of a stranger in a gold convertible covered with cryptic writing.Connie also thought she could control men with her beauty; she tried hard with doing it. Connie wasn’t normal she wasn’t doing the normal things what most teenage girls would do but instead she feels the need to get attention from boys. She loved listening to rock and roll music. But on one particular day she was home alone, it seems like it was a dream to her but it was real. A car pulled up in her drive way, it was a gold convertible covered with cryptic writing. There were two men one of them stepped out the car his name is named Arnold friend. Arnold friend looks like the type of guy who has the ability to combine romance and violence, that's the reason why Connie is falling for him. His appearance is less than impressive indeed, he looks strange enough to suggest that he has a mental problem or is even somehow otherworldly. He was a strange looking man he didn’t seem right to her he was older than he claimed to be. He acted as if he were a teenager. He had makeup on his neck; He wears mirrored sunglasses, he has translucent skin, and has hair that is so wild that it looks like a wig. When he walks, he wobbles, as though his shoes don’t fit.
His feet are hooves that the devil has. The narrator stated about the wig that Arnold friend was wearing was to make the reader think that he’s wearing it for a purpose, which is to hide his devil horns. The other guy name was Ellie he is also listening, to the same rock and roll song that Connie was listening to before they pulled up. Ellie looks like the type of guy who could do no harm. He's quiet and just hangs around; Arnold friend convinced Connie to go for a ride with him but, Connie knows that’s something doesn’t seem right with him. The ride that Arnold friend talks to Connie about could have been a sexual connotation. Connie does not pick up on right then because, she is so young and blind to the world of sexual pleasures that Arnold lives in.Connie has an uneasy feeling about Arnold friend, and she feels violated by his presence. Connie starts to get suspicious and don’t know what to do. Connie took that ride with Arnold friend, as they were riding he told her things that he already know about her.He seem to know a lot about where her family went on the day he came to visit her, and what her sister was wearing. Throughout Connie's conversation with Arnold friend she keeps getting a sense that she is looking at her surroundings for the first time. She
put
all the pieces to the puzzle together to see that Arnold friend is not who he really says he is. Arnold friend revealed to Connie his real age, her heart just dropped and her heart was beating so fast. She also sees that his friend Ellie is also a grown man as well and not a teenager. She feels a wave of dizziness rise. She finally realizes that Arnold has lied to her, he feels like he has gain power over her. Then he admits stalking her and finding out all kinds of details about her from her friends. There also numbers that are on his car the numbers are 33, 19, and 17. I think that 33 represents Arnolds age19, 17 are the past victims he had in the past. If you add those numbers together its “69” which is a reference to sex. Ellie was a symbol of hope Arnold friend is a symbol of the devil disguise Connie radiates light throughout and that symbolizes her innocence. If you take out R’s in Arnold friend you get “An old fiend” it’s referring to the devil of course. Connie thought it was all a dream but it wasn’t. Anyone doesn’t still know who Arnold friend is. Connie rejects what is expected of her, what her family would consider to be the normal. By her being like everyone else, and doing the things that everyone else are doing, instead of being herself, as an individual. I think she saw how things were, especially with her older Sister June, she see that her parents showed her sister June more attention than they did Connie. Her mother was very jealous of her beauty. And Connie definitely did not want that kind of life for her. It was too bland, ordinary and unexciting. To a certain extent I think her feelings and rejection of that sort of life was justified being that she was a teenager and a few teenagers want to settle down and go the safe route.
Most want something different in and out of life and exciting and thrilling and a little bit dangerous, like Connie. Throughout this story is creepy when all of a sudden you are at home listening to music, and washing your hair and then someone show up at your house unexpected. Want you to go for a ride with them you don’t know nothing about this person it’s just weird. Connie attempted to become a woman to early instead of being a teenager. She met reality when Arnold friend brought her into his world. She realizes that trying to seduce men’s by her looks is not always good to do. Arnold friend took her on a ride that she doesn’t want to go on never again. I hope that this story teaches young teenage girls to not fall for any guy and don’t talk to strangers I enjoyed reading this story even though it was very creepy.