Dawn Frost SW 241 In the movie See You in September‚ Lindsey was seeing a counselor for therapy to try to understand why she always has a hard time committing to a relationship. She felt so confused but was starting to see a pattern in her previous actions that might help her recognize what her real problem is. At the end of the session her counselor explained that she was leaving for a month so the next appointment would have to be in September. Mentally‚ Lindsey started to freak out and lose
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In Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been Joyce Carol Oates uses compelling themes to convey real life issues to the readers. She also exploits many references to well know fairytales through symbols and motifs. This short story shares the theme of good versus evil to the fairytales Cinderella‚ Rapunzel and Snow White. The theme of evil is first expressed through Connie’s and Cinderella’s afflictions with their sisters that shape the essence of sibling rivalry. Like Cinderella‚ Connie’s sister
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The Devil’s Favorite Sin: Vanity In "Where are You Going‚ Where Have you Been?" Joyce Carol Oates uses an allegorical figure of evil to illustrate the theme of temptation. Oates alludes to hell through the character Arnold Friend‚ as the devil‚ and his victim Connie‚ who invites him in by committing one of the devil’s favorites sins: vanity. The narrator implies that Arnold Friend is Satan by giving certain clues that the reader can easily deduce. The name that Oates gives to the character
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I wish you could see yourself through my eyes. If you could‚ you would see just how beautiful you are‚ and the extraordinary miracle of being yourself. If you could climb inside of me right now and feel what I feel for and about you‚ you would know you are accepted and loved. I wish you would never again doubt your worth or your place in this world. You are that priceless piece of art‚ that song that brings tears to your eyes‚ that sunset that moves you‚ takes your breath away. But you won’t believe
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Be Careful What You Wish For Anything that is too much is harmful. The main character in "Where are you going‚ Where have you been?" Connie‚ faces the end conclusion of her shallow ways when she is approached by evil in human form. She had an excess of self-confidence. This self-confidence leads to a false sense of security and bad reputation. Connie also had a large amount of bad choices. She would do her best to impress boys with her looks; eventually she impressed the wrong guy. This
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Essay 3 As a child we often fantasize about finally obtaining freedom in adulthood‚ but often find the realities of adulthood shatter these childhood dreams. The journey between childhood and adulthood is frustrating and confusing‚ and in most adolescents‚ is filled with apprehension and anxiety. For the protagonist Connie‚ this distress is expressed in her dreamlike encounter with Arnold Friend. In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Joyce Carol Oates used the
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“Do what you can‚ with what you have‚ where you are‚” is a quote by Theodore Roosevelt. On October 27‚ 1858‚ a huge United States influence was born. Not only a leader‚ protector‚ vice president‚ governor‚ but a United States President. “Teedie” Roosevelt was born into a wealthy family in New York City‚ New York. He was born to the parents‚ Martha Bulloch and Theodore Roosevelt. Martha worked as Socialite and Theodore as a Philanthropist. As young child‚ Teddy was very unhealthy‚ however‚ in teenage
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“Take words where you find them‚ Maria. Do what you have to do to keep writing your stories and poems‚ Maria” stated by Mr. Golden‚ telling Maria that she has a gift‚ and that gift is writing. Maria is a young girl who moved to New York from Puerto Rico to go live with her dad to experience the American life. Throughout the book‚ Maria changes and grows. Readers contrast these changes from the beginning‚ middle‚ and to the end. In the beginning of the book‚ Maria is learning to be American and
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during the late 1600’s‚ more than 200 people were accused of witchcraft and 24 of those 200 people who were accused were killed. The evidence didn’t have to be reliable; it hardly had to be there! All it took was someone to point a finger at you and you would find yourself in the middle of a trial‚ for something you didn’t do! If I were back in Salem Massachusetts during the time of the infamous Salem Witch Trials and I found myself in the middle‚ I would do whatever it took to save myself as
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"Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" By Joyce Carol Oates A short story titled "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" tells a tale of an adolescent girl who suffers consequences of growing up in the unsupportive environment and the society preoccupied by the media. It is considered to be the most famous work of Joyce Carol Oates‚ an American writer‚ the winner of many significant literary awards and a two- time candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The story was first
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