The short story ”Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” explores feminist ideals about oppressive men who take advantage of women. The story tells about a young girl named Connie who acts and dresses as though she is a mature young woman‚ but she shows her true age of fifteen when an older man‚ Arthur Friend‚ takes advantage of her using fear and threats of violence against her family. The story calls into question whether or not Connie is truly and independent woman‚ but one can clearly see
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The story “Where are you going‚ where have you been?”‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is a psychological thriller. It contains many elements throughout the story that the reader can only attempt to understand. This story can affect one on many different levels. It can cause one to be lost in thought‚ stuck on the complexity of the 15-year-old main character. It can forever creep one out by the unforgettable traits of the main antagonist. All the while employing many hidden meanings into the story
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Sandra Benitez book" A PLACE WHERE THE SEA REMEMBERS" introduces us to the struggles of the residents of a small village in Santiago‚ Mexico. This book is filled of love and anger‚ tragedy and hope. Each character faces a conflict that affects the course of his or her life. The characters in this conflict are Remedios‚ the healer‚ of the small town who listens to people’s stories and gives them advice. Than‚ Marta a 16 year old teenage girl who was raped and became pregnant. Chayo is Marta’s big
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In the short story Where are you going‚ where have you been?‚ the author Joyce Carol Oates describes the life of a girl named Connie. The lack of love and security at home gives Connie the want to find a source to fill those missing feelings. She enjoys being around music‚ her friends‚ and other older boys. These interests are projected into her dream world. Oates shows these moments as the story progresses while Connie’s emotions and the physical state of reality become uncommon to her‚ even in
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by Rohan™-Enjoying Life! Member since: June 16‚ 2007 Total points: 19‚555 (Level 6) * Add Contact * Block Best Answer - Chosen by Asker 1. Remedios Remedios is la curandera‚ a healer. She knows the town’s stories‚ and the sea is witness to those stories. El pico‚ the swordfish beak‚ tells her the drowned body will wash up on this part of the shore. 2. Candelario Marroquín Cande celebrates his promotion to salad-maker by painting his door his favorite color‚ blue. He works at a restaurant
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In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” Joyce Carol Oats uses characterization including methods such as symbolism and allusions to develop her characters‚ and thus establish her theme of the cross roads Connie faces in her transition from the innocence of her adolescence to the impurity of adulthood facilitated by the antagonist‚ Arnold Friend. From the beginning of the story‚ the reader sees Connie has a strong desire to make her early transition into adulthood. Although
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------------------------------------------------- Ethnic groups in the Philippines The Philippine islands are inhabited by a number of different ethnic groups. The majority of the population is composed of ethnolinguistic groups whose languages are Austronesian also known as Malayo-Polynesian in origin. Many of these groups converted to Christianity‚ particularly the lowland-coastal groups‚ and adopted many foreign elements of culture. These ethnic groups include the Cebuano‚ Ilocano‚ Pangasinense
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- � PAGE �1� - Park � PAGE �1� "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been" Vanity can be exposed as one ’s greatest weakness. "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been"‚ a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ describes Connie ’s misconception of beauty as her only value‚ and also the ways in which Arnold Friend‚ a potential rapist and murderer‚ manipulates and takes advantage of Connie ’s vanity. Connie is a fifteen year old girl who knows the extent to which her beauty can be used to her
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