social attitudes‚ behaviors‚ and institutional regulations at the beginning of the 60’s and also lasted through the 70’s. The sexual drive increased majorly and the amount of women that had sex before marriage also sky rocketed. In Where Are you Going‚ Where Have You Been‚ Connie wants sexual attention from men‚ and that hurts her self-confidence and puts a real strain on her self-esteem. The theme of this story is that younger women going through their sexual maturation have a hard time dealing
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Content Area Text Set Standard The standard is for a 5th grade Social Studies class according to the Georgia Performance Standards. SS5H6: The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in WW II. a. Describe Germany’s aggression in Europe and Japan’s aggression in Asia. b. Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific; include Pearl Harbor‚ Iwo Jima‚ D-Day‚ VE and VJ Days‚ and the Holocaust. c. Discuss President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs on
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Kayla Ela 10 A Place Where No One Is Judged. In The Chrysalids‚ by John Wyndham; David is faced with challenges as he pursues his personal desire to let everyone live freely in his society. David believes his society should change how they run almost everything‚ David does not agree that anyone or anything should be killed or sent away because they are not ‘normal’. In David’s society they teach the children rules to follow. The children need to follow the rules all their lives while living
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Innocence “Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?” presents many themes and symbols to the reader. One that jumped out at me while reading the story was the overall feeling of innocence. Joyce Carol Oates shows us innocence from the very beginning of the story to the end where Connie loses self-control and power. From the first paragraph of the story we learn that Connie is a young fifteen year old who longs for attention and acceptance. I was able to relate to the story better when I paused
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confidence in their self and no one should ever tell them otherwise. Many young girls are growing up faster than they should. But it all starts with the parents for teaching children from youth to adulthood. In the story by Joyce Oates’s‚ “Where are you going‚ where have you been”‚ illustrates a traumatic experience for a very young girl. The common perception is that many people are innocent and sincere until their true colors are revealed. Connie is a young child that is fifteen years old and displays
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In the 1960s‚ when Oates wrote “Where Are You Going . . . ‚” a social revolution was happening. American women were asserting their rights and independence from men‚ and they were claiming their sexuality in a way they had never done before. One frequently discussed topic was adolescence and the struggles and anxieties that many young girls endured as they lost their sexual innocence and became adult women. Feeling undervalued in their homes and relationships with men‚ women questioned their role
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Where are you going‚ where have you been? In the short story “Where Are You going? Where Have You Been?”‚ by Joyce Carol Oates. The use of the symbolism of Connie’s clothes‚ her fascination with her beauty‚ Arnold Friend’s car and Arnold Friend himself help to understand the story’s theme of evil and manipulation. The story‚ fill with underlying tones of evil. In this short story‚ Oates write about 15-year-old Connie‚ the protagonist of the story‚ a pretty girl who is a little too into her own
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Connie’s Paradigm In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” we follow the main character Connie as she faces an inner transformation. The author introduces Connie as a vain and inexperienced adolescent who seems to daydream about things she doesn’t quite understand as she has more of a naive idea of what adulthood is all about. She takes pleasure in having control over everyone and everything around her. These ideas as well as her security are shaken when the
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Matt Merritt Professor Smith English 102 13 September 2012 Arnold Friend’s Identity in Joyce’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” In the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” Joyce Oates portrays Connie as a beautiful young woman that is being coerced by a man‚ whom she doesn’t know‚ to come outside and go for a ride in his car. Who is this man that calls himself Arnold Friend? What does he represent? Looking at the things that Arnold Friend says and does will help to discover
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healer‚ a fisherman‚ a teacher‚ a midwife‚ and others-whose lives are interwoven by fate and passion. The characters struggle to survive and prevail in a difficult and mysterious world‚ one edged by the rhythms and power and beauty of the sea. l. A Place Where the Sea Remembers begins with one family’s story and weaves itself through the village of Santiago and around the lifes of the many people who live there. As the novel unfolds‚ a landscape takes shape at once simple and complex. Yet so much happens
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