- � 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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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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March 2014 Place of Importance. There’s always a place of importance that everyone has in their lives. A place where it holds strong feelings or good memories‚ like of a place where I had grew up. My place of importance would be the Philippines because that’s where I was born and was brought up. I was born in Bangui‚ Ilocos Norte Philippines‚ and I came to the United States when I was six years old. Later‚ I went back for a couple of months when I was about twenty-years old. My place of importance
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emotional and behavioral condition affecting one’s ability to have a mutually satisfying and healthy relationship. People who are affected by co-dependency often form and maintain relationships that are emotionally destructive. That may lead them into a relationship addiction‚ the familiar‚ painful cycle of attraction‚ bonding‚ panic‚ reconciliation‚ and rejection characterizes this serious addiction. The readers of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates envision several traits in
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Joyce Carol Oates captured more than just the reader when she wrote the story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” Oates recreates an event that took place in the mid-1960s‚ where a grown man‚ who had shaggy black hair and a boyish charm‚ would lure teenage girls into his car‚ rape and murder them‚ and then bury their bodies in the desert. The fate of the main character in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” lies between Oates’s wavering suspense. From the beginning Oates shows the reader
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these cases‚ generally the main focus and intrigue lies with the killer rather than the victim. Once the focus is switched to the victim‚ we might see all sorts of different scenarios play out. Although Joyce Carol Oates’s‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” was inspired by real life events and reports of a serial rapist murderer‚ it can also be read as a coming of age story in which we see the victim‚ Connie‚ mature and evolve tremendously from the beginning to the end of the story because
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Fantasy versus Reality in Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates has a constant theme of reality and fantasy running parallel for 15 year old Connie. This short story begins with a description of Connie’s vain personality. The narrator describes her as pretty and self-centered (Oates 421). To emphasize her selfishness‚ Connie is contrasted with her sister‚ June‚ who is chubby‚ plain‚ and well-behaved. Connie’s mother always praises
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September 3rd‚ 2010 Significant Place: Brooklyn‚ New York Many people have a place that is very significant to them. In my opinion‚ having a significant place is a very good thing because that means that significant place has a meaning. Brooklyn‚ New York‚ is the original hometown of the majority of my family and they have a very significant background history there. Brooklyn‚ New York is a very capacious city. My favorite thing to do there is shop. When I go shopping‚ I often enjoy seeing the
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Where are you going‚ Where have you been? by Joyce Carol Oates is an interesting piece of literature. Due to the intense nature of the story‚ many criticisms have come up. Many theories have been developed about hidden meanings within the work. One that is very controversial is the allusion to the bible. Many people say that there are clear references to the bible through a hidden code but this is not the case. Oates’s inspiration for the short story came from a magazine article about a series of
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has that place that they can call special sometime in their life. I have many special places in my life‚ but there is one in particular that I am going to talk about. The Van Duyn jungle park is my most special place. I spent a lot of my childhood there with family and friends. It holds most of my childhood memories. The jungle park was the place where all the neighborhood kids went to play. It was right in next to the candy store and the elementary school so it was the easiest place to get to
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