mind and body along the way. She has a difficult time growing up and developing her own personality as they would have her react to her circumstances.“Everything about her bad two side to it‚ one for Home and one for anywhere that was not Home.” Connie feels that the best attribute that a girl can have is being pretty she knows that she is pretty and she feels that she needs to continue to look at herself and look at other to see how they react to her beauty to see if she is pretty enough. She feels
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Brittany Adams English 102-C01 Short Story Essay November 26‚ 2011 A book can’t be judge by its cover‚ just like a character. Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” begins with an innocent family vacation ending in a tragic deaths after taking a detour. “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates features a typical teenage girl who begs for attention from males and meets her match at the end. The Misfit and Arnold Friend’s characteristics make them frightening
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around two central characters‚ Connie and Arnold Friend‚ who mysteriously appears at Connie’s home and tries to coax her into coming with him before ultimately forcing her. Arnold Friend is a much debated character among critics‚ largely due to hints of inhuman abilities and his intentions for Connie. It is hard to determine the answers to these because there is no direct description of Arnold Friend that states what he is‚ nor is it revealed what happens to Connie in the end. The article ‘Connie’s
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This essay would be regarding my field trip to Kuala Lumpur. I will be covering the essential aspects of this trip‚ the experience and motivation behind it all‚ and what the trip means to me. My theme will be onl family bonding. My dad is a business man and he is always running up and down Hong Kong‚ china‚ Vietnam and Singapore. I hardly get to see him of late and this short few days made me realize how it brought up even closer together and cherish the time with everyone. Kuala Lumpur (Malaysian
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Carol Oates’s story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" places Connie‚ a typical teenager‚ in this situation. Throughout the story‚ occasionally using religious undertones‚ Connie’s language of a typical teenager gradually changes‚ from calm and somewhat curious to nervous and terrified. Early in the story on a Sunday morning‚ Connie’s family leaves to go to a family barbeque down the street. Connie is left by herself and chooses to wash her hair instead of going to church. When
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Gatsby and "Where Are You Going and Where Have You Been" authors F. Scott Fitzgerald and Joyce Carol Oates show a theme of fantasy versus reality to convey a deeper meaning within their novels. They express this theme using characters such as Gatsby‚ Connie‚ Daisy and Arnold Friend within the stories. Through these characters lives and experiences the theme is created connecting both stories. The theme of fantasy versus reality is used to a great extent to convey deeper meaning within The Great Gatsbyand
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Extending one of her feet‚ Connie kicked opened the half-opened door. The operating theatre had an orange ethereal radiance as moonbeams invaded from the open skylight roof. Every surface was corroded with rust‚ even the large surgical light‚ a curved dish with many broken bulbs scrutinised the aged operating table. Circling her torch around the room‚ Connie zoomed her phone onto the furniture and then scouted the floor. “Look‚ loads of Doctors or surgeons or something have left scrubs and masks
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"A Good Man Is Hard To Find" and "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" While reading‚ "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" and "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" the readers find themselves lost in worlds of suspense‚ horror and comic relief through tone and symbolism. Although‚ the stories contain very different plots‚ they both have a sense of "good vs. evil." In "A Good Man Is Hard To Find"‚ Grandmother is a deep religious character that gives the story a depth of interest. The reader
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loss of innocence. A constant image that is brought to the reader’s creative thoughts is colors. The “convertible jalopy painted gold” (Lit 326) when Connie was with Eddie‚ the “open jalopy‚ painted a bright gold that caught the sunlight opaquely” (Lit 327) when Arnold Friend was barely arriving‚ and “the bright green blouse” (Lit 331) that Connie was wearing on that Sunday morning are meaningful details that Oates meant to emphasize. Gold generally means success‚ triumph‚
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taking place that would lead me to anticipate different future events. From the beginning of the story‚ the main character‚ Connie‚ shows to be a lazy‚ stylish girl who is trying‚ unlike her sister June‚ to be independent of family life in favor of breaking through sexual maturity and independence. Knowing about Connie’s desire to act as an adult made me believe that Connie will not refuse if Arnold asks her out because she flirted with boys many times and tried to explore her sexuality. When Arnold
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