Where You’re Going‚ Is Somewhere You Have Never Been As you read through this short story written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ you will read about the story of a normal teenage girl‚ Connie‚ that loves to believe that she is far more mature than she really is. Her maturity that she longs for throughout the story is then forced upon her and‚ then her true colors show. They show that no matter how mature she thinks she is‚ she is still pretty far from full adulthood and is well in the middle of adolescence
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There are many similarities between the short stories "Good Country People" and "Where are you going‚ Where have you been?"‚ most notably their characters. Both stories contain a female protagonist‚ and a male antagonist‚ whose confrontations start out relatively normal‚ and progress to more and more surreal and twisted endings. Their main characters‚ Hulga and Connie‚ are shockingly similar‚ and yet strangely different‚ one a 15 year old wishing to be older and beautiful‚ the other a bitter 32 year
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Analyzing Fiction In “Where are you going‚ where have you been”‚ this story makes me frustrated with the main character Connie. She comes off to me as an immature little girl who wants to live the life of a mature woman‚ but when faced with reality she is still just a little girl. I felt Connie feels the need to rebel or act a different person when she leaves her house and in a sense lives a double life and has two personalities. In the story the author writes‚ “She wore a pull-over jersey blouse
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Compare and Contrast the Cunningham and Ewell Families In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ as an additional message to the main theme of the novel‚ Lee seeks to show two polar reactions to poverty‚ that of the Cunninghams and the Ewells. Her experience of the Great Depression was a major influence in the writing of the book‚ as she uses the contrast of these two families to show that there is hope for those in poverty‚ if people learn from the Ewells and emulate the Cunninghams. She introduces the values
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Samantha McLaughlin Mr. Mosmeyer AP English III 10-21-09 Deadly Doubt: Symbolism‚ Tone and foreshadowing in “Where are you going‚ Where Have you been?” A little girl sits home alone‚ relaxed in every way. She doesn’t know the danger she put herself in. It’s sunny. It’s bright‚ but out of the sunshine comes something clever and dark‚ A. Friend. When Connie meets Arnold Friend he is a stranger‚ but ironically his name is name spells a friend. I think this symbolism rests in the glaring
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Compare and contrast traditional and modern families Since the nineteenth century‚ in the western societies‚ family patterns changed under the forces of industrialisation and urbanisation. Another factor which has been involved in those changes is the growing intervention of the state‚ by legislative action‚ in the domestic affairs of the family. As a result of these trends‚ the modern “nuclear” family has been substituted for the traditional extended family. The increase of values
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Abstract When a family decides to have a child‚ everything changes. That child becomes a number one priority. In order for a child to lead a healthy‚ functional life‚ a family needs to be strong and functional. When a family becomes dysfunctional‚ the most effected is the children. The children forget their children and act out which makes them difficult to live with. If a dysfunctional family‚ let alone the children‚ knew that therapy and help was available to them‚ more families would become healthy
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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 in many ways. The appearance of a character says a lot about who they are. The way the Misfit is introduce in the story‚ “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is scary. A family has an accident and
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| Growing Up In A Dysfunctional Family| Developmental Psychology| | Denise King| 4/18/2011| | Growing Up In a Dysfunctional Family When some people look back on their childhood they see happy times full of family memories‚ traditions‚ love‚ and encouragement. When I look back on my childhood I remember drug abuse‚ visiting my step father in jail‚ going without utilities‚ and playing the role of a mother at the age of eight. I knew I was different from other children. I knew that my parents
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Everyone should watch programming like The Simpsons or Family Guy because of the messages that these shows satirize disguised as “all in good fun” entertainment‚ though both shows try to get across the same messages both shows have their similarities and differences. The Simpsons have been on television for around 28 seasons that is more than any other U.S. Television show‚ while Family Guy has only been on for 15 seasons which is still impressive. Here are some of the major comparisons: both
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