Carol Oates short story “Where are you going? Where have you been?” featuring the main protagonist‚ Connie. Connie is forced to face the ordeal of becoming an adult at the age of fifteen in a matter of minutes. She spurns her parents in an effort to be rebellious‚ she goes out at night with her friends in search of young
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when a teenager girl‚ like Connie‚ gets involved in thing adolescences shouldn’t be engaged in‚ it can lead her to a place where she has no control over the outcome of her life. She could have been killed‚ raped‚ ended up with a disease or pregnant‚ the book leads you to your own interpretation. Although the movie does clear up the interpretation somewhat and leaves Connie back safely at home with her family‚ you do not know what’s in store for her future. When Connie and Arnold Friend were alone
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written by Will F Jenkings‚ Connie is the first character introduced in the story‚ and is the protagonist; the antagonist in the short story is Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson’s son. After we are introduced to the characters we are then led into the setting‚ Connie was being driven home by a taxi as‚ “The red‚ dying sun cast long shadows across the road” (pg. 83)‚ this created a picture that the sun was setting. During this cab ride home from her two week vacation‚ Connie feels uneasiness and dread‚
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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 Connie as she searches for her true self. Connie’s co-dependency‚ communication barriers and erratic behaviors make her a vulnerable target for the Big Bad Wolf. Connie’s co-dependency is first seen as she stares into
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character’s life. This character‚ Connie was caught in the difficult transition from her youth and innocence to a doubtful future. Throughout the story Connie alternates between two very different sides of her personality‚ one side where she is innocent and young‚ and the other where she is mature. Understanding the magnitude of Connie’s character and her interaction with others is key to comprehending exactly how she came upon her final decision. In her home life Connie is very dissatisfied. First
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main character in the short story is a fifteen year old girl whose name is Connie. Connie was self-absorbed by her beauty‚ and would not listen when her mom try to council her. She rejects the role of daughter to develop her sexual persona‚ which increase when she is away from her family and home. Connie concerns were to become a young adult‚ she hangs out with friends‚ and flirts with boys and explores her sexuality. Connie believe that the attention of boys or even men made her feel good about herself
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and in the north‚ your summers would hit 65-70℉. The precipitation in the south would be around 50 inches and around 30 inches in the north. There are five different zones in the Temperate Deciduous Forest. “The first zone is the Tree Stratum zone(Connie). The Tree
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were to young girls like Connie‚ the main character. Though many interpretations have been made‚ and all of them equally important and worth being discussed‚ there is one that brings the theme of this story to a new level. It gives the story a meaning while stating that in the story itself‚ Connie is in a world of meaninglessness: from the absence of God‚ the lack of love in her home life‚ to her obsession with prettiness. This interpretation is the one that states that Connie lived in Sartre’s very
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Maria Bustos Instructor: Ms. Cowart English 102 February‚ 4‚ 2015 Short Story Essay #1 “Where are you going‚ Where have you been” The short story about Connie deals with the experience of a young girl that is haunted by her good looks and cryptic behaviors. Inspired by a Life article of a serial killer‚ Oates created the story to: “It was not the number of murders that intrigued me‚ but the disturbing fact that a number of teenagers –from “good” families—aided and abetted his crimes” (Oates
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motif of the music and the dream-like imagery in order to convey that Connie is having a nightmare that was created by her conscience and Arnold Friend is a collection of all the bad things she has done. Connie’s conscience is tainted by the things she does and thinks as a teenager. While fighting with her mother‚ “Connie wished her mother was dead and she herself was dead and it was all over” (Oates 1). The fact that Connie wishes that her mother and herself were dead shows some evil inside her
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