True Meaning “Everything about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home”(1369)‚ this character‚ Connie‚ in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is depicted as a self-centered‚ condescending‚ insecure fifteen year old girl growing into a woman. Connie comes off as a troubled young girl who consistently uses her sexuality for attention but at the same time is afraid of intimacy. This is said be due to her fractured relationships with
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In the short story we are told certain characteristics of Connie’s family but‚ nothing more than that; nothing to make the mother‚ father or her sister June significant characters in the story. The story by Oates breifly touches on the subject of Connie and her mother not getting along‚ while the film constantly revolves
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characters‚ which ultimately creates a more impacting effect and lasting impression. Arnold Friend is the devil in human form. However‚ as his physical description progresses‚ he becomes more unreal and more caricature-like with every trait. Everything Connie‚ the protagonist and object of Arnold Friend’s desire‚ sees is like something else she knows‚ familiar and recognizable. These traits‚ however‚ do not create a homologous character; instead it is an awkward collection of incongruities. If a trait
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performance must be done with an explanation; it could either be consciously or unconsciously. In the movie Unfaithful‚ Connie Sumner‚ the main character of the story‚ commits adultery because of her selfish acts. What motivated her to her action? There is no exact definite answer. But according to Freudian psychology‚ otherwise known as psychoanalytic theory‚ Freud would quote that Connie has had a lot of unconscious desires‚ motivations‚ and conflicts. Her drive for the hot affair could be an result
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by the author Will Jenkins‚ This story is focused on Connie who has arrived at her part of town‚ where her friends lived‚ after a two-week holiday. Upon reaching her house‚ which was the only one on the other side of the bay‚ her nearest neighbour’s houses were built across the bay. Once she was inside her home‚ she knew that her partner (Tom)‚ would be reaching home around midnight (But Connie felt unsettled and nervous without him). Connie went outside into the garden and failed to see someone
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between sexual desires and the dominant-submissive relationships‚ which develop between the protagonists of the novel. Its plot revolves around the story of Lady Catherine who is a young woman‚ married to a paralyzed husband that becomes impotent. Connie‚ the female protagonist of the novel is found wandering off in the wilderness of desolation. She has nobody to accompany her‚ considering his husband being impotent is another part of this Victorian era when greed had taken over everyone. For his
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He describes a little bit of the relationship between Connie and his family and as I comprehend as I read the story‚ Connie has bad relationship with her family. Arnold Friend and his friend are characters that initiate the main conflict of the story. During the story‚ we can identify that Connie’s family influence in her personality because her parents does not give her enough attention and her mother most of the time is comparing Connie with her sister June questioning why she does not act like
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fifteen year old Connie‚ shows the rise of a pop-culture/music guided society‚ it also shows the rise of the sexual revolution and the disregard for women‚ and the negligence of parents at the time. In the story the devil is represented by ARNOLD FRIEND‚ who at the end of the story seduces Connie into her own doom. Connie meets Friend at a fly-infested restaurant‚ fly-infested symbolizing lack of morality. Music was a huge part of the story. Happiness would not come to Connie by spending time
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Where are you Going‚ Where have you been? Is a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. The story involves a 15 year old girl named Connie that is rebelling against her mother’s whishes. Connie often rides with her friends to a shopping plaza to hang out and meet other people. One evening while she is out with her friends she leaves with a boy named Eddie. On the way to Eddie’s car she sees a stranger in a convertible that tells her “Gonna get you‚ baby”. Then one Sunday after missing church Connie’s
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world around Connie. The interplay between Connie and her mother is primarily significant to the author’s objective‚ with deficiency of communication as the overarching feature of their relation. This fundamental flaw between Connie and her mother allows Arnold Friend to achieve victory. In the opening sentences Connie is depicted as a sweet yet naïve individual; an individual entrenched in the invisible audience complex who’s desire for validation ultimately leads to her demise. Connie is a firmly
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