” is a vain and stubborn girl named Connie. Fifteen years old‚ she believes beauty is everything and is nothing short of rebellious‚ maintaining two different personas: one for at home with her family and one for going out with her friends. One night out with her girl friends‚ Connie spots a young man watching her. He promises to come get her. The next day‚ the man comes to Connie’s house‚ keeping his word‚ and spends the remainder of the story convincing Connie to come along with him in his golden
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Find" and "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" the antagonists are The Misfit and Arnold Friend respectively. Both are mentally unstable and murderers‚ but that is where the similarities end. The protagonists of the stories are Grandma and Connie respectively. Both seem to be dissimilar at first but as the stories progress more similarities than differences become apparent to the reader. In "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is The Misfit is uneducated and was raised in the backwoods. He got
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Connie Connie rejects the role of daughter‚ sister‚ and “nice” girl to cultivate her sexual persona‚ which flourishes only when she is away from her home and family. She makes fun of her frumpy older sister‚ June‚ and is in constant conflict with her family. Her concerns are typically adolescent: she obsesses about her looks‚ listens to music‚ hangs out with her friends‚ flirts with boys‚ and explores her sexuality. She takes great pleasure in the fact that boys and even men find her attractive
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(Muuss 5). The decisions can be difficult‚ but with a parent ’s help‚ things can run more smoothly. In Joyce Oates ’ "Where are you going‚ Where have you been?" Connie experiences not having an active mother or father in her life. As a result‚ she takes her life into her own hands and makes decisions based on how she feels. For example‚ Connie has a different personality when she is at home than when she is with her friend(s) (Oates 496). This change can be a result of her parents not taking part in
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self-conscious about her looks and is constantly worried about how other people perceive her. Friend’s fantasy is that Connie will willingly go with him and be his “lover” (605) even before he officially met her. The reality of the situation is that she does not want to go with this strange man‚ but is being forced into it because of her fear‚ which makes her weak and submissive. Connie is fifteen years old and obviously self-conscious because of the love that she never receives at home. Her whole life
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plot that causes the reader to question events in the story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” She develops this story featuring a girl named Connie‚ who has an encounter with a boy at a restaurant that she doesn’t know. “He wagged a finger and laughed and said‚ “Gonna get you‚ baby‚” and Connie turned away…” (Oates 210). Startled Connie only saw this boy once that night‚ but the story goes on‚ and a few days later he comes to her house where she learns that the boy’s name is “Arnold Friend
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by Joyce Carol. The story talks about this fifthteen year old girl named Connie. Connie is the young child in her family. Her mother and her does not have a great relationship‚ because she is always being compared to her old sister June. Connie goes out with her friends to the mall. They walk pass this gold cadillac where this man named Arnold Friend says that he is going to get her. On Sunday her family went to BBQ and Connie decided to stay home. She heard a knock on the door and she opened the door
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life‚ this flaw could lead people to make disastrous decisions that can lead to unfortunate outcomes. Two examples of such can be found in the characters Laura and Connie from the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and “Where Have You Going‚ Where Are You Been?” by Carol Oates respectively. By psychoanalyzing both Laura and Connie‚ it becomes evident‚ through actions and dialogue‚ that both females display symptoms of having a fatal flaw‚ which in turn causes them to make decisions that lead
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off by introducing the story’s 15 year old protagonist‚ Connie. Connie is symbolic of innocence and good. However‚ Connie has two sides. At home‚ she acts a particular way and when she is away from her family‚ she acts another. Connie is in a rush to grow up‚ like many teenagers. Part of the apprehension in the story is the reader’s realization “that there must be thousands of Connie’s” in the world (Wegs 1). Unfortunately for Connie‚ her desire to grow up too fast along with her naivety allows
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You Going? Connie and her mother were always having conflicts with each other. Connie was a very beautiful girl and Connie thought her mother was jealous of her beauty. Her mother was probably not jealous of Connie but concerned and thought she would attract the wrong attention. Connie’s mom constantly made remarks
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