treats her right becomes a part of a dream where the harsh truth is “dreams can come to reality”. While being fascinated with dreaming‚ Connie spent a lot of the time letting her mind slip over onto thoughts about the boy she had seen the night before. The thoughts were vivid about how nice he treated her and how this could potentially be all the time.”Connie sat with her eyes closed in the sun‚ dreaming and dazed with the warmth about her as if this were a kind of love‚ the caresses of love‚ and
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especially the relationship between Connie and her mother. "Why don ’t you keep your room clean like your sister? How ’ve you got your hair fixed—what the hell stinks? Hairspray? You don ’t see your sister using that junk." (Oates 1). The constant comparison the mother makes between Connie and her sister June‚ is symbolic of Connie not yet having an identity of her own. I don’t think her mother is aware of the negative effect that the comparison will ultimately have on Connie‚ but without a doubt‚ all the
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and temptation‚ good versus evil‚ and man overpowering woman. Connie seems like an innocent fifteen year old girl when Arnold Friend shows up at her house. She is easily persuaded to talk to Arnold and gives in to the temptation to go for a ride with him. Arnold says a lot of sweet things to Connie to try and make her fall for his words. He tells Connie how beautiful she is and calls her names such as “sweetheart” and “honey.” Connie‚ being the naïve teenager that she is‚ believes him. Although he
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answer‚ and Arnold Friend is a character with a nature entirely up to the individual interpretation of any one reader. It can certainly be agreed that Arnold’s intentions for Connie‚ his would-be victim‚ are not good. Arnold promises to show Connie the meaning of love‚ but he makes little effort to hide his vicious nature. Connie is faced with a frightening‚ albeit a simple‚ choice. With
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You been‚the main character Connie is very promiscuous and struggles with finding herself. Joyce Carol Oates takes the reader on a journey of teen rebellion turned tragic and uses Connie to show that becoming independent is not easy. Throughout the story you can interpret that Connie felt vulnerable and neglected by her family and friends. Her mother always talked about how she should be more like her older sister‚ Jane “she was so plain and chunky and steady that connie had to hear her praised all
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description‚ strange seduction‚ and his supernatural knowledge of Connie. The bodily features of Arnold Friend suggest he is the devil in disguise. During the whole event‚ Connie recognizes the way Arnold Friend "wobbled in his high boots" (196). She believed that he may have been a drunken stumbling man until she identifies "one of his boots was at a strange angle‚ it pointed out to the left‚ but at the ankle" (197). Nevertheless‚ Connie continues to examine his boots‚ and comes to the conclusion that
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author writes about but shy the author writes. It is a generalization about life the author is trying to convey to the reader. In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been”‚ the plot is about a young teenage girl‚ named Connie‚ who does not get along with her parents and spends most of her time at the mall unsupervised. The young girl is being watched by an older man who is pretending to be young. The man shows up at Connie’s house when she is left at home alone and manipulates
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Connie’s point of view” (Themes and Construction: Where 2). Despite the subtle contrast‚ both points of view allow the reader to see the changes in Brown and Connie; Brown loses his faith and Connie loses herself. Point of view also affects how the reader sees other characters. The reader only sees her mother‚ father‚ June and Arnold Friend as Connie sees them. The characters of Young Goodman Brown are viewed as the narrator describes them‚ whether that is how Brown sees them or
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Where have you Been Smooth Talking? In the short story Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? By Joyce Carol Oates‚ the lifestyle of protagonist Connie is described. Connie was a typical 15-year-old. She was outgoing‚ fun‚ and social. She had the worst relationship with her mother and her relationship with her father was not explained because he was not home much. Connie’s main concern was boys; she would do anything to meet up with them. That is not always a good idea because you never know
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their feelings more than others. Connie‚ from "Abuela Invents the Zero" by Judith Ortiz-Cofer‚ decided to put her feelings in front of Abuela’s when she chose not to help when Abuela could not find her way back to the pew in the church. When Connie noticed that Abuela was lost‚ she decided not to help her because‚ "I just know that on Monday my friends‚ and my enemies‚ in the barrio will have a lot of senile -grandmother jokes to tell" (Ortiz-Cofer para 14). Connie put her feelings before Abuela because
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