the normal daily life of Connie‚ a fifteen year old girl. Connie’s daily life is the simple childhood. The second of these worlds is the day Arnold Friend shows up at her doorstep and brings with him the complexity of what the future holds. The story begins by introducing to the readers Connie‚ who becomes the focal point of the entire story. Oates wrote the story in a third person perspective yet still managed to allow her readers the thoughts and emotions of Connie. A clear image is Reiter
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like every other teenager. However‚ by looking more into the story you can see that the locations of where Connie is at‚ mean something different. In my opinion‚ I believe that the setting plays a significant role in the way Connie alternates her personality around her family and friends. When she is out with friends and not at home with family‚ she seems in a way‚ happier. I can relate to Connie‚ because I was always being compared to my sisters as well‚ and leaving the house meant that I could actually
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illustrate the theme of temptation. Oates alludes to hell through the character Arnold Friend‚ as the devil‚ and his victim Connie‚ who invites him in by committing one of the devil’s favorites sins: vanity. The narrator implies that Arnold Friend is Satan by giving certain clues that the reader can easily deduce. The name that Oates gives to the character is one hint to the reader: "Connie looked away from Friend’s smile to the car‚ which was painted so bright it almost hurt her eyes to look at it. She
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Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is about a 15 year old girl named Connie. Connie is the dark blond haired girl who catches all the attention and knows she looks good. The story is somewhat journalistic in the sense that there are few extreme stylistic flourishes or complicated sentence structures. Oates’s spare style allows the images in the story to stand out in realistic coherence‚ in a way that makes one feel they have some unexplainable importance. “There’s your
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the end. The main character‚ Connie‚ faces many challenges‚ one of which was temptation. In the story Connie meets a boy named Arnold Friend who tries to persuade her to go for a ride in his car. During this time she is faced with the conflict of temptation‚ whether or not she should choose to go with him. They have a long conversation and in the end she decided to go with him. The author shows that temptation can lead to unhappiness and lifelong consequences. Connie is a self-centered and conceited
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of the Philippine’s history. There‚ Connie Escobar‚ a character in the story‚ represents the Philippines and the characters revolving around her represents the Americans and the Spaniards that took over the Philippine’s free soul. Connie’s peace found in Biliken was the thought that Filipinos had hope in nothing. We always come back to that hope‚ even though we know it wouldn’t do us anything but we always still try. “It’s very hard indeed. But you‚ Connie‚ have taken the easiest way out. You
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"The Pied Piper of Tucson" On March 4th‚ 1966‚ Life Magazine published an article titled "The Pied Piper of Tucson" that captured the world’s attention. The article written by Don Moser was based on a true story happened in Tucson‚ Arizona. Charles Schmid‚ the main character of the article‚ was a serial killer in Tucson who killed three teenage girls. Moser’s article not only managed to turn a local crime story into an international news‚ it also inspired Joyce Carol Oates who often based her
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justified having a sexual relationship with other men and more so the gardener? Use details to explain your opinion. As much as this is a very sexually explicit novel in being so graphic‚ Lawrence makes a symbolic reference with the love between Connie and Mellors. It is an analogy. You may want to note that he represents the lower class that was used by the mine barons to prostitute the English countryside‚ making it ugly and barren. Mellors now lives as a gardener for Clifford‚ but also uses his
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represents Satan in the story. Indeed‚ Arnold Friend is an allegorical devil figure for the main reason that he tempts Connie‚ the protagonist‚ into riding off with him in his car. Oates characterizes Arnold Friend at first glance as "a boy with shaggy‚ black hair‚ in a convertible jalopy painted gold"(581). She lets the reader know that Arnold is not a teenager when Connie begins to notice the features such as the painted eyelashes‚ his shaggy hair which looked like a wig‚ and his stuffed boots;
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departure from the truth. The movie’s and the story’s description of young Connie are similar. Connie is described by the author as an attractive fifteen year old who “had a quick‚ nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors” (Oates 148) and who wore clothing “that looked one way when she was home and another way when she was away from home” (Oates 149). The movie‚ starring blonde Laura Dern as Connie‚ depicts a teen who glances frequently in store-shop windows to view her image
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