Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been Response The short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates was very interesting and appealing. It captures the reader’s attention from the beginning until 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
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The story “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” by Joyce Carol Oats embraces some ideas of existentialism theory‚ popular in the sixtieths of the past century‚ that a person’s true and best qualities reveal during dramatic situations‚ usually during their fighting for life. This story is about a teenage girl‚ whose behavior and a perception of self drastically changes within minutes because of a brutal reality breaking into her life and destroying it. Connie is a protagonist of the story.
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King’s "The Man in the Black Suit" and Oates’s "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?"‚ fears related to family are exploited by antagonists in young and vulnerable protagonist. "The Man in the Black Suit" presents a young boy‚ who after the traumatic loss of his brother‚ has an encounter with the Devil. In this short story‚ the fear that the antagonist plays upon is the loss of the young boy’s mother. Oates’s "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚" also plays with the protagonist’s family
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relationships that are emotionally destructive. That may lead them into a 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
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A Cool Million is a political novel‚ in the sense that it targets a political establishment which is corrupt and racist‚ bullying and philistine‚ but its strangeness left the political movement largely nonplussed. It is a novel of the end of the American dream. It is Candide recast for twentieth-century America‚ the destruction of an innocent by a system he simply cannot comprehend. Lem Pitkin is a simple‚ if not simple-minded‚ boy who is torn apart – literally so‚ he is systematically divested of
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Oates ’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?": Arnold Fiend In Joyce Carol Oates ’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" critics argue whether the character of Arnold Friend‚ clearly the story ’s antagonist‚ 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
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Comparison of Smooth Talk to “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oakes’s short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” was written in 1966 and twenty years later was made into a movie entitled Smooth Talk‚ winner of the 1985 U.S. Film Festival for best dramatic picture. The writing by Oates is loosely based on a true story described as “the tale of Charles Schmid‚ a twenty-three-year-old who cruises teenage hangouts‚ picking up girls for rides in his gold convertible”
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It all happened on a warm sunny saturday morning in “Where are you going. Where have you been’’ by Joyce Carry Oates. It started with an unfamiliar car bouncing along Connie’s long drive way. When she first heard the car she rushed to the window excitedly‚ frantically fixing her hair. Making sure she looked good‚ seemed to be an insecure habit for Connie. She saw an uninvited boyish looking man who was situated in the car parked now in her driveway. There was a tension of unease about the boyish
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and Dollar General From: Senior Advisor‚ Kenbex Consulting Date: November 9‚ 2010 Re: Does Dollar General have the right strategy to maintain a competitive advantage in their market? Executive Summary The primary aim of this Memorandum is to determine if Dollar General currently uses the right strategies to maintain and sustain competitive advantage in this industry. In addition‚ Kenbex Consulting will be looking into the issue of how smaller firms in the retail industry‚ such as Dollar General
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GROUP ACTIVITY: UTILIZING THE FINANCIAL MARKET As a financial manager of a large firm‚ you plan to borrow $70 million over the next year. 1) What are the most likely ways in which you can borrow $70 million? The best way the company must do in order to borrow $70 million over the next year is by issuing bonds to financial institutions such as mutual funds and insurance companies. As to attract investors‚ issuing bonds is seems to be less risky than shares and they may be willing to purchase them
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