The Devil’s Favorite Sin: Vanity In "Where are You Going‚ Where Have you Been?" Joyce Carol Oates uses an allegorical figure of evil to 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
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“Where are you going‚ Where have you been” Analysis Evette Paden Shorter University “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” is a chilling tale of rape and murder with a plot to create suspense. On a symbolic level it becomes a metaphor for simplicity and innocence. Oates’ use of literal and figurative‚ psychological and allegorical levels makes this story a powerful and fascinating story. One contributing factor to this story’s power is her depiction of the two main characters’ double
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Connie’s Paradigm In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” we follow the main character Connie as she faces an inner transformation. The author introduces Connie as a vain and inexperienced adolescent who seems to daydream about things she doesn’t quite understand as she has more of a naive idea of what adulthood is all about. She takes pleasure in having control over everyone and everything around her. These ideas as well as her security are shaken when the
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the problem they have to rely on certain information gathering techniques to obtain the necessary knowledge. In order for the system analyst to identify the problem he or she must check documentation. However‚ the amount of information that an analyst can gather is limited‚ because documents offer very few relevant information to analyze the problem(s) [2]. Also‚ the system analyst arranged face-to-face interviews with every user [1]. The system analyst asks all users to describe step by step the
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Dr. Martin Luther King wrote “I Have Seen the Mountaintop.” In the year 1968 In a time where the negroe population was being severely mistreated. King was outraged at this matter and was desperate to make a change. His plan was to unite the negroe community and the American people as one by making them think not what will happen to me if I do this but what will happen to them if I do not. He was fighting for what America was initially founded upon‚ all men are created equal and their inalienable
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The dramatic irony of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” conveys the tone of warning about temptation. Connie’s situation is that she does not feel appreciated at home and uses her looks and actions to get attention and appreciation from boys even if it is short-term. She is 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
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What Obstacles have you overcome in pursuing your act? One of the biggest ones was getting married and having 2 kids at a very young age. I would never regret my kids but at 22years old having 2 kids puts a lot of weight on pursuing my dreams to become a singer/song writer because I couldn’t focus on just me anymore. I had to put my kids and husband first and that was hard for me and is still a big factor on the decisions I make for my music. Please describe a major event that has affected your
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Please describe the factors that have most influenced you and your hopes and dreams. How have they shaped you? I come from the bustling capital city of Kathmandu‚ located in the tiny Himalayan nation of Nepal in South Asia. Home to the tallest mountain in the world‚ Mount Everest and wedged between two giant economies‚ India and China‚ I was born and raised in a middleclass family. Although I moved to Hawaii in 2007 for my father’s PhD at the University of Hawaii‚ I returned to Nepal in 2012. Seeing
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about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home...." The first quote is from “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates. It is in reference to Connie‚ who is a teenager. She is no longer a girl‚ yet she is not a woman. She would leave home she looking one way and arrive at her destination another way. 2. She would have been a good woman . . . if it had been someone there to shoot her every minute of her life." The second quote is from
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The character in “where are you going‚ where have you been?” Connie is affected by the role she plays in modern society. Fifteen year old Connie has the confusing‚ often exterior behavior typical of those girls who are facing the difficult transition from girlhood to womanhood in the 1960s. She is caught between her roles as daughter‚ friend‚ sister‚ and object of sexual desire‚ uncertain of which represents her real self. The sixties were the age of youth‚ young people wanted change. The changes
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