protagonist Connie‚ this distress is expressed in her dreamlike encounter with Arnold Friend. In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Joyce Carol Oates used the interaction between her two main character‚ to reveal the internal fear and conflict of a fifteen year old girl maturing into a young woman. Oates chooses narrate her story in the third person giving us a glimpse in to Connie’s thoughts‚ her lonely isolation form her family‚ and her daydreams of boys and love songs.
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do poorer people need micro-credit? Discuss how the availability of credit might be able to help someone move out of poverty. Make sure to discuss empirical evidence as well. Having ‘about one billion people globally live in households with per capita incomes of under one dollar per day’‚ with ‘policymakers and practitioners who have been trying to improve the live of that billion facing an uphill battle.’(Murdoch‚1999‚p.1569); microfinance‚ and in particular micro-credit‚ has been key in the
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parents. The influenced my life by teaching me their values. I guess that’s good. I’m not the right person to tell you if I turned out to be a good person or not. And there was my sister. I adore her‚ so in a way she influenced my life also in a good way. She made and makes me feel protected. I can go on and on to name people who influenced my life in a good way. There are also some people who influenced my life otherwise. For example ... My mother‚ she has always been the one i can
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In Joyce Carol Oates’ “‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ and Smooth Talk: Short Story into Film‚” Oates writes that Connie “An innocent young girl is seduced by way of her own vanity” and that “she confuses death for erotic romance” (419). Oates clearly defines her point when Connie first discovers Arnold Friend at the drive in diner. She catches Friend staring at her with a big smile and Connie “slit her eyes at him and turned away‚ but she couldn’t help looking back” (409). The fact
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The two people that have influenced my life the most are my parents. They are the ones that get to know us the best for who we really are‚ from our fortitudes to our imperfections. They have the greatest influence in our lives because they are the people we see the most and have known the longest. They forgo a lot of bliss in order to give their children the best possible. My parents have influenced my life and helped make me what I am today. Respect‚ Commitment‚ and moral values are just some of
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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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Timeline of Significant Events That Have Influenced My Development When an infant is conceived and takes its first breath of fresh air‚ many are under the assumption that they are free of possessing any predilections and that all babies begin their lives with a clean slate regarding any ponderings‚ outlooks or actions that may influence their functioning. This theory was first propose by Locke and Rousseau during the 1700’s and although may seem plausible‚ it has contrarily been found that genetic factors
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Paper “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is a short story that poses many questions centered around the protagonist‚ Connie and the antagonist Arnold Friend and his “comrade” Ellie. The fate of Connie at the end of the story is still up for debate after all these years after the story was published in 1966. The main question posed is who actually is Arnold Friend? Is he the devil or something else? The answer may never be fully known but in
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They may not know it but my parents have the most influence on my life. They don’t know how much I look up to them but I do‚ I love my mom and dad and admire what they do for a living. I believe I have the best parents in the world. (When I do say I have the best parents I mean it because I have had different parents). My parents display all the characteristics of what a real hero should be. They are always their when I am at the bottom of my game‚ they always back me up on the decisions I
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All people experiences changes in their life. Some of these changes are small such as the passing from one grade to another in school. Other changes are more intense‚ such as the transition from childhood to adulthood. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" Oates goes into depth regarding the transition from being a carefree‚ innocent child to adulthood. In the short story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" two separate worlds are drawn to the reader’s attention
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