friends‚ where she reveals herself to be this haughty‚ almost cocky teen. Connie’s “two-sided” nature stems from what exactly? Who is she expected to be in the home? The story holds evidence that she is pressured to be more like her sister‚ June. Oates states‚ “If June’s name was mentioned her mother’s tone was approving‚ and if Connie’s name was mentioned it was disapproving” (3). Did Connie not feel comfortable enough in her home to be her true self? Connie was dissatisfied with her home life with
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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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realises that may take years or decades to occur‚ but when it hits‚ it hits hard. In the seconds where the realisation first occurs‚ one can see what a person’s true character is. It is even easier to tell in the world of literature. In Joyce Carol Oates’ We Were The Mulvaneys‚ she depicts who Judd Mulvaney is through the use of literary techniques such as point of view and syntax. The syntax of the passage in which Judd begins to comprehend death a little bit more shows how this is indeed just a
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are you going‚ where have you been? In the short story “Where Are You going? Where Have You Been?”‚ by Joyce Carol Oates. The use of the symbolism of Connie’s clothes‚ her fascination with her beauty‚ Arnold Friend’s car and Arnold Friend himself help to understand the story’s theme of evil and manipulation. The story‚ fill with underlying tones of evil. In this short story‚ Oates write about 15-year-old Connie‚ the protagonist of the story‚ a pretty girl who is a little too into her own attractiveness
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literature they have ever read. In this semester of Literature 221‚ I was given the opportunity to read works from many different genres‚ time periods‚ and styles of writing. Some of which‚ like Emily Dickinson’s Life I and Life XLIII‚ Joyce Carol Oates’ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚ and Sherman Alexie’s What You Pawn I Will Redeem I thoroughly enjoyed and learned from. While others such as Ernest Hemingway’s Big Two-Hearted River‚ Mark Twain’s excerpt When The Buffalo Climbed a Tree
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(205). In Oates version the protagonist is Anna‚ who is not as timid as she appears in Chekhov’s version. Anna doesn’t know what it feels like to have a bond with a person‚ because she can’t seem to connect with her husband. The affair allows Anna some freedom from her boring life and allows her to have some purpose in life. Yet she feels guilty for being in an affair with a stranger. The plot in Chekhov’s version is very straight forward being in chronological order‚ whereas Oates mixes the
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by Joyce Carol Oates is that sometimes in life chance events can change someone’s life. The story tells about a chance meeting between a woman named Kathe Connor and a man named Lyle Carter. Kathe was a thirty-seven year old divorced woman. She lived her life routinely. She drove the same route “so frequently she has almost ceast to see her surroundings”(521). She was also very kind hearted and cared for others. Lyle Carter was a large‚ hard working man as described by Oates‚ “A big man in
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Joyce Carol Oates uses powerful imagery in the short story‚ such as the idea of love‚ dishonest smile‚ and Connie’s dissociative state. In the idea of love‚ she uses vivid language to explain Connie’s daydream. The actual desires where not yet tied to concrete the acts or a specific man. Connie’s is being attracted to the idea of love and sex confusing fantasy and reality. The author helps the reader to visualize on how girl’s discrete experiences fading into a deeper impulse. Connie being in the
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grass is greener on the other side‚ but an idle mind will always leads to destruction and the devil loves an idle mind. A protagonist by the name of Connie in the story short story entitled “Where are you going‚ Where have you been” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ soon learns that her trashy daydreams and self-absorbed behavior only leads to disaster by way of a man named Arnold Friend. Arnold Friend character in this story represents the devil. Connie‚ a horny high school freshman shows a strong disdain for
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Where are you going where have you been ? Selected an early stories by Joyce Carol Oates is a short story about a 15-year old girl named Connie. Connie’s Characterization affects the theme who is to blame for the kidnapping‚ by portraying her as a pretty girl into herlsef. She is an immature teenager that cannot decide what which footstep she need to take for her safety. She also get ignores her by her mother . This characterization makes her seem new. When Arnold Friend gets to see her‚ her ignorance
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