In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” Joyce Carol Oats uses characterization including methods such as symbolism and allusions to develop her characters‚ and thus establish her theme of the cross roads Connie faces in her transition from the innocence of her adolescence to the impurity of adulthood facilitated by the antagonist‚ Arnold Friend. From the beginning of the story‚ the reader sees Connie has a strong desire to make her early transition into adulthood. Although
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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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Throughout the book‚ “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed” there is various situations where people have made mistakes and have regretted it after being publicly shamed. Everyone who post things on social media is at risk at putting himself or herself out for public shaming. After all public shaming only takes one mistake or misinterpretation. Jon Ronson decided to make a book with different stories of people getting publicly shamed. There are also different forms of public shaming demonstrated throughout
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Where are you going‚ Where have you been? by Joyce Carol Oates is an interesting piece of literature. Due to the intense nature of the story‚ many criticisms have come up. Many theories have been developed about hidden meanings within the work. One that is very controversial is the allusion to the bible. Many people say that there are clear references to the bible through a hidden code but this is not the case. Oates’s inspiration for the short story came from a magazine article about a series of
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looking into the eyes of a person one can see their hidden emotions and attitudes and thoughts” (Schwartz). Also when the author makes a point to mention in detail items that have reflective surfaces they are inferring that there is a deeper meaning behind the reflection. In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce
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he Catastrophic History of You and Me is about a girl who died of a broken heart. The concept immediately drew me in-a broken heart? Really? I just had to see what happened. I immediately knew that it was going to be a love story. Basically‚ the book starts out with Brie after death. She knows she died‚ but she’s wondering why she’s still on Earth. After her funeral and everything‚ she ends up at a pizza parlor. At the pizza parlor‚ there’s a guy who introduces himself as Patrick. Patrick helps Brie
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Have you ever used a robot before? You may not have realized that robots aren’t only large machines that resemble a human. A robot is a machine that can carry out one or more tasks by commanding or programming. Therefore‚ an automated vacuum cleaner‚ computer‚ and automatic lawn mower are considered robots. The appearance of robots without their human appearances might surprise you . They have many effective advantages that make work better for many people. This does not change the fact‚ however
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Joyce Carol Oates’ story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is initially about a teen (Connie) who is going through the beginning phases of teen life‚ playing into the stereotype of an image-conscious teen. She is recalcitrant with her parents‚ sneaks off to start hanging out with boys‚ et cetera. About a third of the way through the story‚ a man that she had seen earlier at the diner shows up to take her out for a drive‚ and the situation goes downhill as she asks him more and more questions
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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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In the play You Can’t take It With You‚ written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman‚ the author uses point of view of different characters to show the theme of Materialism-materialistic values vs Spiritual Values- enjoyment of life. As narrator shows the perspective of each character‚ we see theme of Materialism. While Mr. Kirby has a viewpoint of living for things of materialistic value even though it might not be joyful‚ whereas‚ Grandpa has a perspective of living a life for Spiritual Values.
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