Carol Oates captured more than just the reader when she wrote the story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” Oates recreates an event that took place in the mid-1960s‚ where a grown man‚ who had shaggy black hair and a boyish charm‚ would lure teenage girls into his car‚ rape and murder them‚ and then bury their bodies in the desert. The fate of the main character in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” lies between Oates’s wavering suspense. From the beginning Oates shows the reader
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Have you ever been skeptical about what you eat everyday is not essential as you think? You may doubt that what am I talking about. I am going to talk about something that you eat everyday. Guess what? That is rice! Recently‚ my mother decided to choose brown rice instead of white rice as our food staple. This raises my attention about white rice. At present‚ half the world’s population sees rice as their staple food‚ mainly in parts of Asia‚ southern Europe‚ tropical America and Africa. Among the
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How long have you been playing on Mineplex for? I have been playing Mineplex for almost 3 years now. When I first joined Mineplex‚ I started to enjoy playing Survival Games a lot and also Skywars. The games I mostly enjoy now are Skywars‚ SG and Evolution. I have been playing Minecraft since 3 November 2014‚ I have been active on Mineplex Enjin since 3 November 2014. What interactions have you had with our staff team in the past? TheChessMaster was my first ever staff interaction that I had
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Joyce Carol Oates’s short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” focuses on the seemingly typical life of a teenage girl‚ Connie. The character irony is found in the fact that a teenage girl in the 1960’s struggled with the same issues teenagers battle with in present society. Connie‚ the main character‚ fights with her parents‚ does not want to be like her older sister‚ and thinks very highly of herself. As a teenage girl typically believes‚ Connie imagines she is the center of attention
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Connie in “Where are you going‚ Where have you been”‚ has a lot of underlying mental issues. Joyce Carol Oates created the perfect character to receive psychoanalytic criticism. The relationships Connie forms with her family‚ friends‚ and outsiders are all affected by Connie’s issues which come to consume her future. One of Connie’s biggest faults was the recognition of her beauty. She “knew she was pretty and that was everything” (Oates 1). This constant checking of herself in mirrors to make
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control of the woman. In Olsen’s I Stand Here Ironing‚ the constraints of oppression were alive in her thoughts. Olsen’s fa’ade was being a housewife‚ she would have rather had other choices in her life and wanted more for her daughter as is told by the last quote in the story: In summary‚ all three women had no choice in their lives or they chose not to have a choice but to follow society’s way of thinking. "It was the only way we could be together‚ the only way I could hold a job" (Olsen 225).
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Poetry has long been a unique art form throughout much of civilization. Poems can be found dating back all the way to ancient Greece. It is hard for me to imagine poems written even hundreds of years ago having impact on the world‚ but they still do. Poems can offer unique perspectives into lives at varying times across human history. This is true even to this day; poems written now will one day become the poems of the future. These poems will serve as a window into early 21st century life which
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4 lines in this paper are going to be as follows: “(You) don’t got the power”‚”(Stop) That’s not an option‚ I’m my biggest problem”‚ “Only thing I fear is God‚ and he’s on my side”‚ and “That’s why I really feel like You Can’t Stop Me” (You Can’t Stop Me by Andy Mineo). The song “You Can’t Stop Me” by Andy Mineo has meanings for almost every line and connect together. No lines are just thrown in there to make it sound better. The first line “(You) don’t got the power” means that any person (including
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Oh won’t you tell me Won’t you tell me This thing I’ve come to be? The monster that you see Is it a part of me? I’m breaking down and shaking ’round in This world so helplessly But you just laugh and grin Completely blind within There’s no point now‚ broken anyway I try to stop my breath Even knowing the truth won’t unravel Me until my death Freeze So breakable‚ unbreakable I’m shaking but‚ unshakable The real you I’ve found at last I’m standing alone in this world that keeps on changing But
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Hunter Vernon English 1100 Charles Radcliffe Essay 2‚ draft 1 Devil in Disguise In Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where are you going‚ where have you been?”‚ Oates tells the story of a young girl named Connie‚ who is vain‚ self-centered‚ rude to her parents‚ and in an incredible hurry to grow up. She has two different personalities‚ “one for home‚ and one for anywhere that was not home.” Everything about her including her smile‚ her laugh‚ and her walk transforms as soon as she steps out her front
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