Comparison of Smooth Talk to “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oakes’s short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” was written in 1966 and twenty years later was made into a movie entitled Smooth Talk‚ winner of the 1985 U.S. Film Festival for best dramatic picture. The writing by Oates is loosely based on a true story described as “the tale of Charles Schmid‚ a twenty-three-year-old who cruises teenage hangouts‚ picking up girls for rides in his gold convertible”
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You must do things you think you cannot do Honorary guest‚ lecturers‚ parents‚ fellow graduates‚ good afternoon. I am your valedictorian Oshane Thomas and I am charging you today to do the things you think you cannot do. The important actions aren’t easy. They are hard because of our fears. No one is without them. One of my fears is being here today talking to you. On preparation for graduation‚ I was notified that I had to deliver a speech and the thought of actually doing it terrified me
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Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” conveys the theme of good vs. evil through Connie and Arnold by creating a sympathetic character and using symbolism‚ creating a fine line between the protagonist and the antagonist. In this short story‚ the antagonist Arnold Friend is a seducting creep that seduces young‚ innocent girls to “go on a date with him”. While he is at the protagonist‚ Connie’s‚ house‚ he is persuading Connie by telling her all about herself‚ including his
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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). They did what they could do to cope and do stay within society boundaries of the feminine role in life. The outcome of each story is different in the way
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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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more importantly‚ everyone regardless of gender‚ ethnicity‚ or age has a role in human sexuality. It can be as simple as when a woman flaunts her chest and smiles seductively at a police officer to get out of a speeding ticket. Men can even manipulate their sexuality by pretending to share the same interests as a female to benefit his efforts of being with her. Human sexuality even defines what attributes are desired and considered attractive. For example‚ when Jennifer Lopez‚ a famous actress‚ debuted
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Are You Proud of Your Country? I wonder if I could walk up to a person and ask‚ “Are you Proud of Your Country?” and see what they would say. What some people don’t realize is that they are really lucky to live in a country as great as ours. The United States is a free country that is protected by laws and amendments. The laws are to ensure our safety as people‚ and the amendments are to ensure that we are treated as we should be‚ and to provide something that hasn’t been declared in the Constitution
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viewpoints and preferences. Firstly‚ nowadays people do not pay as much respect to institution of marriage as our parents did. People make rash decisions‚ get married thoughtlessly and‚ as a consequence get divorced. Sadly‚ now it happens all the time‚ while some time ago the matter of family was sacred. Secondly‚ the generation of my parents was brought up differently. Good manners‚ sense of duty and respect were prioritized. Ideas‚ attitudes and perceptions too have changed dramatically. Conventional thinking
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The response to how the two sides of the Brain works. In the chapter 1 of the whole new mind the author explain his theory on the two sides of the people of the world brains. Everyone knows you have a left side and a right side of your brain‚ and each side is for different reasons. Now in this book he wants you to know about the whole brain in chapter one he goes on to tell you that about each side and how it works through his words and facts and information
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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 that the story is
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