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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When I think of college‚ I think of self-improvement. The years that I will spend pursuing a degree will be a time of personal development. I will progress in various areas of my life‚ such as interpersonally‚ socially‚ and mentally. A new state‚ new friends‚ and new environment‚ are numerous reasons for why I want to attend college. However‚ one of the dominant reasons for me wanting to further my education is the “knowledge”. College is the next step in education as well as one’s maturity. I will
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“You can’t change who you are. No matter how you struggle‚ some things will never change. And maybe they shouldn’t” (Thurman‚ Rob). “Identity is a powerful organizing presence in social life today” putting people into sections concerning likes and dislikes‚ culture and customs‚ separates them via social‚ economic and religious differences‚ identity makes a person‚ a person (Leve‚ Lauren). The character regarding one’s self is shaped by identity‚ how they view themselves‚ and largely how society
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Where 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
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Choosing where to live Towns and cities in Britain have grown a lot in size over the last two centuries. The oldest houses are usually those closest to the town centre. Many people live in the suburbs‚ areas on the edge of a town. Some suburbs consist of new housing estates‚ while others were originally villages that have become joined to the town as it has grown. Some people prefer to live in a village and travel into the nearby town to work. Villages are considered to be pleasant places to live
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You Live and You Learn Marriage is not always what you expect it to be. In today’s society‚ marriage is taken lightly and it doesn’t always end in‚ “happily ever after.” In the essay “Second Marriage”‚ the writer describes her learning experience with her first marriage and how she applied what she learned to her second marriage. The message that’s conveyed in the essay is that in marriage‚ it’s not only important to grow together as a couple‚ but also grow as individual people to strengthen the
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The character in “where are you going‚ where have you been?” Connie is affected by the role she plays in modern society. Fifteen year old Connie has the confusing‚ often exterior behavior typical of those girls who are facing the difficult transition from girlhood to womanhood in the 1960s. She is caught between her roles as daughter‚ friend‚ sister‚ and object of sexual desire‚ uncertain of which represents her real self. The sixties were the age of youth‚ young people wanted change. The changes
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Two Colleges I Want to Attend 1: Duke University Duke University is a private research university. This is in my top 3 because i’m really interested in science. This university is located in Durham‚ North Carolina. It was founded by Methodists and Quakers in the town that is now Trinity in 1838. The school moved to durham in 1892. Duke university is a private university. This school ‚like any others‚ are expensive. The cost of attendance would be about $62‚000. The tuition and fees are
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Why I want to attend college Going to college doesn’t just mean getting an education‚ to me it means succeeding to a level of learning to where I can make something of myself and be proud of it. People say they want to attend college because they just want a good paying job‚ but that really doesn’t mean anything. Going to college to get a high level of education puts you in a rank of succeeding to the top. I‚ myself would love to attend college to reach those high peaks that I call my goals. I’d
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College‚ one of the most crucial times in a young person’s life‚ is one of the biggest goals that I have in my life. Of course‚ there are other things‚ such as opening my own sport’s Physical Therapy Center‚ or becoming a doctor of Physical Therapy. But‚ attending college and being successful in it is one of my top goals. I want to go to college‚ and graduate because it would make me the first person in my family to graduate college since my mother. I have had three siblings go to college‚ all to
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