Fantasy versus Reality in Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates has a constant theme of reality and fantasy running parallel for 15 year old Connie. This short story begins with a description of Connie’s vain personality. The narrator describes her as pretty and self-centered (Oates 421). To emphasize her selfishness‚ Connie is contrasted with her sister‚ June‚ who is chubby‚ plain‚ and well-behaved. Connie’s mother always praises
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Joyce 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
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in people’s daily lives. It is widely used in information gathering‚ communication and mutual operation. Modern people have been benefited from more efficient information flow‚ less cost and faster communication. However‚ every coin has both sides. ICT also has brought people’s lives some concerning issues at the same time along with advantages. One of the concerning issues is the personal privacy. In internet age‚ privacy‚ as defined by Alan Westin in Privacy and Freedom (1970) is “The claim
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and films alike. In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" Oates depicts Arnold Friend as the Devil; we can see this through his physical description‚ strange seduction‚ and his supernatural knowledge of Connie. The bodily features of Arnold Friend suggest he is the devil in disguise. During the whole event‚ Connie recognizes the way Arnold Friend "wobbled in his high boots" (196). She believed that he may have been a drunken stumbling man until she identifies "one
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The story “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” by Joyce Carol Oats embraces some ideas of existentialism theory‚ popular in the sixtieths of the past century‚ that a person’s true and best qualities reveal during dramatic situations‚ usually during their fighting for life. This story is about a teenage girl‚ whose behavior and a perception of self drastically changes within minutes because of a brutal reality breaking into her life and destroying it. Connie is a protagonist of the story.
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financially support art though they have so many other important items to invest money in ‚ which I totally agree with. Evidences shows that arts can bring great benefits to individuals as well as the whole society. First of all‚ arts‚ such as music‚ painting and poems‚ always nourishes the human civilization. It is an effective approach to alleviating one’s stress and shaking off the shadow. Let’s take music ‚one form of arts for example.A recently study announced to the public finds that music therapy
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|There has been times in my life where I just couldnt say no just because I| | |had always thought if I were to say no then im just like a coward or | | |someone who was just scared to say no. I learned that there will be times | | |that you have to say “no” cause if you dont learn
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Where Have the Boys Gone? “The chief was sitting there‚ naked to the waist‚ his face blocked out in white and red. The tribe lay in a semicircle before him. The newly beaten and untied Wilfred was sniffing noisily in the background” (189). This savagery is a perfect example of the savagery experienced throughout the book. In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ a private school of young boys are sent by plane to a safe spot to get away from war. On the way to their destination‚ the plane crashes and
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Throughout the years there have existed companies that would sell many types of objects that are used in everyday house use or outside use‚ as time passed the companies now have ways to sell off their merchandise including going to homes and demonstrating the top brands. But now the companies have advanced to making commercial advertisements using television to show off the latest selling products. With the merchandise‚ these days feminism is an important influence in the way the media portrays images
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age. In these cases‚ generally the main focus and intrigue lies with the killer rather than the victim. Once the focus is switched to the victim‚ we might see all sorts of different scenarios play out. Although Joyce Carol Oates’s‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” was inspired by real life events and reports of a serial rapist murderer‚ it can also be read as a coming of age story in which we see the victim‚ Connie‚ mature and evolve tremendously from the beginning to the end of the story
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