Finding Her Identity: An Analysis of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? Joyce Carol Oates‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been is about a fifteen year old girl named Connie who is searching for her independence from her mother. The exposition is in the month of July at their home‚ where Connie is being scolded by her mother about her being obsessed with her looks. Her mother says‚ “Stop gawking at yourself. Who are you? You think you’re so pretty? (171) Her mother wants her to be more
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different image for women. In both short stories‚ “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ the protagonists are lured by their bad decisions leading to their demise; the victims’ bad decisions along with the criminals’ bad intentions led to death creating the plot of both stories. Although‚ the stories have the same plot‚ the characters differ tremendously. Connie‚ the
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innocence is freedom from sin‚ moral wrong‚ or guilt through lack of knowledge of evil. At some point in everyone’s life they will eventually lose there innocence‚ it just depends on the choices they have made. In Joyce Carol Oates “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” She uses characterization and imagery to show how Connie is dealing with the loss of her innocence Oates characterization of Arnold Friend shows how Connie’s perspective of Arnold and his looks leads to the deception of who he really
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Wrong Impressions The short story‚ “Where Are You going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates explains how a young girl was struggling to find herself. Oates writes about a girl named Connie who was 16 years old and was lost in a world of fantasy. Connie had a split personality/image while at home and when she was out with her friends. Living in a world of fantasy‚ Connie would ignore her family by tuning them out and being distant. Connie would constantly be in front of the mirror admiring
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Expanding Views on Death: From Daylight to Darkness Donald Barthelme ’s short story “Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby” dissects the concept of planning a death and fleshes out its many facets; specifically highlighting its less dark side. The brief plot revolves around a meeting among ten friends‚ Colby and the narrator included‚ who are planning to hang Colby because he “has gone too far”. It gives the reader a new outlook on death‚ citing how the concept is not wholly dark
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Where Are You Going ‚Where Have You Been is a story written by Joyce Carol. The story talks about this fifthteen year old girl named Connie. Connie is the young child in her family. Her mother and her does not have a great relationship‚ because she is always being compared to her old sister June. Connie goes out with her friends to the mall. They walk pass this gold cadillac where this man named Arnold Friend says that he is going to get her. On Sunday her family went to BBQ and Connie decided to
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The Flaws With Animal Testing Every product we own‚ from makeup to medicine‚ has to be tested on something or someone before it can be placed on the market to be sold. Most testing for products is done on animals because it is seen as more humane than testing on humans. Animals are viewed as below us‚ and because of that‚ their lives do not matter. That is a lie we tell ourselves to make it seem like what is being done to innocent animals is just. In reality‚ testing on animals does much more harm
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persona. With this liberty‚ the identity of an individual isn’t limited to one set of characteristics as many external and internal situations either influence the cognitive decision making complex of humans. In the short story‚ "Where are you going‚ where have you been?" by Joyce Carol Oates‚ reveals through the characterization of Connie and her settings the duality of human beings. Also‚ using symbols and patterns to strongly put emphasis on how the underdeveloped mind of adolescents make way for impressions
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most‚ and being labeled a hypocrite is something we all strive to avoid. Philip Meyer takes this emotion to the extreme by examining a study done by a social psychologist‚ Stanley Milgram‚ involving the effects of discipline. In the essay‚ "If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger‚ Would You? Probably"‚ Meyer takes a look at Milgram’s study that mimics the execution of the Jews (among others) during World War II by placing a series of subjects under similar conditions of stress‚ authority‚ and
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LIOZON Clément EIM4 Bachelor – UB2 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR Assigment 1 : using the concepts that you have read in the book‚ describe what would be according to your personality the ideal job for you ? Today‚ it appears that our personality is the thing which characterizes each human being and which is very important in the business world. Indeed‚ the personality is the sum total of ways in an individual reacts and interacts with others‚ measurable traits a person exhibits. With many new
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