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
Premium Joyce Carol Oates Short story Fiction
TATA Motors-International Business Indian Automobile Industry Hailed as ‘the industry of industries’ by Peter Drucker‚ the founding father of the study of management‚ in 1946‚ the automobile industry had evolved continuously with changing timesfrom craft production in 1890s to mass production in 1910s to lean production techniques in the1970s.The automotive industry in India grew at a computed annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.5 percentover the past five years‚ the Economic Survey 2008-09 tabled
Premium Tata Motors Automotive industry
Guns used in WW1 Gewahr 88: This rifle used by the Germans. It was an active gun between 1888-1915 involved in three wars. In total it was used by the German Empire‚ Ottoman Empire‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. It was a service rifle. M.16 flamethrower: This was also used by the Germans. They used it for clearing trenches and taking out rifle. It was the first flamethrower ever made! The Nazis created a sequel to this gun and made the M.35. M1917 Bayonet:
Premium
Objectives The study aims to describe Ilonggos’ attitude towards going abroad. Specifically‚ it intends to: i. present the socio-demographic profile of Iloilo City residents aging 18 years old and above ii. assess the attitude of Iloilo society towards going abroad iii. find out if Ilonggos’socio-demographic profile and perception towards Philippine conditions is related to their response towards going abroad iv. identify Ilonggos’ major
Premium Management United States Strategic management
Have you ever had a nightmare that is so realistic it speeds up your heart rate and takes your very breath away? In Joyce Carol Oates’s 1966 “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ she tells a story of a teenager by the name of Connie. Connie has a fate of being kidnapped by a strange man that seems to know everything about her. Connie is a typical adolescent with a vivid imagination and a difficult‚ unstructured home. She is at a delicate time in her life of transitioning to find her “own”
Premium Family Marriage Woman
herself"(Bauer). Olsen’s character went through a lot of struggles but it only made her a stronger person whereas the other two stories the She’s lost hope of being free from her prison within the mansion. "I don’t feel as if it was worthwhile to turn my hand over for anything..."(Gilman 412). Olsen’s story the daughter has a lot of emotional problems from the lack of attention from her mother while she was growing up. All the women found escape through very different ways‚ either behind a fa’ade
Premium Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Yellow Wallpaper Thought
Fear and Duty in Going After Cacciato Tim O’Brien’s Going After Cacciato might be set during the Vietnam war‚ but at its core it is a novel about fear. The main character‚ soldier Paul Berlin‚ is completely motivated‚ controlled‚ and surrounded by fear. When Paul Berlin first arrives at the war he feels annoyed by the derision he receives from his superiors but at the same time admits that “...the war scared him silly‚ but this was something he hoped to bring under control” (O’Brein 38). This statement
Premium Vietnam War Fear Army
the other. While at other times‚ a change can be as major as transitioning from childhood to adulthood. For much of the 20th century in America‚ the dynamics of communication among parents and their children was not fundamental. “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” written by Joyce Carol Oates introduces these “ills” of the 20th century to be examined in a more psychological depth. This ominous literal piece unfolds the story of protagonist Connie‚ a self-absorbed‚ disoriented‚ beautiful fifteen-year
Premium Joyce Carol Oates Short story Fiction
Losing My Religion: Exposing the Hypocrisy of Religion in Emily Dickinson’s “Some keep the Sabbath going to Church-“ Who does society consider the faithful? Is it the man on the street corner screaming for everyone to repent their sins before the apocalypse? Is it the zealot who straps a bomb to his body‚ and walks into a crowded marketplace? Is it the monk who renounces all his worldly possessions‚ and takes refuge in a monastery? While these may be extreme examples of the faithful‚ they
Premium
Where are you going‚ Where have you been? Stephanie Bumpase AIU Where are you going‚ Where have you been? The character Connie in the story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?” was a young 15yr old girl in a small town. She was beautiful and knew that she was beautiful. A flat character is a character that stays the same throughout a story (Gioia & Kennedy‚ 2010) and a round character is the opposite of flat in which the character changes significantly (Gioia & Kennedy‚ 2010)
Premium