Story: Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been Author: Joyce Carol Oates First Reaction: My reaction to the story was disbelief‚ it was hard for me to fathom anyone much less an entire village agreeing to such barbaric practices and creating and following a tradition where you stone and hurt or kill family and friends. Characterization The story is told in third person most of the time‚ it seems to be a village member who narrates the story‚ they are familiar with the village and the people
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“[Connie] had a quick‚ nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people’s faces to make sure her own was all right.” (1) In the story “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” the author Joyce Carol Oates‚ deliberately shows us the level of innocence of the protagonist Connie‚ as well as the similar features an inexperienced young girl who lived in 1966 compares to those of a young girl who is raised in our era. Young teenage girls in 1966 are no different
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Stories of a battle between good and evil have been around for ages. Some may say that Satan is just embodies evil. “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates shows one example of how the devil is the master of deceit. With the help of appearance and actions an evil persona is rested upon Arnold Friend. Arnold Friend has an interesting description in this story. He is described initially with “shaggy‚ shabby black hair that looked crazy as a wig.” He is also wearing metallic
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Cited: Chief Seattle. “Chief Seattle ’s 1854 Oration” - Authentic Text of Chief Seattle ’s Treaty Oration 1854. Clarke‚ Arthur C. The nine billion names of God. 1953. Henning‚ Martha L. Friendly Persuasion: Classical Rhetoric. August 1998. Print Oates‚ Joyce Carol. “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” The Ontario. Review‚ Inc.‚ pp. 1-6. 1991. Silko‚ Leslie Marmon. The man to send rainclouds. Stockwood‚ David‚ and David E. Spiro. Ethos‚ Pathos‚ and Logos: The Best of the Advocates ’ Society Journal
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“Where are you going‚ where have you been?” by Joyce Carol Oates represents emotional abuse in relationships and how easy it is to manipulate young minds. Connie is a beautiful‚ self indulgent 15 year old girl. Her mother is very overbearing and praises her 24 year old sister‚ June‚ more than her. June is everything that Connie isn’t. She works hard to make money on her own‚ helps her parents around the house‚ and is mature and independent. Connie strives to receive attention and praise that her
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If you could travel back and meet one famous person who would that be? I definitely consider that it is an outstanding notion to travel back in time and meet Marilyn Monroe. In addition‚ she is one of the most celebrated and enduring icons of all time. Furthermore‚ Marilyn was an American actress‚ singer‚ model and a showgirl. She is an inspiration and a role model for girls from all generations. Nevertheless‚ this woman hasn’t always been the platinum blond shade fashion icon which we all recognize
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Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is about a 15 year old girl named Connie. Connie is the dark blond haired girl who catches all the attention and knows she looks good. The story is somewhat journalistic in the sense that there are few extreme stylistic flourishes or complicated sentence structures. Oates’s spare style allows the images in the story to stand out in realistic coherence‚ in a way that makes one feel they have some unexplainable importance. “There’s your
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In her short story‚ “Where are you going where have you been?” Joyce Carol Oates describes the emotional ride of a fifteen year old girl‚ on the verge of becoming an adult and losing her innocence of mind and body along the way. She has a difficult time growing up and developing her own personality as they would have her react to her circumstances.“Everything about her bad two side to it‚ one for Home and one for anywhere that was not Home.” Connie feels that the best attribute that a girl can have
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Literature: Reading‚ Reacting‚ Writing‚ 5th Edition Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell Table of Contents Preface 1. Understanding Literature Imaginative Literature Conventional Themes The Literary Canon Luisa Valenzuela‚ “All about Suicide” Wole Soyinka‚ “Telephone Conversation” Thinking Critically Interpreting Literature Evaluating Literature The Function of Literary Criticism Checklist: Evaluating Literary Criticism 2. Reading and Writing About Literature
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Discuss outsiders and marginalisation in Wuthering Heights Isolation and marginalisation are key themes that run throughout the novel. They are shown in a variety of ways such as‚ the two main houses (Wuthering heights and Thrushcross Grange)‚ the marginalisation of the lower classes and also the isolation of individual characters. A literary critique by Katherine Swan suggested that ‘Wuthering Heights’ was a novel filled with ‘dark passion and misguided characters’ and I believe the isolation of
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