Charles Schmid‚ the serial killer that Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? was based on‚ would try to look like Elvis Presley to lure girls to him. Music is a motif that shows up in the story multiple times. Joyce Carol Oates uses music to show Connie’s comfort‚ emotion‚ and the bait that lured Connie to Arnold. First of all‚ Oates uses it to show when Connie feels comfortable. For example‚ “... the music was always in the background‚ like music at a church service‚ it was something to depend
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In the short story Where Are you Going Where Have You been‚the main character Connie is very promiscuous and struggles with finding herself. Joyce Carol Oates takes the reader on a journey of teen rebellion turned tragic and uses Connie to show that becoming independent is not easy. Throughout the story you can interpret that Connie felt vulnerable and neglected by her family and friends. Her mother always talked about how she should be more like her older sister‚ Jane “she was so plain and chunky
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In Joyce Carol Oates’s short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” (1966)‚ Connie is an adolescent that faces literal and psychological challenges. Within the conflicts of the story‚ there are two compelling questions that allow you to take a special interest of a deeper meaning. Taken from the title‚ where has Connie been? Where is Connie going? In a surprising twist‚ the story is not only about a naïve girl that gets lured out of her home by an older gentleman‚ but can also be taken
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST OF TWO TALES Joyce Carol Oates “The Girl With the Blackened Eye” was a narrative depicting a story about a teenage girl who had experienced tragedy at the age fifteen. The narrator‚ the character had endured what is believed to be eight days of physical and mental abuse from her abductor. She was violated and ripped of all her value. Oates displayed graphic and realistic detail so that the reader would have a clear understanding and visual of what had occurred. In William Faulkner’s
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The Effects of Not Having a Stable Father-Figure The lack of having an actual father figure caused Connie to grow up too fast. Connie’s father did not acknowledge her‚ nor did he care about her what she did. Eventually leading her to unknowingly soon then become rebellious and act older than her actual age. Being raised with no man to be or act as a father to her‚ and any young girl’s life in general‚ allows a much higher chance of being at risk for an attraction towards older men‚ premarital sexual
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what you want to order. Once you come across the item that makes your mouth water‚ you find yourself not being able to leave until you are satisfied and know that this was something that you will remember forever. The theme of “June Birthing” by Joyce Carol Oates is that sometimes in life chance events can change someone’s life. The story tells about a chance meeting between a woman named Kathe Connor and a man named Lyle Carter. Kathe was a thirty-seven year old divorced woman. She lived her
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under the suit--the smell of burned matches. The smell of sulfur. The man in the black suit was the Devil.” (King) A common theme among depictions of The Devil is that of unusual physical attributes. The Devil is depicted in three different stories (Joyce Carol Oates’ ‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘Young Goodman Brown’‚ and Steven King’s ‘The Man In The Black Suit’) in three different ways‚ yet each description bares remarkable similarities in some aspects to the
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“Where are you going‚ where have you been” by Joyce Carol Oates In the short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” author Joyce Carol Oates depicts the main character as a fifteen year old daydreamer. Her name is Connie‚ and she is obsessed with her appearance. Connie’s mother constantly teases her about looking in the mirror and always obsessing over her looks. Connie believes her mother does this because her own looks have faded. Connie has an older sister‚ June. June is constantly
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A Widow’s Story is a memoir of Joyce Carol Oates‚ dedicated to her late husband Raymond Smith. This book was gripping from the very start‚ I felt like I was getting to know Oates more as a person‚ instead of just the author to literature read for the class. Oates husband of forty-seven year of marriage passed away from a secondary infection; acquired during his hospital stay for treatment of pneumonia. She takes us on this journey with her from the beginning with the ER visit she took with Ray‚ when
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Still to this day in our lives‚ we struggle to figure out who we are‚ and what we are put here on Earth to do. In our society today‚ we have trouble with searching with who we are. In the short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ the author’s background as well as her usage of characterization and internal conflict‚ develop the theme of identity and the search for self. During the summer‚ Connie spends most of her time hanging out with her friends or hanging
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