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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“[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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Women have built an image for themselves over the years as independent‚ strong‚ and smart. However‚ the women in the following stories represent a 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
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Going‚ Where Have You Been?” In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Joyce Oates constitutes the use of allegories to create a sense of suspense in the story. The story depicts the way society was in the 1960s. In this time period‚ there were a lot of controversies that cause a lot of frustration. Many stories written during the 1960s involved a lot of the same things that are in this coming-of-age story. The issues incorporated into “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” were common
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hundred years ago. Romeo and Juliet follow a pair of lovers of the same name‚ meeting up despite their family grudges. Still‚ in the end‚ they pass on tragically—over four days‚ their mental fortitude hardens and they mature into more capable and independent versions of themselves. Romeo‚ in particular‚ learns to overcome tragedies and keep pushing‚ whereas Juliet learns to be more independent of her parents’ will. Romeo matures from his relationship with Juliet‚ growing from the hardships his relationship
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shows how people are supposed to become more mature as they age and some want to start to do things that their parents do and stop doing childish things. Scout demonstrates this by not wanting to stop fighting and Atticus telling her its childish. It is also demonstrated by the children wanting to go into town more often and not worry about what is going on at home. The characteristics of Jem and demonstrates that coming of age means to become more mature and wanting to be more like their parents instead
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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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Do you remember what you were like as a kid? I bet you were pretty different than you were now. Everyone matures and that’s no different in books. Charlotte Brontë portrays Jane Eyre in many different lights‚ some of which change. She matures into a wonderful woman. What started off as attention issued‚ dependent‚ emotionally volatile child‚ grows into a woman. She eventually learns to know what she deserves‚ know how to state her opinions maturely and‚ how to be independent. Jane Eyre starts off
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” should not be read through a fantasy/allegorical lens‚ but through a lens of reality. Reading it through the former limits the potency of the story. Everything that takes place in the story is believable‚ and in fact‚ many details of the story are based on real events. Arnold Friend is based on Charles Schmid‚ a real life serial killer who was responsible for the murder of three young girls. Schmid was arrested in 1965 for the rape and murder of Allen Rowe;
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questions for the TCP segments: 1. What is the IP address and TCP port number used by your client computer (source) to transfer the file to gaia.cs.umass.edu? 2. What is the IP address and port number used by gaia.cs.umass.edu to receive the file. Solution: Client computer (source) IP address: 192.168.1.102 TCP port number: 1161 Destination computer: gaia.cs.umass.edu IP address: 128.119.245.12 TCP port number: 80 3. If you did this problem on your own computer‚ you’ll have your own solution
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