Madilyn Ferguson Professor Jukes English 1B 10 September 2010 Decisions‚ Decisions The short story by Joyce Oates‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” leaves many readers uncomfortable with the actions of “Connie” the main character who is in the midst of adolescent rebellion. Connie is a character who argues with her mother and sister‚ neglects family life in favor of scoping out boys at the local restaurant‚ does everything she can to appear older and wiser than she is‚ and has a mind
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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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Farrar‚ Straus‚ and Giroux‚ 1972 Blythe‚ Hal‚ and Sweet‚ Charlie. “O’Connor’s ‘A Good Man Is Hard To Find.’ (Flannery O’Connor).” The Explicator 55.1(1996):49+.General OneFile White‚ Terry. “Allegorical evil‚ existential choice in O’Connor‚ Oates and Styron. “The Midwest Quarterly 34.4 (1993):383+ Desmond‚ John. “Flannery O’Connor’s Misfit and the Mystery of Evil.” Renaissance: Essay on Values in Literature 56.2 (2004): 129+ Southern Literary Journal 20.2 (1988): 99+. Literature Resource
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“A Rose for Emily vs. A Woman’s Wintry Death Leads to a Long-Dead Friend” Losing a loved one is never easy to accept. It is important to be reassured by the reality that the best way to honor him or her is to retain their memory in one’s heart. Miss Emily Grierson in “A Rose for Emily” and Frances Dawson Hamilton‚ in “A Woman’s Wintry Death Leads to a Long-Dead Friend” both handle the situation of their loved partner quite differently than one usually would. Both stories “A Rose for Emily” and
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In You Can Go Back Home Again‚ Eve Tushnet starts off her article with a scene with her and a guy friend coming back from a party‚ this scene reveals the overall theme of “its perfectly fine with going back home” . The guy friend starts of by saying that he use to live in a gentrified neighborhood but he could no longer afford. The key word in his sentence is “use to” he was ashamed for going back home but Tushnet disagrees with him by saying “Good for you” and “I think that’s great”. Later on
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e are defined by our past experiences‚ individuals are ever-changing based on our beliefs and experiences throughout our lives. William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” depicts the transformation of Emily. A young women who was originally a young and vibrant women‚ gradually transitions into a secluded and sympathized character. This is a symbol of her family’s history of mental illness‚ which she in turn inherited and ultimately affects her as her life progresses. Homer Barron’s close resemblance
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Fiction Analysis Where are you going‚ Where have you been? The story is based in 1960s American suburbs and is told through the eyes of a teenager named Connie. The theme of the story revolves around Connie and her feelings as it is basically told through the eyes of a teenager. The reader is first introduced to the main character Connie and the theme of innocence is established. The first parts of the essay tell us how Connie does not get along with her mother or her sister. It is shown in some
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her father ’s death and lets the townspeople bury him. Much of the town is wondering what to expect to happen to Emily. Emily becomes a recluse and sends her manservant‚ Tobe‚ who has served the family for generations‚ out to the market to do the shopping for her. One day‚ she met a Yankee day laborer named Homer Barron. Homer and Emily began seeing each other and eventually seemed to get serious about their relationship. Emily began to fall in love with Homer‚ but Homer did not have the same feelings
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child‚ she became lonely when her father passed. She began to isolate herself from everyone and her reclusiveness became worse when Homer Barron‚ her beau‚ left her. She did not go to the market but would instead send Tobe‚ her manservant to do the shopping. When people would come to visit‚ she would have Tobe turn them away. It seems sad and pitiful that Emily would choose to be a hermit and shut out the world Emily’s last name provided her a high social status‚ or at least it did at one time. After
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"A Rose for Emily" is normally a story of which talks mainly about a woman by the name Emily Grierson. Emily was raised up in a very wealthy family background just after the end of the civil war. In the story‚ Emily has been under strict control by her father throughout her life. Therefore‚ after the death of her father‚ she didn’t know nor could she understand on how to live her own life without her father. She was so close to her father than no one else thus they had established a very strong relationship
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