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    English 126 29 November 2012 Joyce Carol Oates‚ The Author of "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Many critics have found that the possibility of the psychological changes of a teenager is a discussable topic to learn and argue about. Connie‚ the young teenage girl in the story of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” faces an unpredictably-dangerous

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    and heartaches‚ but then there is always the plus size of love and rewards. This is no exception between Nola and her mother Mrs. Dietrich‚ characters in “Shopping by Joyce Carol Oates. Nola is obviously trying to spread her wings and fly into a young woman‚ however; Mrs. Dietrich is having a really hard time letting her go. In Oates short story one is exposed to the hardship that a mother has in watching her daughter transition from a girl into a young woman. The shopping trip allows Mrs. Dietrich

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    How Joyce Carol Oates Life Affected her Work   I. The novels "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" and "Life After High School" relayed Joyce Carol Oates belief that straying from a sheltered life leads to a ruined one. A.  Her works delayed this theme through connotation. B. Although it was only hinted at‚ her belief in obedience was rooted deep in her stories. II. Oates farm-life‚ small town upbringing taught her not to stray from the strict discipline she lived by

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    Postmodernism For my short essay I will focus on a postmodern reading of Joyce Carol Oates‚ "How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Corrections and Began My Life Over Again." More precisely‚ as a postmodern text. Postmodernism refers to texts that reject coherence in a narrative‚ objective truth‚ and show doubts about the reliability of language to communicate. Postmodern techniques that are evident in Oates story were fragmented narrative‚ disrupted time sequence‚ disunified subject

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    Analysis A relationship between a mother and daughter may not be perfect at all times. There are many things that can make the job of being a mother tough and one of them is being a single mother. In the short story‚ “Shopping” by Joyce Carol Oates there is no exception to modern day hardships that come along the road of motherhood. The turbulence in Nola and Mrs. Dietrich relationship is shown during their shopping trip to the mall where Nola hardly speaks to her mother. Mrs. Dietrich refuses

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    Americans stop to think if they are following a bandwagon or an unnecessary tradition? Joyce Carol Oates refers to her characters as them in her 1969 novel them. The Great Depression was a time when women especially‚ desired to have a spouse and family to take care of. Throughout the novel‚ some of Oates’s characters‚ such as Loretta‚ become one of them by achieving a certain aspect of their American Dream. Thus‚ Joyce Carol Oates’s philosophy of writing novels‚ essays‚ and short stories as versatile and

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    In “Where is Here?” Joyce Carol Oates brings up the idea of infinity through a few different elements: the drawing that the visitor makes for the son‚ the house itself‚ and the characters. These all‚ in some way‚ represent infinity and the way life continues on forever and how it often reflects the past. When the visitor meets the son‚ he offers to show him a mathematical riddle. He draws a square and then a triangle inside the square. He continues to draw triangles within the drawing‚ making

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    Joyce Carol Oates’s “Four Summers” I found the following questions‚ taken from James H. Pickering’s 10th edition of Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Stories‚ to be very useful when thinking about the story “Four Summers” by Joyce Carol Oates: “What similarities and differences exist in each of the four episodes? What changes take place? What remains the same? How does the author organize each of the four sections? How old is Sissie in each? Is Oates’ narrative technique in each section appropriate

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    Tusk By Joyce Carol Oates Abnormal and captivating. These would be some of the keywords of the essay Tusk by Joyce Carol Oates. It tells the story of a young boy named Roland Landrau‚ but he addresses himself as Tusk. Tusk is somewhat Roland’s alter-ego where he in his mind is the cool guy at school. Already in the first sentence of the story‚ it pulls the reader in and reeks of something wrong and something exciting. “As the knife fitted into Tusk’s hand‚ an idea fitted into his head”[1]

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    sources to reinforce your ideas‚ or you may find that you are better able to articulate your point in opposition to these essays. Directions 1) The primary text for this assignment is the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates (L&WP 199-210). 2) Once you have done some preliminary writing about your thesis‚ supporting points‚ and evidence from "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚" you will read the journal articles uploaded to the “Information” page on Blackboard

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