Samantha McLaughlin Mr. Mosmeyer AP English III 10-21-09 Deadly Doubt: Symbolism‚ Tone and foreshadowing in “Where are you going‚ Where Have you been?” A little girl sits home alone‚ relaxed in every way. She doesn’t know the danger she put herself in. It’s sunny. It’s bright‚ but out of the sunshine comes something clever and dark‚ A. Friend. When Connie meets Arnold Friend he is a stranger‚ but ironically his name is name spells a friend. I think this symbolism rests in the glaring
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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 situation that challenges her
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of my siblings came home. Transformation obviously creates fear because the settings can go from a nice‚ pleasant setting immediately to an alarming‚ gloomy‚ and frightening setting. This can be seen in the following three stories as well. Oates’s “Where is Here”‚ Arthur Tress’ “Dream Collector”‚ and Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” use transformations to make their stories more suspenseful and frightening to the reader.
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Myriah Byrne Ms. Sutchman English Composition I 11 November 2012 Where Are You Going‚ Goodman Brown? Temptation is a universal theme shown throughout both of the stories. Nathaniel Hawthorn’s “Young Goodman brown‚” a story about a man being tempted to go on an errand to find the devil in the woods‚ and Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” a story about a girl resisting being hurt or abducted by a strange man‚ are similar stories. They had characters that played an innocent
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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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1. Where have you been today? Describe the places! I started my day off with a wonderful brunch over at my best friend’s house. Her house is very pretty and bright‚ especially the outside. Lights are attached all over the white surface‚ and they really catch your eye. I love the inside a lot though‚ it’s luxarious and fresh but not really as bright. I felt very at home‚ my apartment doesn’t even compare to all the gorgeous decor but my best friend made sure I felt comfortable. When we were done
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In “Where is Here?” by Joyce Carol Oats‚ she uses a few different methods of indirect characterization to describe the character who is only known as “the visitor”. The five methods are appearance‚ speech‚ actions‚ reactions of others‚ and private thoughts. To begin‚ we will analyze the physical appearance of the visitor. In the beginning of the short story‚ Oats describes the character as a man in his late forties who was wearing a dark‚ conservatively cut suit. His hair was described as “thin”
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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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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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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 next. Themes common to the devil are that of his physical appearance
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