The dramatic irony of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” conveys the tone of warning about temptation. Connie’s situation is that she does not feel appreciated at home and uses her looks and actions to get attention and appreciation from boys even if it is short-term. She is self-conscious about her looks and is constantly worried about how other people perceive her. Friend’s fantasy is that Connie will willingly go with him and be his “lover” (605) even before he officially met her. The
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Though participating in three back-to-back sports in high school is exhilarating and entertaining‚ it can have many negative effects. For instance‚ running cross country‚ playing soccer‚ and running track back-to-back has had serious effects on a particular athlete. After participating in these three sports for about a year and a half‚ this athlete began to notice the effects during the second year of track. First‚ symptoms like fatigue and dizziness and loss of endurance appeared‚ but she blamed
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In her essay‚ Where are you going‚ Where have you been‚ Joyce Carol Oates‚ underscores the importance of communication to develop her story. Both the presence and absence of communication are utilized in the evolution of Oates’ purpose. The author relates each of her subjects to archetypal characters in order to firmly cast them into a category. Through careful consideration of detail‚ Oates’ offers a particular understanding of Connie’s relationship with her parents and the world around Connie.
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English 102 13 September 2012 Arnold Friend’s Identity in Joyce’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” In the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” Joyce Oates portrays Connie as a beautiful young woman that is being coerced by a man‚ whom she doesn’t know‚ to come outside and go for a ride in his car. Who is this man that calls himself Arnold Friend? What does he represent? Looking at the things that Arnold Friend says and does will help to discover who he is. Oates equips
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question‚ ‘Are young children intrinsically motivated to see others be helped?’. The broad question gathered from this experiment is‚ ‘Do humans have an innate‚ genuine concern for the well-being of others?’. These questions are meaningful as this investigation could prove the existence of a distinctly human‚ nurture characteristic‚ that all share. Alternatives The experiment will likely have one of two outcomes‚ either young children are intrinsically motivated to see others helped or they are not.
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"Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" Music is one of the symbols mentioned in this story. The author mentions the music played in everywhere in the story. The author says that "The Music was always in the background". The music comes from restaurants‚ homes and cars. Music symbolizes the feeling and the emotions of the characters. For example‚ music for Connie is a pattern for romantic relationship. When she is happy‚ she hears music in everywhere. On the other hand‚ when she is sad‚ she
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adulthood is frustrating and confusing‚ and in most adolescents‚ is filled with apprehension and anxiety. For the protagonist Connie‚ this distress is expressed in her dreamlike encounter with Arnold Friend. In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Joyce Carol Oates used the interaction between her two main character‚ to reveal the internal fear and conflict of a fifteen year old girl maturing into a young woman. Oates chooses narrate her story in the third person giving
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Creating Motivated College students Going to college instead of pursuing other endeavors is one of the biggest decisions that a student will make in their lives up to that point. Once they are in college‚ however‚ parents often feel challenged to ensure that their children are doing well‚ that all of their needs are taken care of and that they are motivated to do well while they are there because parents understand how important college is to the next phases of their children’s lives. Whether they
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Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates about an average fifteen year old girl who is not unlike many other girls her age‚ she is self-absorbed‚ and has a “Nervous giggling habit of craning her neck and glancing into the mirror‚ or checking other people’s face’s to make sure her own was all right.”(Oates‚ 388) The story takes place in Middle America. Oates wrote “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” in
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Connie and her mom never get along. It seems if though her life is centered around boys. There are secrets and innuendos. Connie hides a lot of things from her mother about who she really wants to be. “But the two of them kept up a pretense of exasperation‚ a sense that they were tugging and struggling over something of little value to either of them.” (Oates 2). “He didn’t bother talking much
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