The character in “where are you going‚ where have you been?” Connie is affected by the role she plays in modern society. Fifteen year old Connie has the confusing‚ often exterior behavior typical of those girls who are facing the difficult transition from girlhood to womanhood in the 1960s. She is caught between her roles as daughter‚ friend‚ sister‚ and object of sexual desire‚ uncertain of which represents her real self. The sixties were the age of youth‚ young people wanted change. The changes
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Where the Gods Fly The distance between a mother and a daughter can be as far as the distance between cultures. Where is the fine line between guidance and control? How far can you go as a mother‚ and do you always know what’s best for your child? In the short story "Where the Gods Fly" written by Jean Kwok‚ we meet a concerned Chinese mother dealing with a serious culture clash which affects both her and her daughter Pearl. The narrator is a Chinese woman who has immigrated to America with her
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Where I Stand Because this is the first informal feature piece I write in American Literature‚ I think you should know where I stand on a variety of issues. Everyone has their own opinion on different issues and beliefs. In every one of us‚ we have our own qualities‚ and different things we love and that’s what makes each of us unique. Without the joy of being different‚ the world would be plain and boring. I am myself through these different qualities. I am caring in a way where
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much more. The text Two Kinds‚ Where Worlds Collide‚ and Everyday Use shows that culture influences people’s views and the world. In Amy Tan’s short story “Two Kinds”‚ Jing- mei‚ is guided throughout her life by culture. “My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America” (Tan 21) Jing-mei’s mother wanted her to be the “Chinese Shirley Temple‚” but that is not what she wanted. Pleased to make her mother happy‚ she does as she is told to do. “I found some old Chinese silk
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In the 1960s‚ when Oates wrote “Where Are You Going . . . ‚” a social revolution was happening. American women were asserting their rights and independence from men‚ and they were claiming their sexuality in a way they had never done before. One frequently discussed topic was adolescence and the struggles and anxieties that many young girls endured as they lost their sexual innocence and became adult women. Feeling undervalued in their homes and relationships with men‚ women questioned their role
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Where Happiness Lies "Finding happiness is like finding yourself. You don ’t find happiness‚ you make happiness. You choose happiness. Self-actualization is a process of discovering who you are‚ who you want to be and paving the way to happiness by doing what brings YOU the most meaning and contentment to your life over the long run." -David Leonhardt People can spend their entire lives searching to fill what they feel is that void of happiness. They will get lost in their own sense of time
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Analysis for “Where are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates’ short story is a complete fiction in the sense that it utilizes all its elements without deemphasizing one for the other. Oates uses point of view‚ setting‚ conflict‚ character‚ and symbol equally well to convey her theme. Oates applies these elements of fiction to give readers a better understanding of the American teenager and to show how a girl is psychologically manipulated by predators. It is evident from the first
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By definition a house is a building built for habitation where as a home is an abode built for one’s family. But a home is something more special than that. A home is a place‚ where you feel comfortable. A house is just shelter. A home is a place that one love’s to live in‚ but a house one just lives in. A home is built with a family‚ but a house has no intentions of family life. ’A house belongs to you‚ but you belong to a home.’ (C. Marks) The first memory that I have of a home is waking up one
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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?”
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The Celts were a superstitious‚ polytheistic society with high importance placed on religion. Similar to the Greek and Roman religious system‚ the Celtic deities were assigned different roles and were worshipped based on the population’s current needs i.e. harvest‚ success in battle‚ etc. However‚ the Celtic deities appear to have been more wide reaching in their functions than their Roman counterparts. Although the names of over 200 separate deities have been recorded in the Celtic world‚ when examined
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