Joyce Carol Oates captured more than just the reader when she wrote the story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” Oates recreates an event that took place in the mid-1960s‚ where a grown man‚ who had shaggy black hair and a boyish charm‚ would lure teenage girls into his car‚ rape and murder them‚ and then bury their bodies in the desert. The fate of the main character in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” lies between Oates’s wavering suspense. From the beginning Oates shows the
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Oates ’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?": Arnold Fiend In Joyce Carol Oates ’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" critics argue whether the character of Arnold Friend‚ clearly the story ’s antagonist‚ represents Satan in the story. Indeed‚ Arnold Friend is an allegorical devil figure for the main reason that he tempts Connie‚ the protagonist‚ into riding off with him in his car. Oates characterizes Arnold Friend at first glance as "a boy with shaggy‚ black hair‚ in a convertible
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banned? My mother always makes a point in making sure I know never to lie to her. But that made me think‚ is it right for her to lie to me for the first 9 years of my life? Tricking children into behaving well in order to receive presents. Isn’t that bribery? Parents say that you should never lie and always tell the truth‚ but the way I see it is‚ they have gone against their word and become a hypocrite. On the other hand they could be enhancing enjoyment. But I know‚ even now Santa is not real
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adulthood. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" the author goes into depth of the transition from being a carefree‚ innocent child to the complexity and uncertainty of the future when one becomes an adult. The message begins even before the story itself actually does. The title illustrates the passage of time in life such as the phrase "where are you going" refers to the question of what direction does one have for his own life. "Where have you been?" is a question which involves
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THE WAY I SEE MY FUTURE CAREER IN JOURNALISM I have many loves in life‚ photography‚ music and writing‚ but eventually my love dries out. They say your career should be a pursuit that you never grow tired of‚ that your interest is so deep in you can never soak up too much knowledge of the subject. I have found for me‚ that love is journalism. When journalism is chosen as a career‚ society tends to have a stereotypical image of a group of photographers chasing celebrities. If
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‘Be the change you wish to see in the world’. Gandhi who is the famous philosopher indicates that you can make a big difference if you do this changing on yourself. (background) Some people firmly believe that people should reconsider following features if they want others to be different: firstly‚ revaluating their irreplaceable role in the society‚ secondly‚ their effects on other people‚ then the possibility of discovering other people. On the other hand‚ other people assume that they should not
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20th century in America‚ the dynamics of communication among parents and their children was not fundamental. “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” written by Joyce Carol Oates introduces these “ills” of the 20th century to be examined in a more psychological depth. This ominous literal piece unfolds the story of protagonist Connie‚ a self-absorbed‚ disoriented‚ beautiful fifteen-year old girl‚ living in the early 1960’s who is placed with fear‚ stalked‚ and eventually abducted by antagonist
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much she interrupts class with her foolish questions and interpretations‚ yet no one complains about the male classmate. I thought to myself‚ “Maybe he asks better questions than she?” But after a few weeks I began to realize that the intelligence of their questions and comments tends to be the same. So why do my classmates favor the male student’s remarks over the female student’s? Everyone has their own way of saying things‚ however the way we hear what a women says is often completely different
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Are You Beautiful? How do you judge if someone is beautiful the first time you see him or her? The most popular answer you may find is by physical appearance. Nowadays‚ the media greatly influences women’s point of view on beauty by displaying the idea that outer beauty is the only thing of all through images of good looking women in advertisements. The media teaches girls at a young age that physical attributes are all you need to get by in life by exposing them to beauty television shows like child
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