The story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates shows the reader the self-created illusion that the main character Connie has created in order to better understand herself. Connie’s reality is altered as she has this dream that has manifested due to her desire for attention from others. Throughout the story there are many occurrences that support the idea that the entire story is a dream that was made up by Connie’s subconscious. Throughout the story‚ Arnold mentions many
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CHOOSE A CHARACTER FROM HARRISON BERGERON OR “WHERE ARE YOU GOING WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN” DO A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THAT CHARACTER. The story and characters that was chosen was “Where Are You Going Where Have You been.” The character Connie is a 15 year old teenager who doesn’t get along with her mother. She always fussing at her about staying in the mirror so much‚ her mother wants her to be like her sister June but‚ her parents showed her sister more attention
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Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? Innocent‚ young‚ naïve; this is how Connie was at her age of fifteen. She liked the attention boys gave her and how it made her feel. A man named Arnold Friend‚ whose much older than her‚ has stalked Connie and wants to convince her to go for a ride in his car. Connie doesn’t notice the man’s older features and this causes her young mind to contemplate going with Arnold in his car. Connie is more conflicted with herself‚ she battles to make the right choices
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In the short story “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ Connie’s house illustrates irony because of the changes that occur in Connie’s behavior towards her mom throughout the story. At the beginning of the story‚ Connie epitomizes a normal teenager’s feeling towards her parents‚ especially feelings towards her mother when at home. “Connie’s mother kept picking at her until Connie wished her mother was dead and she herself was dead and it was all over‚” (492). With
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Where the Mind is Without Fear Where the Mind is ... 10 WHERE THE MIND IS WITHOUT FEAR Notes This poem was written when the British ruled our country. We were slaves to a foreign power. Rabindranath Tagore‚ the great Indian nationalist and visionary wanted India to awaken to a bright dawn of freedom – freedom from slavery and our own mental chains. Read the poem aloud once. Then read it silently. It would be a good idea to memorize the poem. Where the mind is without fear and the head
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Analysis of Where the Mind is Without Fear by Rabindranath Tagore Here‚ we attempt a crucial analysis of Where the Mind is without Fear by Rabindranath Tagore. Where the Mind is without Fear consists of eleven lines and somewhat resembles the style of a sonnet. In a sonnet‚ the first eight lines usually present an idea‚ are argumentative‚ put a proposal or a problem. If we look at the first eight lines of Where the Mind is without Fear‚ we find that the lines are a form of a prayer
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Where I Come From – Elizabeth Brewster From the title of the poem‚ we can assume that Elizabeth Brewster’s “Where I Come From” is about the place or places where the writer was born in or where she spent her whole childhood. We also assume that she is going to describe‚ tell memories and her opinion about the completely different places. Although the opening line “People are made of places” can be loosely described as form of alliteration‚ the repetition of the “p” sound is particularly effective
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part of having memory. We should always remember where we come from as a part of our history. Remembering where you come from identifies the meaning of who you really are. “Remember the sky you were born under‚ know each of the star’s stories” (Harjo 802 L1). The first line is this poem symbolizes the whole poem’s meaning to remember where you were born and the stars are each problem that may have occurred in your life. It is important to know where we come from because the world was living before
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When I read Joy Kogawa’s poem‚ “Where There’s a Wall‚” for the first time‚ my initial impression was that the title was a metaphor for breaking free‚ where the wall represents conformity that can be overcome in several various ways; the phrase “Where there’s a wall there’s a way through a gate or door. There’s even a ladder‚” indicate the various methods a person can conquer a wall. The message of the poem illustrates that people have many options to live their lives; some may opt to be loud and
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The Parent-Child relationship in Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates and in In the Gloaming‚ written by Alice Elliott Dark are two different demonstrations of relationships that parents and children have with one another. In Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been the Parent-Child Relationship was strained and distant in In the Gloaming‚ the Parent-Child Relationship was close and open. In Where Have You Been‚ Where Are You Going? Connie and her mother were
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