The story‚ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates is truly littered with conventions of Psychoanalysis. Freud developed a list of defense mechanisms used by the human subconscious in order to deal with issues too intense for the conscious mind. These strategies of the psyche are translated into symbols scattered throughout this work. These symbols are expressed through the characters of Connie‚ and Arnold Friend. The first convention is denial. Denial is when the subconscious
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that causes the reader to question events in the story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” She develops this story featuring a girl named Connie‚ who has an encounter with a boy at a restaurant that she doesn’t know. “He wagged a finger and laughed and said‚ “Gonna get you‚ baby‚” and Connie turned away…” (Oates 210). Startled Connie only saw this boy once that night‚ but the story goes on‚ and a few days later he comes to her house where she learns that the boy’s name is “Arnold Friend.” She
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The protagonist of Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is a vain and stubborn girl named Connie. Fifteen years old‚ she believes beauty is everything and is nothing short of rebellious‚ maintaining two different personas: one for at home with her family and one for going out with her friends. One night out with her girl friends‚ Connie spots a young man watching her. He promises to come get her. The next day‚ the man comes to Connie’s house‚ keeping his word‚ and spends
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The Two Sides of Connie ‘Narrative details in ’ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ The story ’ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ is about the fifteen year old Connie who is a girl struggling with her sexuality. The girl tries to be an adult and attractive‚ but at the same time‚ she hides her sexual side from her family. These two sides cannot remain separate from each other at all times and collide with each other‚ which this short story depicts. The main idea in this short story
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Success can be defined in a various ways‚ and everyone have their own definitions about it. Some people think taking risks or chance is the way to get to success‚ while others believe that it is careful planning leads to success. Though there may be exceptions‚ most of the time success come from careful planning. In most of the cases‚ taking risks or chances are the key to success at the outset. It is quite difficult to succeed without having any risks. As we all know‚ Bill Gates once dropped
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As I wake‚ my mind starts to race. I start to think about my first time exploring the bottom of the ocean with my fellow Boy Scouts. All of my dive training and practice dives have led to this day. Will I be successful? The day starts at 7:45 am. The dive group meets at the flagpole to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and say Grace. Upon dismissal‚ we proceed to the Mess Hall for a hearty breakfast of eggs‚ bacon‚ and cereal. Upon taking the last bite‚ I thought to myself‚ I hope this is not
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Today is one of those rare days in which it is raining and I’m sitting on the windowsill waiting for a sign. Something that says ‘move on’. There is still a part of me that hopes every day that you’re alive and I haven’t found you yet. I will have searched the far corners of the earth before I let myself believe you dead. I dream of you every night‚ then wake with the bitter taste of regret fresh in my mouth. You abandoned me. You have marooned me on this earth‚ and it is dark without your light
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Where have you Been Smooth Talking? In the short story Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? By Joyce Carol Oates‚ the lifestyle of protagonist Connie is described. Connie was a typical 15-year-old. She was outgoing‚ fun‚ and social. She had the worst relationship with her mother and her relationship with her father was not explained because he was not home much. Connie’s main concern was boys; she would do anything to meet up with them. That is not always a good idea because you never know
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There are many similarities between the short stories "A&P" and "Where are you going‚ Where have you been?" most notably their characters. Both stories contain a female protagonist‚ and a male antagonist‚ whose confrontations start out relatively normal‚ and progress to more and more surreal and twisted endings. Their main characters‚ Sammy and Connie‚ are shockingly similar‚ and yet strangely different‚ one a 15 year old wishing to be older and beautiful‚ the other An eighteen year old boy from
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J Bus Ethics (2014) 123:11–22 DOI 10.1007/s10551-013-1796-x Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Value Chains: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going? Peter Lund-Thomsen • Adam Lindgreen Received: 28 June 2013 / Accepted: 2 July 2013 / Published online: 10 July 2013 Ó Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 Abstract We outline the drivers‚ main features‚ and conceptual underpinnings of the compliance paradigm. We then use a similar structure to investigate the drivers‚ main features
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