"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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childhood and 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
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Where are you going‚ where have you been? In the short story “Where Are You going? Where Have You Been?”‚ by Joyce Carol Oates. The use of the symbolism of Connie’s clothes‚ her fascination with her beauty‚ Arnold Friend’s car and Arnold Friend himself help to understand the story’s theme of evil and manipulation. The story‚ fill with underlying tones of evil. In this short story‚ Oates write about 15-year-old Connie‚ the protagonist of the story‚ a pretty girl who is a little too into her own
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"Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" By Joyce Carol Oates A short story titled "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" tells a tale of an adolescent girl who suffers consequences of growing up in the unsupportive environment and the society preoccupied by the media. It is considered to be the most famous work of Joyce Carol Oates‚ an American writer‚ the winner of many significant literary awards and a two- time candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The story was first
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What is culture? Culture is a way of life – for most people anyway. People’s culture is what makes them as a whole‚ such as their religious beliefs‚ political views‚ and 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
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In the novel Call of the Wild by Jack London‚ the main character Buck goes through a behavioral change throughout his journey in the Klondike. Bucks change of attitude and behavior in the novel is what makes up Bucks call of the wild. Throughout the novel from the point when Buck is taken away from his home at Santa Clara Valley‚ California to when John Thornton’s camp is attacked‚ Buck is trying to reach his wild side of his life and at the same time leave his domesticated life behind in the past
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“The Call of the Wild” Essay What could transform a gentle pampered dog into an undomesticated man-killing beast‚ like his early ancestors‚ capable of killing humans? The central character in the story “The Call of the Wild” is a dog-named Buck‚ whom is half St. Bernard – half Scotch Shepard. Buck’s life began on Judge Miller’s estate in central California‚ where he lived a docile life free to roam and do as he wished. The Gold Rush in 1897 created a demand for young strong dogs‚ like Buck‚ to pull
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Where I Stand Where I Stand Growing up in a spiritual family I have always known that there was a God. A stronger power that had everything I needed. A God that was born of a virgin‚ suffered‚ died and rose on the third day after his death. This God was who we prayed to‚ trusted and told our deepest secrets to‚ knowing no one would find out about them. I was taught to pray and ask and whatever I asked for would be given to me according to his riches and
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Home is Where the Heart is Growing up in foster care kids never grow to understand the phrase‚ “Home is where the heart is.” This phrase isn’t making reference to a house or a tangible item in your life. An emotional connection you have with someone or something is what I believe home represents. The feeling of being secure‚ knowing you’ll be taken care of no mater what you say or do‚ and always feeling like your loved and wanted. Hundreds of kids have grown accustomed to the feeling of hopelessness
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In the book The call of the wild‚ by Jack London‚ a dog learns the cruelty and the freedom of the wild as he becomes a tough sled dog. This nonfiction book focused on Buck‚ a dog who was taken from his home in Southern California and sent to become a sled dog in the Klondike. Buck becomes a strong sled dog and is taken in by many dog sled owners‚ where he experiences the cruelty of man and the wild. When John Thornton‚ one of his owners‚ is killed by the Yeehat Indians he avenges him by killing several
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