In Joyce Carol Oates’ “‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ and Smooth Talk: Short Story into Film‚” Oates writes that Connie “An innocent young girl is seduced by way of her own vanity” and that “she confuses death for erotic romance” (419). Oates clearly defines her point when Connie first discovers Arnold Friend at the drive in diner. She catches Friend staring at her with a big smile and Connie “slit her eyes at him and turned away‚ but she couldn’t help looking back” (409). The fact
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Where the World Began 1. Laurence is against the stereotyped images of the Prairies as “dull‚ bleak‚ flat uninteresting. Where Laurence grew up was bizarre‚ agonizingly repressive or cruel at times and the ground in which the town was could be called harsh in violence of its seasonal changes but it was never a merely flat or uninteresting and never dull. 2. The droughts and depression were always there‚ some understood and some did not understand. 3. The town’s feelings in Laurence’s
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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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Language of Terror When a person is put in an incredibly horrifying situation where the outcome is unpredictable many physical and emotional changes take place. Joyce Carol Oates’s story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" places Connie‚ a typical teenager‚ in this situation. Throughout the story‚ occasionally using religious undertones‚ Connie’s language of a typical teenager gradually changes‚ from calm and somewhat curious to nervous and terrified. Early in the story on a
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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 I lived… I’ve lived in many places growing up but I was born in Baltimore‚ MD so of course that’s where most of my love would go. Ayee‚ go Ravens! (lol) But as a teenager‚ my favorite place I’ve lived at would have to be Virginia. It’s where I met my first “love” and met all my‚ what used to be‚ friends. While living in Virginia‚ I lived in two places – Chesterfield‚ VA and Fort Lee‚ which is on the Petersburg and Hopewell line. Living on Fort Lee was my favorite. Fort Lee is an army base
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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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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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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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Where there is love‚ there is pain? Love‚ like many things‚ is undoubtedly complex and to define it would be impossible due to its subjectivity. We are told in forms of media and through social norms that love is supposed to be this true‚ authentic experience-regardless of the fact that no one experiences love the same way. A poetic Spanish proverb stated that “Where there is love‚ there is pain”. I believe that in order to be strong while in love‚ we must first become vulnerable and susceptible
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