Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates about an average fifteen year old girl who is not unlike many other girls her age‚ she is self-absorbed‚ and has a “Nervous giggling habit of craning her neck and glancing into the mirror‚ or checking other people’s face’s to make sure her own was all right.”(Oates‚ 388) The story takes place in Middle America. Oates wrote “Where are you going‚ where have you been?”
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50 - 75 words‚ identify each of the following by author‚ title‚ and context‚ and explain what the lines mean. 1. Everything about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home...." The first quote is from “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates. It is in reference to Connie‚ who is a teenager. She is no longer a girl‚ yet she is not a woman. She would leave home she looking one way and arrive at her destination another way. 2. She
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Ordinary Men are based on his beliefs about the Holocaust. His argument touches base on the idea that regular citizens of Germany could commit such horrible acts without being coerced into doing so. He examines the side of the Reserve Police Battalion 101 and tries to figure out just why these gentlemen participated in the mass shootings and deportations of the Holocaust. In fact should these "gentlemen" even be called gentlemen enlight of the acts they committed upon other men? The men that Browning
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again. Society has always placed a second class rank upon women. However‚ the issue is not nearly as severe as it always has been. During the late 19th century and the early portion of the 20th century‚ women were placed in an inferior position to men. Certain restrictions would not allow women to participate fully in social roles. Restrictions such as women ’s right to vote‚ their right in the workplace‚ and their right in politics were just a few of examples which shows the inequalities females
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Callie Morrison Professor Mazzolini English Comp. 101A February 17‚ 2012 Home is Where the Heart is They always say home is where the heart is. I never really knew what that meant until I got older. Home is always going to be there no matter what or where you go in life. Some people may consider home to be at their parents’ house‚ their own house‚ or living with someone else. It can also be some place you really like or somewhere you spend a lot of time at. It may be many different places at
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Professor Brown English M01A Chapter 1&2 In the first two chapters of thick face black heart‚ the author Chin Ning Chu explains what a thick face black heart means. She started off the chapter talking about a thick face. The thick face was a concept I wish I could my self-have. It stated that having a thick face you have to do what you want and not worry what people have to say. Unfortunately when I based this to my life. I do what I want but I always worry about the consequence at the end‚ which
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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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Book Review‚ Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene The book‚ Summer of My German Soldier‚ is an example of historical fiction‚ set in Arkansas‚ America during World War 2. It tells the story of 12 year old Patty‚ a Jewish girl‚ who shelters a young German soldier who escapes from the camp for German prisoners in her hometown. The story opens with the arrival of the German prisoners of war at the train station. From the first chapters we find out about the daily routine of Patty and her
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vision of a hero. Heroism comes in many ways through attitudes and acts of oneself. I believe heroism is the intent of doing something for the benefit of others‚ and not caring about the consequences that might ensue. In Joyce Carol Oates’s "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚" we see the character of Connie in a process of making the hardest decisions of her life as she chooses the heroic path. By having the knowledge of her own fate and life atrisk of her family being hurt‚ she decided to go with
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Do you just sit down sometimes and wonder about the lives of some of your friends and family? Questions racing through your brain‚ wondering if you even know any of the answers to these simply questions. If you ever wanted to know about my life‚ I would just simply say ask because I am like an open book. By ask me you would be surprised because usually when people assume‚ about 99 percent of the time‚ they would get me all wrong. When people see me walk through the door‚ they often assume that I
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