At first glance‚ the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates seems like a regular story where a girl just has home problems like every other teenager. However‚ by looking more into the story you can see that the locations of where Connie is at‚ mean something different. In my opinion‚ I believe that the setting plays a significant role in the way Connie alternates her personality around her family and friends. When she is out with friends and not at home with family
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Technology improves by the minute with new discoveries and advances being made all the time. It is a tool that has affected many professions and ways of life making tasks quicker and easier. As time goes on we can see technology spreading into areas that have never felt its presence before. Its purpose? To make our lives comfortable and more efficient. Education is one area that utilises technology in almost every field. Whether it be admin‚ presentations in class‚ research‚ or access to the best
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knowledge has been used in stories and films alike. In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" Oates depicts Arnold Friend as the Devil; we can see this through his physical description‚ strange seduction‚ and his supernatural knowledge of Connie. The bodily features of Arnold Friend suggest he is the devil in disguise. During the whole event‚ Connie recognizes the way Arnold Friend "wobbled in his high boots" (196). She believed that he may have been a drunken
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laboring on a wheat ranch in 1850. In spite of famous originations of subjugation‚ numerous slaves did not pick cotton or live on Gone with the Wind-such as estates. Social orders that permitted bondage likewise changed. In Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries
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Terrorism has changed and developed across the world over time‚ much like the world has changed and developed over time. Advancements in technology‚ communications‚ military and transportation have also aided in the advancement of terrorist ability. Most countries‚ as well as the people residing in them‚ have dramatically advanced their capabilities in all areas‚ including terrorism‚ with each passing decade. The phrase ‘terrorism’ was originally coined in the late 1700s in reference to European
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saturday morning in “Where are you going. Where have you been’’ by Joyce Carry Oates. It started with an unfamiliar car bouncing along Connie’s long drive way. When she first heard the car she rushed to the window excitedly‚ frantically fixing her hair. Making sure she looked good‚ seemed to be an insecure habit for Connie. She saw an uninvited boyish looking man who was situated in the car parked now in her driveway. There was a tension of unease about the boyish man‚ he acted if he was supposed to
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different scenarios play out. Although Joyce Carol Oates’s‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” was inspired by real life events and reports of a serial rapist murderer‚ it can also be read as a coming of age story in which we see the victim‚ Connie‚ mature and evolve tremendously from the beginning to the end of the story because of the situation she unfortunately finds
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everyone is kind‚ and if they feel different about a person‚ they keep it to themselves. In the 90s‚ (also as portrayed in the movie) everyone is mean. What used to be the nice‚ colorful 60s‚ where the grass is green‚ in the 90s‚ no grass‚ and graffiti and liter everywhere. 1 example on how society changed so much is how marriage is looked at. In the movie‚ society was fond of marriage. Everyone was married‚ and if you weren’t married‚ you were looking to be. In the 90s‚ marriage is disgusting. They portrayed
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Significant changes of a man’s character are evident in where something’s wrong with the world and the society in where he lives. In the novel‚ “1984”‚ written by George Orwell writes a book which creates an outlook of an ordinary man named Winston Smith‚ the central character of “1984”. Winston is a kind of innocent in a world has gone wrong‚ and it is through him that the reader attempts to understand and feel the mix challenges of a man’s inner struggle to follow the rules in a world in which
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cultural heritage by the English. As a result‚ the author’s childhood was consumed by English culture‚ considering “the shoes [worn] to work would have been made in England‚ as were [the] khaki shirt and trousers‚ [the] underpants and undershirt‚ [the] socks and brown felt hat”. Presumably‚ this inevitable realization by the author‚ that she “had long ago been conquered” by the autocratic English culture‚ develops a unique juxtaposition of past and present.
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