Connie Connie rejects the role of daughter‚ sister‚ and “nice” girl to cultivate her sexual persona‚ which flourishes only when she is away from her home and family. She makes fun of her frumpy older sister‚ June‚ and is in constant conflict with her family. Her concerns are typically adolescent: she obsesses about her looks‚ listens to music‚ hangs out with her friends‚ flirts with boys‚ and explores her sexuality. She takes great pleasure in the fact that boys and even men find her attractive
Premium Boy Human physical appearance Physical attractiveness
Find" and "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" the antagonists are The Misfit and Arnold Friend respectively. Both are mentally unstable and murderers‚ but that is where the similarities end. The protagonists of the stories are Grandma and Connie respectively. Both seem to be dissimilar at first but as the stories progress more similarities than differences become apparent to the reader. In "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is The Misfit is uneducated and was raised in the backwoods. He got
Premium Short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find English-language films
self-conscious about her looks and is constantly worried about how other people perceive her. Friend’s fantasy is that Connie will willingly go with him and be his “lover” (605) even before he officially met her. The reality of the situation is that she does not want to go with this strange man‚ but is being forced into it because of her fear‚ which makes her weak and submissive. Connie is fifteen years old and obviously self-conscious because of the love that she never receives at home. Her whole life
Premium Woman Gender Female
plot 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
Premium
especially the relationship between Connie and her mother. "Why don ’t you keep your room clean like your sister? How ’ve you got your hair fixed—what the hell stinks? Hairspray? You don ’t see your sister using that junk." (Oates 1). The constant comparison the mother makes between Connie and her sister June‚ is symbolic of Connie not yet having an identity of her own. I don’t think her mother is aware of the negative effect that the comparison will ultimately have on Connie‚ but without a doubt‚ all the
Premium Joyce Carol Oates Short story Fiction
off by introducing the story’s 15 year old protagonist‚ Connie. Connie is symbolic of innocence and good. However‚ Connie has two sides. At home‚ she acts a particular way and when she is away from her family‚ she acts another. Connie is in a rush to grow up‚ like many teenagers. Part of the apprehension in the story is the reader’s realization “that there must be thousands of Connie’s” in the world (Wegs 1). Unfortunately for Connie‚ her desire to grow up too fast along with her naivety allows
Premium
life‚ this flaw could lead people to make disastrous decisions that can lead to unfortunate outcomes. Two examples of such can be found in the characters Laura and Connie from the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and “Where Have You Going‚ Where Are You Been?” by Carol Oates respectively. By psychoanalyzing both Laura and Connie‚ it becomes evident‚ through actions and dialogue‚ that both females display symptoms of having a fatal flaw‚ which in turn causes them to make decisions that lead
Premium Marriage Family Woman
You Going? Connie and her mother were always having conflicts with each other. Connie was a very beautiful girl and Connie thought her mother was jealous of her beauty. Her mother was probably not jealous of Connie but concerned and thought she would attract the wrong attention. Connie’s mom constantly made remarks
Premium Joyce Carol Oates Family Short story
and temptation‚ good versus evil‚ and man overpowering woman. Connie seems like an innocent fifteen year old girl when Arnold Friend shows up at her house. She is easily persuaded to talk to Arnold and gives in to the temptation to go for a ride with him. Arnold says a lot of sweet things to Connie to try and make her fall for his words. He tells Connie how beautiful she is and calls her names such as “sweetheart” and “honey.” Connie‚ being the naïve teenager that she is‚ believes him. Although he
Premium Good and evil Regulatory Focus Theory
Connie’s point of view” (Themes and Construction: Where 2). Despite the subtle contrast‚ both points of view allow the reader to see the changes in Brown and Connie; Brown loses his faith and Connie loses herself. Point of view also affects how the reader sees other characters. The reader only sees her mother‚ father‚ June and Arnold Friend as Connie sees them. The characters of Young Goodman Brown are viewed as the narrator describes them‚ whether that is how Brown sees them or
Premium Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne Joyce Carol Oates