Connie is a young fifteen year old who cares about her sexual drive that men have toward her. “The 1960s unleashed the so called sexual revolution. It seemed more a source of comic relief and tragic nostalgic recirculation than political inspiration…” This revolution consisted of women demanding their own rights so they could become more and more independent. There were significant shifts in social attitudes‚ behaviors‚ and institutional regulations at the beginning of the 60’s and also lasted through
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Connie’s Paradigm In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” we follow the main character Connie as she faces an inner transformation. The author introduces Connie as a vain and inexperienced adolescent who seems to daydream about things she doesn’t quite understand as she has more of a naive idea of what adulthood is all about. She takes pleasure in having control over everyone and everything around her. These ideas as well as her security are shaken when the
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by the author Will Jenkins‚ This story is focused on Connie who has arrived at her part of town‚ where her friends lived‚ after a two-week holiday. Upon reaching her house‚ which was the only one on the other side of the bay‚ her nearest neighbour’s houses were built across the bay. Once she was inside her home‚ she knew that her partner (Tom)‚ would be reaching home around midnight (But Connie felt unsettled and nervous without him). Connie went outside into the garden and failed to see someone
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He describes a little bit of the relationship between Connie and his family and as I comprehend as I read the story‚ Connie has bad relationship with her family. Arnold Friend and his friend are characters that initiate the main conflict of the story. During the story‚ we can identify that Connie’s family influence in her personality because her parents does not give her enough attention and her mother most of the time is comparing Connie with her sister June questioning why she does not act like
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In the short story we are told certain characteristics of Connie’s family but‚ nothing more than that; nothing to make the mother‚ father or her sister June significant characters in the story. The story by Oates breifly touches on the subject of Connie and her mother not getting along‚ while the film constantly revolves
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Where are you Going‚ Where have you been? Is a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. The story involves a 15 year old girl named Connie that is rebelling against her mother’s whishes. Connie often rides with her friends to a shopping plaza to hang out and meet other people. One evening while she is out with her friends she leaves with a boy named Eddie. On the way to Eddie’s car she sees a stranger in a convertible that tells her “Gonna get you‚ baby”. Then one Sunday after missing church Connie’s
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between sexual desires and the dominant-submissive relationships‚ which develop between the protagonists of the novel. Its plot revolves around the story of Lady Catherine who is a young woman‚ married to a paralyzed husband that becomes impotent. Connie‚ the female protagonist of the novel is found wandering off in the wilderness of desolation. She has nobody to accompany her‚ considering his husband being impotent is another part of this Victorian era when greed had taken over everyone. For his
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fifteen year old Connie‚ shows the rise of a pop-culture/music guided society‚ it also shows the rise of the sexual revolution and the disregard for women‚ and the negligence of parents at the time. In the story the devil is represented by ARNOLD FRIEND‚ who at the end of the story seduces Connie into her own doom. Connie meets Friend at a fly-infested restaurant‚ fly-infested symbolizing lack of morality. Music was a huge part of the story. Happiness would not come to Connie by spending time
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world around Connie. The interplay between Connie and her mother is primarily significant to the author’s objective‚ with deficiency of communication as the overarching feature of their relation. This fundamental flaw between Connie and her mother allows Arnold Friend to achieve victory. In the opening sentences Connie is depicted as a sweet yet naïve individual; an individual entrenched in the invisible audience complex who’s desire for validation ultimately leads to her demise. Connie is a firmly
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Brittany Adams English 102-C01 Short Story Essay November 26‚ 2011 A book can’t be judge by its cover‚ just like a character. Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” begins with an innocent family vacation ending in a tragic deaths after taking a detour. “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates features a typical teenage girl who begs for attention from males and meets her match at the end. The Misfit and Arnold Friend’s characteristics make them frightening
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