commenting on throughout the story starting with the main character Connie. An average teenage girl living in a limbo of two worlds
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Oates shows the importance of music in Connie’s life. Connie often listens to music and daydreams about boys. All of her ideas about boys come from the music she listens to. Connie thinks about one of the boys she went out with and feels as though the kind of love they had was the way it is promised in music (Oates 293). The songs she listens to give her everything she knows about romance. When Connie and her girl friend go out for the night Connie meets a boy named Eddie. During her hangout with Eddie
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helping her daughter lie her way out of bullying. Although the mother’s intentions were good‚ she is ultimately hurting her daughter in teaching her to pay her way out of bullying instead of confronting the situation. In Murphy’s essay Connie is portrayed as an unusual girl‚ she is after all‚ an albino. This trait sets her apart from the rest of the kids in her school and probably from most of the world. It is these people with particular and different traits
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the main character Connie really relates to the title. Her mom wants her to be this perfect little girl‚ whereas Connie likes the attention of guys and to be a little more on the rebel lifestyle. Connie never tells her mom “where she is going‚ or where she has been” when she is tells her she is at the mall with her friend. Connie’s double life winds up getting her into some danger. She runs into a dangerous problem with another main character
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going‚ where have you been?" by Joyce Carol Oates‚ reveals through the characterization of Connie and her settings the duality of human beings. Also‚ using symbols and patterns to strongly put emphasis on how the underdeveloped mind of adolescents make way for impressions and influences by the factors that surround them when trying to cope with developing their own identity. To begin with‚ the protagonist Connie is a mirrored version of many adolescent teenagers that experience problems such as a
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Friend follows Connie from the beginning of the story. When Connie finally notices his presence‚ "he [stares] at her and then his lips widen…and there he [is] still watching her‚" revealing his true desires and aspirations. Arnold not only wants to kill Connie‚ but to see and understand every breath she takes. Although she is unaware of his closeness‚ it becomes obvious that Arnold Friend is stalking Connie. When he states‚ "I know my Connie"‚ it is clear that in Arnold’s mind‚ Connie is a component
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Oates’ “Where are you going‚ where have you been?”‚ Oates tells the story of a young girl named Connie‚ who is vain‚ self-centered‚ rude to her parents‚ and in an incredible hurry to grow up. She has two different personalities‚ “one for home‚ and one for anywhere that was not home.” Everything about her including her smile‚ her laugh‚ and her walk transforms as soon as she steps out her front door. Connie‚ the protagonist of the story‚ wants to be a part of the world of “big kids” until a shiny golden
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Friend‚ as frightening and portrays many qualities of the devil. From the beginning Connie is shown as selfish and promiscuous and what easier target for the devil than a sinful teenager that’s only living for fun. Throughout the story‚ Arnold Friend has a Rock & Roll vibe that attracts Connie‚ yet the second she sees the slightest bit of confusions with him she starts to back off. Arnold Friend’s manipulation of Connie‚ an image that projects off of the pop culture‚ and knowledge of Connie’s life
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Sumner” and Diane Lane as “Connie Sumner”. I will briefly summarize the movie‚ as well as give a literature review on sexual infidelity‚ analyze characteristics of dysfunctional sexual relationships as well as who infidelity affects. I will also explain the consequences of engaging in such relationships. Movie Summary The movie “Unfaithful” starts with Connie (Diane Lane) going into the city of New York‚ when she finds herself caught in a windstorm. While in the city‚ Connie bumps into a man name
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Arnold is not a lion preying on gazelle‚ but he is a middle-aged man that becomes predatory and preys on 15-year-old Connie. Scheming and being a predatorial is what make Arnold Friend the villainous man he is. Arnold Friend‚ is a middle-aged man that uses himself as bait to fool and befriend young Connie. His choice of appearance for himself to project as if he is the same age as Connie is‚ “light faded jeans stuffed into black‚ scuffed boots‚ a belt that pulled his waist in and showed how lean he
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