The dramatic irony of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” conveys the tone of warning about temptation. Connie’s situation is that she does not feel appreciated at home and uses her looks and actions to get attention and appreciation from boys even if it is short-term. She is 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
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people. They did to the white people exactly what the white couple was stereotyping them as. They proved their stereotype to be true just because they saw the white woman hold on to her husband. The white woman should not have been scared because they most likely would not have done anything. They are people just like her‚ and it was wrong of her to stereotype. The racism that she showed caused her car to get stolen‚ and caused her to make racist comments about any non white race. She also treated her
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Innocence “Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?” presents many themes and symbols to the reader. One that jumped out at me while reading the story was the overall feeling of innocence. Joyce Carol Oates shows us innocence from the very beginning of the story to the end where Connie loses self-control and power. From the first paragraph of the story we learn that Connie is a young fifteen year old who longs for attention and acceptance. I was able to relate to the story better when I paused
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The character in “where are you going‚ where have you been?” Connie is affected by the role she plays in modern society. Fifteen year old Connie has the confusing‚ often exterior behavior typical of those girls who are facing the difficult transition from girlhood to womanhood in the 1960s. She is caught between her roles as daughter‚ friend‚ sister‚ and object of sexual desire‚ uncertain of which represents her real self. The sixties were the age of youth‚ young people wanted change. The changes
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people are different‚ and have different values. Here in the US for example there are many different cultures‚ material and nonmaterial. As Dalton Conley defines it in the book ‘You May Ask Yourself’ material culture is “everything that is a part of our constructed‚ physical environment‚ including technology”. We get most of these from advertising and trends by celebrities. We see a celebrity wearing the latest smart watch and in out materialistic culture we feel the need to go buy a smart watch.
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while saving cats falling from trees? Does one have to be a hero by saving someone from a burning building? What qualifies as a hero? Many people have their own definition and 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
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Matt Merritt Professor Smith English 102 13 September 2012 Arnold Friend’s Identity in Joyce’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” In the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” Joyce Oates portrays Connie as a beautiful young woman that is being coerced by a man‚ whom she doesn’t know‚ to come outside and go for a ride in his car. Who is this man that calls himself Arnold Friend? What does he represent? Looking at the things that Arnold Friend says and does will help to discover
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If your teacher says something incorrect in a class‚ what will you do? 1) Interrupt your teacher right away 2) Keep silent 3) Correct your teacher after the class We are not unfamiliar with sometimes our teacher could make subtle mistakes when teaching in the class. And there is no denying that even the sage could make the mistake‚ and so teacher could. Therefore‚ in my opinion‚ correcting my teacher after the class is the best choice among others. Firstly‚ correcting teachers after the class
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solution because there is a point of living‚ you live to die that’s true‚ but you also die to live. Jack Kevorkian invented the suicide machine in 1989. Kevorkian known as Dr. Death point of view on medical humanism allows patients and family determine the moment of death in which he calls it a “Positive Death”. Many of us today wonder why do we have to live when we didn’t ask to be born? Well the truth is that you do not "have" to live. You do have a choice in that. But like any other murder
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Case Study: Damned If You Do; Damned If You Don’t Summary: A successful female regional manager of a grocery chain is looking at advancing her career. She has applied to other employment locations while doing so she confides in a colleague about doing so and asks him to be a reference for her. She does not want anyone else in the company to know she is seeking employment elsewhere due to fact if it doesn’t work out it may hurt her chances to get a promotion at her current employment. A young lady
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