Analysis for “Where are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates’ short story is a complete fiction in the sense that it utilizes all its elements without deemphasizing one for the other. Oates uses point of view‚ setting‚ conflict‚ character‚ and symbol equally well to convey her theme. Oates applies these elements of fiction to give readers a better understanding of the American teenager and to show how a girl is psychologically manipulated by predators. It is evident from the first
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By definition a house is a building built for habitation where as a home is an abode built for one’s family. But a home is something more special than that. A home is a place‚ where you feel comfortable. A house is just shelter. A home is a place that one love’s to live in‚ but a house one just lives in. A home is built with a family‚ but a house has no intentions of family life. ’A house belongs to you‚ but you belong to a home.’ (C. Marks) The first memory that I have of a home is waking up one
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bride’s name was fowokemi oni she was a very humble woman at the first three years of her marriage. After she gave birth to her first three sons she became the wicked witch of the house. She became so mean that her husband was frustrated and let her do as she wished. Years of frustration went by and fowokemi had five sons and two daughters but ibiyemi still had only one child. Adebo died at middle age because he could not even bear fowokemi anymore.ade o’s will was readc but fowokemi insisteds
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Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates about an average fifteen year old girl who is not unlike many other girls her age‚ she is self-absorbed‚ and has a “Nervous giggling habit of craning her neck and glancing into the mirror‚ or checking other people’s face’s to make sure her own was all right.”(Oates‚ 388) The story takes place in Middle America. Oates wrote “Where are you going‚ where have you been?”
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Where there is love‚ there is pain? Love‚ like many things‚ is undoubtedly complex and to define it would be impossible due to its subjectivity. We are told in forms of media and through social norms that love is supposed to be this true‚ authentic experience-regardless of the fact that no one experiences love the same way. A poetic Spanish proverb stated that “Where there is love‚ there is pain”. I believe that in order to be strong while in love‚ we must first become vulnerable and susceptible
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The Celts were a superstitious‚ polytheistic society with high importance placed on religion. Similar to the Greek and Roman religious system‚ the Celtic deities were assigned different roles and were worshipped based on the population’s current needs i.e. harvest‚ success in battle‚ etc. However‚ the Celtic deities appear to have been more wide reaching in their functions than their Roman counterparts. Although the names of over 200 separate deities have been recorded in the Celtic world‚ when examined
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Where are you going‚ where have you been? In the short story “Where Are You going? Where Have You Been?”‚ by Joyce Carol Oates. The use of the symbolism of Connie’s clothes‚ her fascination with her beauty‚ Arnold Friend’s car and Arnold Friend himself help to understand the story’s theme of evil and manipulation. The story‚ fill with underlying tones of evil. In this short story‚ Oates write about 15-year-old Connie‚ the protagonist of the story‚ a pretty girl who is a little too into her own
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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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Where Children Live Literature has played a significant role in influencing the nation’s viewpoint and belief. Many prominent authors have presented their audacious and vivid literature which has intensely liberated the hearts of Americans. Naomi Shihab Nye is considered one of those prominent authors in the twentieth century. In “Where Children Live‚” Nye expresses how children can create their own identity. It demonstrates how children are blithe towards life. As a result‚ children are capable
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WHERE I’M FROM Because she was drawn to the "southern humor" that I employed and she liked the way I treated her as well as her family‚ she always wanted to know where I was from. If I said I was from Texas‚ the biggest state in the country‚ in a city just off the warm Gulf Coast beaches‚ where the military and the schools share the population‚ do you think then she might know where I was from? Where I’m from‚ Texas stays on my mind whenever the humidity is bursting from my pores no matter
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