Where have you Been Smooth Talking? In the short story Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? By Joyce Carol Oates‚ the lifestyle of protagonist Connie is described. Connie was a typical 15-year-old. She was outgoing‚ fun‚ and social. She had the worst relationship with her mother and her relationship with her father was not explained because he was not home much. Connie’s main concern was boys; she would do anything to meet up with them. That is not always a good idea because you never know
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You been‚the main character Connie is very promiscuous and struggles with finding herself. Joyce Carol Oates takes the reader on a journey of teen rebellion turned tragic and uses Connie to show that becoming independent is not easy. Throughout the story you can interpret that Connie felt vulnerable and neglected by her family and friends. Her mother always talked about how she should be more like her older sister‚ Jane “she was so plain and chunky and steady that connie had to hear her praised all
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author writes about but shy the author writes. It is a generalization about life the author is trying to convey to the reader. In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been”‚ the plot is about a young teenage girl‚ named Connie‚ who does not get along with her parents and spends most of her time at the mall unsupervised. The young girl is being watched by an older man who is pretending to be young. The man shows up at Connie’s house when she is left at home alone and manipulates
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illustrate the theme of temptation. Oates alludes to hell through the character Arnold Friend‚ as the devil‚ and his victim Connie‚ who invites him in by committing one of the devil’s favorites sins: vanity. The narrator implies that Arnold Friend is Satan by giving certain clues that the reader can easily deduce. The name that Oates gives to the character is one hint to the reader: "Connie looked away from Friend’s smile to the car‚ which was painted so bright it almost hurt her eyes to look at it. She
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description‚ strange seduction‚ and his supernatural knowledge of Connie. The bodily features of Arnold Friend suggest he is the devil in disguise. During the whole event‚ Connie recognizes the way Arnold Friend "wobbled in his high boots" (196). She believed that he may have been a drunken stumbling man until she identifies "one of his boots was at a strange angle‚ it pointed out to the left‚ but at the ankle" (197). Nevertheless‚ Connie continues to examine his boots‚ and comes to the conclusion that
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of the Philippine’s history. There‚ Connie Escobar‚ a character in the story‚ represents the Philippines and the characters revolving around her represents the Americans and the Spaniards that took over the Philippine’s free soul. Connie’s peace found in Biliken was the thought that Filipinos had hope in nothing. We always come back to that hope‚ even though we know it wouldn’t do us anything but we always still try. “It’s very hard indeed. But you‚ Connie‚ have taken the easiest way out. You
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"The Pied Piper of Tucson" On March 4th‚ 1966‚ Life Magazine published an article titled "The Pied Piper of Tucson" that captured the world’s attention. The article written by Don Moser was based on a true story happened in Tucson‚ Arizona. Charles Schmid‚ the main character of the article‚ was a serial killer in Tucson who killed three teenage girls. Moser’s article not only managed to turn a local crime story into an international news‚ it also inspired Joyce Carol Oates who often based her
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represents Satan in the story. Indeed‚ Arnold Friend is an allegorical devil figure for the main reason that he tempts Connie‚ the protagonist‚ into riding off with him in his car. Oates characterizes Arnold Friend at first glance as "a boy with shaggy‚ black hair‚ in a convertible jalopy painted gold"(581). She lets the reader know that Arnold is not a teenager when Connie begins to notice the features such as the painted eyelashes‚ his shaggy hair which looked like a wig‚ and his stuffed boots;
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their feelings more than others. Connie‚ from "Abuela Invents the Zero" by Judith Ortiz-Cofer‚ decided to put her feelings in front of Abuela’s when she chose not to help when Abuela could not find her way back to the pew in the church. When Connie noticed that Abuela was lost‚ she decided not to help her because‚ "I just know that on Monday my friends‚ and my enemies‚ in the barrio will have a lot of senile -grandmother jokes to tell" (Ortiz-Cofer para 14). Connie put her feelings before Abuela because
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the normal daily life of Connie‚ a fifteen year old girl. Connie’s daily life is the simple childhood. The second of these worlds is the day Arnold Friend shows up at her doorstep and brings with him the complexity of what the future holds. The story begins by introducing to the readers Connie‚ who becomes the focal point of the entire story. Oates wrote the story in a third person perspective yet still managed to allow her readers the thoughts and emotions of Connie. A clear image is Reiter
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