too common in today’s day and age. In these cases‚ generally the main focus and intrigue lies with the killer rather than the victim. Once the focus is switched to the victim‚ we might see all sorts of different scenarios play out. Although Joyce Carol Oates’s‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” was inspired by real life events and reports of a serial rapist murderer‚ it can also be read as a coming of age story in which we see the victim‚ Connie‚ mature and evolve tremendously from the
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Yu-Tzu Lin Instructor Emily Plicka English 101 6‚ October 2012 In Joyce Carol Oates’ story “Golden Gloves”‚ it is about the growth of a boy to becoming a man. This boy who was a born with deformed feet‚ he had couldn’t walk until 3 years old. His dad was a little shameful of him being handicapped. He didn’t like people to touch him or help him. When he was eight‚ he had a surgery on his feet. He suffered a lot of pains during his rehabilitation .His father took him to a boxing match and he fell
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Have you ever had a nightmare that is so realistic it speeds up your heart rate and takes your very breath away? In Joyce Carol Oates’s 1966 “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ she tells a story of a teenager by the name of Connie. Connie has a fate of being kidnapped by a strange man that seems to know everything about her. Connie is a typical adolescent with a vivid imagination and a difficult‚ unstructured home. She is at a delicate time in her life of transitioning to find her “own”
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- � PAGE �1� - Park � PAGE �1� "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been" Vanity can be exposed as one ’s greatest weakness. "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been"‚ a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ describes Connie ’s misconception of beauty as her only value‚ and also the ways in which Arnold Friend‚ a potential rapist and murderer‚ manipulates and takes advantage of Connie ’s vanity. Connie is a fifteen year old girl who knows the extent to which her beauty can be used to her
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The story‚ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? By Joyce Carol‚ is a story told in a third person perspective‚ regarding Connie‚ a 15-year-old. She and her mother have not at all gotten along. Her mother consistently compares her with her sister‚ and her father barely ever speaks with his daughters. One night‚ Connie and her best friend go to a shopping plaza. As instantly the adult is out of sight they cross the highway into a drive-in restaurant and stay on the restaurant’s counter. Thereafter
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In this story‚ Oates writes about Connie who is a fifteen-year-old girl who‚ like most‚ notices her good looks in the mirror. Her mother has never approved of her and her actions and compares her to Connie’s older sister‚ June‚ who is twenty-four. June lives at home and works at Connie’s high school as a secretary (Oates‚ 1). Connie and her friends enjoy going to the movies‚ at least that is what she tells her father. They really go to a restaurant across the street to meet boys. Connie met a guy
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Lady With the Pet Dog by Joyce Carol Oates Often‚ the circumstances of a marriage can leave the people involved feeling empty and unloved. These feelings of hopelessness can lead people to make uncharacteristic choices. Adultery‚ even in a marriage without love‚ can have a dramatic effect on the people involved. For the adulterous partner‚ the feelings of guilt and anxiety can often lead to overwhelming confusion. The short story "The Lady with the Pet Dog" by Oates‚ shows how the act of cheating
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Oates ’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?": Arnold Fiend In Joyce Carol Oates ’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" critics argue whether the character of Arnold Friend‚ clearly the story ’s antagonist‚ 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
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where the one rules absolutely‚ the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy‚ but left to its own course it ends in power ’s disappearance -Hannah Arendt.” After reading the story Ace by Joyce Carol Oates it is very clear to seek out the message behind the story. What Oates writes is a story of a violent act that is unnecessary‚ and gives and inside look into how the victim feels going through each step. News today lacks the type of emotion truly needed to understand what is happening
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Reychel Buda Honors Biology 9/1/13 The growth of Bacteria Purpose; the purpose of this lab was to see how much bacteria would grow on our variables we chose to use. Hypothesis; The dirtier the variable‚ the more bacteria will grow over time. Materials; 6 Petri dishes Cotton Swabs (Q-tips) Procedure; we started with 6 different Petri dishes that had a sticky yellow-ish substance layered on the bottom. Then‚ we picked out the variables we were going to use to rub onto the yellow substance
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