There are many similarities between the short stories "Good Country People" and "Where are you going‚ Where have you been?"‚ most notably their characters. Both stories contain a female protagonist‚ and a male antagonist‚ whose confrontations start out relatively normal‚ and progress to more and more surreal and twisted endings. Their main characters‚ Hulga and Connie‚ are shockingly similar‚ and yet strangely different‚ one a 15 year old wishing to be older and beautiful‚ the other a bitter 32 year
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Morgan Dunston All the Presidents Men All the Presidents Men was written by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. Between 1972 and 1976‚ Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein emerged as two of the most famous journalists in America and forever became known as the reporters who broke the biggest story in American politics. When every other newspaper dismissed the Watergate Scandal as nonsense‚ these two men came together and uncovered the true story. Beginning with the investigation of a "third-rate burglary"
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in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Joyce Oates constitutes the use of allegories to create a sense of suspense in the story. The story depicts the way society was in the 1960s. In this time period‚ there were a lot of controversies that cause a lot of frustration. Many stories written during the 1960s involved a lot of the same things that are in this coming-of-age story. The issues incorporated into “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You
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English II Final All The King’s Men “All The King’s Men”‚ the novel‚ written by Robert Penn Warren and the film‚ directed by Steven Zallian‚ were both brilliant creations. As stated in the New York Times article‚ “Whatever its flaws‚ Warren’s book‚ a meaty stew of lurid Southern-gothic pulp and high-minded literariness‚ seems to provide the recipe for a grand‚ melodramatic prestige picture” (1). Whether you are watching a movie or reading a book there is an image in your mind. With a movie
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Japanese government implies the annual hunts are used for pest control. They tell their fishermen that the dolphins are eating up all the fish in the ocean‚ therefore‚ giving a reason to catch them first (“The Cove”). What the fishermen do not understand or don’t want to understand is it is the humans who are causing the depletion of fish. What happens when all the dolphins are gone? It would completely damage and affect the ecosystem. Why can’t people physically help the dolphins? People who go to Japan
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English 1B September 28‚ 2014 Where Are you Going‚ Where HaveYou Been? Analysis “Where Are you Going‚ Where Have You Been? Is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates about a fifteen year old girl’s that lives a dual life for self-importance‚ an unforgiving desire for irresponsibility‚ yet doubtfulness to leave the security of family and the comfort ‘of sleeping on her bed again’ ( Oates 77) . Connie is a young girl that likes listening to music ‘that made everything so good” (Oates 66) and watching movies
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Commentary on "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" 10/17/06 Joyce Carol Oates has achieved many things through her writing‚ and is recognized worldly for her short story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" This story is centered on a young teenage girl as many of her stories are. Oates as a writer is fascinated with adolescence of young females. She chooses to write about the trials and tribulations of growing up in modern society. She pries on the dark aspects of youth often
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Wrong Impressions The short story‚ “Where Are You going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates explains how a young girl was struggling to find herself. Oates writes about a girl named Connie who was 16 years old and was lost in a world of fantasy. Connie had a split personality/image while at home and when she was out with her friends. Living in a world of fantasy‚ Connie would ignore her family by tuning them out and being distant. Connie would constantly be in front of the mirror admiring
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All the President’s Men It was June of 1972‚ and little did the American people know‚ that their highly esteemed government was soon to be caught in one of the biggest scandals of all time; Watergate. This was one of the biggest impacts on why citizens currently have distorted views of our government and its leaders being thought of as immoral and corrupt. When two reporters named Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were assigned to further investigate this scandal the truth began to unfold
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Miller 1 Timothy B. Miller Prof. Nicholas Young LITR-221 June 23‚ 2013 Where Have You Been‚ Where Are You Going: A. Friend’s View. His name was Arnold Friend. He was getting older but still liked the young ladies around town. Arnold came from a broken home. His father had been in prison since right after his birth for some reason or another and his mother did her best to raise him courting a string of good-for-nothing losers who were in and out of her life faster than crap through a goose
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