50 - 75 words‚ identify each of the following by author‚ title‚ and context‚ and explain what the lines mean. 1. Everything about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home...." The first quote is from “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates. It is in reference to Connie‚ who is a teenager. She is no longer a girl‚ yet she is not a woman. She would leave home she looking one way and arrive at her destination another way. 2. She
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The text‚ The Things They Carried’‚ is an excellent example which reveals how individuals are changed for the worse through their first hand experience of war. Following the lives of the men both during and after the war in a series of short stories‚ the impact of the war is accurately portrayed‚ and provides a rare insight into the guilt stricken minds of soldiers. The Things They Carried’ shows the impact of the war in its many forms: the suicide of an ex-soldier upon his return home; the lessening
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Where I Stand Because this is the first informal feature piece I write in American Literature‚ I think you should know where I stand on a variety of issues. Everyone has their own opinion on different issues and beliefs. In every one of us‚ we have our own qualities‚ and different things we love and that’s what makes each of us unique. Without the joy of being different‚ the world would be plain and boring. I am myself through these different qualities. I am caring in a way where
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way home we had gotten some Sonic to eat for lunch‚ along with slushies that made both teenage girls be even more hyperactive than they were before. While we were sitting in my‚ not so tidy room‚ we both had a brilliant idea to do something totally wild. “Why don’t we go on the golf cart‚” Ally inquired‚ “your dad just had it fixed up and painted.” “Uh‚” I murmured‚ greatly knowing that my dad would kill me if he found out that we rode the brand new golf cart without him home or knowing‚ “Sure!”
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In her essay‚ Where are you going‚ Where have you been‚ Joyce Carol Oates‚ underscores the importance of communication to develop her story. Both the presence and absence of communication are utilized in the evolution of Oates’ purpose. The author relates each of her subjects to archetypal characters in order to firmly cast them into a category. Through careful consideration of detail‚ Oates’ offers a particular understanding of Connie’s relationship with her parents and the world around Connie.
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In the 1960s‚ when Oates wrote “Where Are You Going . . . ‚” a social revolution was happening. American women were asserting their rights and independence from men‚ and they were claiming their sexuality in a way they had never done before. One frequently discussed topic was adolescence and the struggles and anxieties that many young girls endured as they lost their sexual innocence and became adult women. Feeling undervalued in their homes and relationships with men‚ women questioned their role
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spent) Lasting Zone Activity (include time spent) Drinking sweet beverages‚ around 10 times a day. Read for an 1 hour for a day. I have many things to do during the week‚ I go through the week without planning causing me to forget things. Happened both days. I did my chores on my assigned day‚ it took two hours to complete. Being lazy at the things I care about‚ without trying full to improve. Everyday for about 4 hours. I thought about my future for 30 minutes. I only get 6 hours of sleep
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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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Language of Terror When a person is put in an incredibly horrifying situation where the outcome is unpredictable many physical and emotional changes take place. Joyce Carol Oates’s story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" places Connie‚ a typical teenager‚ in this situation. Throughout the story‚ occasionally using religious undertones‚ Connie’s language of a typical teenager gradually changes‚ from calm and somewhat curious to nervous and terrified. Early in the story on a
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“War is hell‚ but that’s not the half of it‚ because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” (80) This passage is very significant to the reality of the soldiers in the Vietnam War and brings to life the setting of the entire novel. The soldiers were primarily teenagers and young men in their early twenties
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