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Joyce Carol Oates Thoughts And Actions
818 wordsThe persona of a psychopath appears to be much like any human. In many cases, one would not be able to "pick them out of a crowd." Their minds, however, differ greatly from most. A psychopath is extremely smart and methodical in thinking and most often is very meticulous in the way in which he / she acts. While many people are not thinking beyond the norm, a psychopath thinks about every breath, step, and word a person lets out into the open. In the short story "Where are you going, Where have y...
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Serial Killers Arnold Friend
1,101 wordsA famous short story is Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates. This stunning story describes how the seemingly perfect girl, Connie, is terrorized by the most abnormal man, Arnold Friend. Some would argue that he is the devil. Any argument that Arnold Friend is Satan can be used to say he is nothing more than a psychotic serial killer. While this prospect is horrific, it is considerably less disturbing than the devil knocking at your door. Though his persuasive behavior,...
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Joyce Carol Oates' Symbolic Of Her Leaving Connie
1,270 wordsEach of us experiences transitions in our lives. Some of these changes are small, like moving from one school semester to the next. Other times these changes are major, like the transition between youth and adulthood. In Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? the author dramatizes the decisive moment people face when at the crossroads between the illusions and innocence of youth and the uncertain future. Joyce Carol Oates' message of life and transitions is best understood...
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Anymore Oates Friend Appearance Connie
1,263 words... evidently feels they should. "He read off the numbers, 33, 19, 17, and raised his eyebrows at her to see what she thought of that, but she didn't think much of it" (Oates 706). This reference that Friend makes is from the bible. By counting backwards, the 33 rd section of Judges, Chapter 19, verse 17 says (Souther): And the old man lifted up his eyes and saw the wayfarer in the street of the city; and the old man said to him, Where are you going? And Whence do you come? (KJC NIV). The number...
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Year Old Girl Pity And Fear
1,094 wordsWhen "Where Are You Going, Where have you been?" was written in 1966, it was interpreted many different ways. Many feminist and womens rights groups saw the story as an symbol of violence against women. Others believed it was a demonstration of "pure realism" and the "grotesque. " Joyce Carol Oates has never substantiated or refuted any of these claims, her only comment on the story being that Bob Dylan's song, "Its All Over Now, Baby Blue" was on her mind while writing it. No matter what view o...
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Arnold Friend Home Life
999 wordsIn the short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates (1966), there are many indicators that Connie may have committed suicide. Oates wrote this story about the Bob Dylan song Its All Over Now, Baby Blue, which deals with a similar story line. Oats begins by letting the reader know how unhappy Connie's home life is. She then gives many clear signs of Connie's depression, and several hints of suicidal thoughts. Drawn by the urgent insisting pounding of the music (590),...
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Joyce Carol Oates Ellie Transmitter Radio Connie
1,213 wordsConnie, the main character in Joyce Carol Oates Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been is a fifteen-year-old girl, just realizing her beauty. It is summer vacation, and she is spending her time either with boys or daydreaming about them. Connie is a typical teenage girl with a desperate need for independence. She does not get along with her mother, and her father is seldom around. He works a great deal of the time, and when he comes home, he likes to eat and go to bed. Connie has a girlfriend ...
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Short Story Analysis Of Uneasy Homecoming
847 wordsUneasy Homecoming by Will F Jenkins is a short story that has the effect of a particularly tense atmosphere. The story is about a woman named Connie returning to an empty house after a two-week holiday. When she arrives home she had developed a nervous feeling. While Connie was on holiday some burglaries had taken place. Later Connie finds the loot in her home and uses quick thinking to attract peoples attention from the other side of the bay who then catch the burglar. In this short story the s...
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Parent Child Relationship Life Love
650 wordsThe Parent-Child relationship in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, written by Joyce Carol Oates and in In the Gloaming, written by Alice Elliott Dark are two different demonstrations of relationships that parents and children have with one another. In Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been the Parent-Child Relationship was strained and distant in In the Gloaming, the Parent-Child Relationship was close and open. In Where Have You Been, Where Are You Going? Connie and her mother were al...
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Dh Lawrence Perfect Example
942 wordsMatt Ravaioli ENGL 494. 01 /Spring 2002 March 7, 2002 "Victory Over the Limits" There is no doubt that DH Lawrence's limits of expression are far different than many successful writers before him. These limits were not etched in stone, but writers knew that there were certain boundaries that should not be crossed. Lawrence chooses a number of ways to push these boundaries, and is extremely successful in doing so. His dedication to use the strongest possible language and expressions to describe s...
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Connie Replies Arnold Friend Story
551 wordsWhen a person is put in an extremely shocking situation where the outcome is almost unpredictable, many physical and emotional changes take place. Joyce Oates story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? puts Connie, an average teenager, in such a situation. Throughout the story, occasionally using religious allusions, Connie's speech of a typical teenager gradually changes, from calm and inquisitive to anxious and terrified. The story begins on a Sunday morning when Connie's family leaves to...
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Joyce Carol Oates Pied Piper
1,728 wordsCritical Analysis of Joyce Carol Oates Where Are you Going, Where Have you Been Introduction The sexual theme is often hidden in literature, and the darker sexual theme is often ignored. Joyce Carol Oates went beyond the typical expectations of society and wrote a short story with such a theme. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been is based on the serial killer Charles Schmid, who was also known as the Pied Piper of Tucson. Charles Schmid was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of thre...
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Joyce Carol Oates Literature Resource Center
1,737 words... meaning. Connie and her friends enter the sacred building that loomed out of the night to give them what haven and what blessing they yearned for (Oates 615). It is something they dont feel complete without. Much like an extremely religious or spiritual person, feeling empty without that superior being, and in this story, Arnold Friend acts as that. The diner is much like a place of worship for Connie, with music always in the background like music at a church service, it was something alway...
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Joyce Carol Oates Studies In Short Fiction
1,409 words? Friend or Foe? ? ? Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? , is one of the many short stories written by Mrs. Joyce Carol Oates that has become highly recognized. It was inspired by a magazine story about a serial killer. It quickly it became very popular anyway even the basis for the 1985 hit movie, ? Smooth Talk? . Like many other short stories and novels written by Joyce Carol Oates, ? Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? is a story that is consumed by evil, the theme. In the story e...
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Joyce Carol Oates Good Vs Evil
761 words? Did Connie Bring Arnold? s Actions Upon Herself? ? Her heart was almost too big for her chest and its pumping made sweat break out all over her? (105). Joyce Carol Oates places the reader in an undesirable situation in? Where are you going, Where have you been? ? . This situation is a young girl being evilly seduced and raped. Although Connie is young and beautiful, her two contrasting personalities and actions put her in a position of fear and shock as Arnold Friend, takes her to a personal l...
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Joyce Carol Oates Arnold Friend
1,222 words1 English 101? Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? In Joyce Carol Oates? ? Where Are you Going, Where Have You Been? , there is a clear interpretation of evil in Arnold Friend and how he as a demon tries to pull Connie into the dark world of sex and emotion. Oates seems to extract scenarios of real life and add them into her story. The character of Arnold Friend is more or less what really is out there. The harsh reality that Oates includes in her story is that there are demons like Arnold...
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Joyce Carol Oates Thoughts And Actions
790 wordsThe persona of a psychopath appears to be much like any human. In many cases, one would not be able to pick them out of a crowd. Their minds, however, differ greatly from most. A psychopath is extremely smart and methodical in thinking and most often is very meticulous in the way in which he / she acts. While many people are not thinking beyond the norm, a psychopath thinks about every breath, step, and word a person lets out into the open. In the short story Where are you going, Where have you ...
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Older Sister Main Character
887 wordsThe story Where are you going? Where have you been? by Joyce Carol Oates, is about a young girl who was going threw a point in her life where she felt that her mother did not understand her. She felt that she could do no right in her others eyes. To make matters worse her mother was constantly comparing her to her older sister. Connie, the main character felt like she needed to escape. She met a boy who some how seemed to know just how she feels and offers to take here away but she is afraid of ...
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Respect For Persons Courses Of Action
719 wordsConnie Science s moral dilemma of whether or not to break government ethics laws regarding the acceptance of lobbyist s gifts has come to its climax where she must choose if she will jump on the bandwagon or not. Ms. Science could use a number of methods to come to a logical and morally sound conclusion. Some of these methods include Kantian Ethics and Act Utilitarianism. Kantian Ethics is a de ontological theory (which emphasize doing one s duty without regard for the consequences) developed by...
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