Humanity can simply be seen in two sides, good and evil. Every person, no matter how kind-hearted they may be, have an evil side to them. A woman who dedicates her life to charity be seem good on the outside, but the way she treats others could be cruel or evil. Similarly, a murderer could be killing others, which is evil, because he is killing others who are harmful to society. Evil manifests in every person to a degree. Relating to “Where Are You Going, Where Have You been” by Joyce Oates, the protagonist, Connie, is initially represented a carefree, disobedient child, but towards the end, when true evil incident occurs, she is demonstrated as a person that cares about life and her family. In addition, in “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel
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In addition, she she chooses to go to a restaurant “where older kids hung out” meaning she wasn’t supposed to be there (Oates). Furthermore, Connie chooses to hang out with a random guy from the restaurant and spend some time with him “down an alley a mile or so away”, participating in an act most kids her age wouldn’t take part (Oates). These three occurrences resemble the type of person Connie is, carefree and disobedient. The presence of evil occurs when Connie is home alone and a older man she saw at the restaurant decides to visit her. Since Connie is still behaving as the carefree the person described earlier, her actions aren’t proactive to the situation waiting to take place. She decides to chat with the two men instead of evading the situation. The two men are evil, they found out all about her, her family, where her family is, which is how they found her house and why they chose to arrive at time when she is alone. When Connie finds out that the men arrived with sexual intentions, she begins to show her other side. She is no longer the same carefree person she was earlier, she is now a cautious, frightened, thoughtful woman that has been formed from the situation. Rather than accepting the men’s request as she did with the man at the restaurant, she tries
In addition, she she chooses to go to a restaurant “where older kids hung out” meaning she wasn’t supposed to be there (Oates). Furthermore, Connie chooses to hang out with a random guy from the restaurant and spend some time with him “down an alley a mile or so away”, participating in an act most kids her age wouldn’t take part (Oates). These three occurrences resemble the type of person Connie is, carefree and disobedient. The presence of evil occurs when Connie is home alone and a older man she saw at the restaurant decides to visit her. Since Connie is still behaving as the carefree the person described earlier, her actions aren’t proactive to the situation waiting to take place. She decides to chat with the two men instead of evading the situation. The two men are evil, they found out all about her, her family, where her family is, which is how they found her house and why they chose to arrive at time when she is alone. When Connie finds out that the men arrived with sexual intentions, she begins to show her other side. She is no longer the same carefree person she was earlier, she is now a cautious, frightened, thoughtful woman that has been formed from the situation. Rather than accepting the men’s request as she did with the man at the restaurant, she tries