Aimee Byington
English
2/28/15
Fiction Project
Loss of innocence is a theme that is used in many literally pieces. In the short stories, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”, Young Goodman Brown, and “Greasy Lake” the theme of loss of innocence can tie these stories together. It is used in different ways with different plots, but it is still evident.
In the short story, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, written by Bob Dylan, is a story about a fifteen year old girl named Connie. Connie is very “in to” herself and believes that she is pretty. Her mother is always telling her, “Stop gawking at yourself, who are you? You think you’re pretty?” (Dylan, 505) Connie still does think that she is pretty and dresses herself up. She wants to find “love” and presents herself in an older; attractive way to get the boys attention. I think she does this because she does not get …show more content…
Coraghessan Boyle, is about a group of rebellious boys that go out one night to make some trouble. They end up going to a place called Greasy Lake and they hang out there for a while. While there they see a car, which they believe is one of their friends. They decide it would be fun to go and harass him. It ends up not being who they thought it was and a fight breaks out. The main character ends up hitting him with a “tire iron” and hurts the man. They are not sure if he was dead or not. A woman then jumps out of the car that the man was in and the boys begin to attack her. But before anything really bad happens they are interrupted by another car pulling into the parking lot. The boys run and hide. The main charter hides decide the lake in the weeds and is startled by a corpse that washes up beside him. This makes him realize what he had done and he loses his innocence of that event. He actually can see the horrible thing he had done. It does not seem cool to him anymore. It had forced the main chapter to mature and see the wrong that he had
English
2/28/15
Fiction Project
Loss of innocence is a theme that is used in many literally pieces. In the short stories, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”, Young Goodman Brown, and “Greasy Lake” the theme of loss of innocence can tie these stories together. It is used in different ways with different plots, but it is still evident.
In the short story, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, written by Bob Dylan, is a story about a fifteen year old girl named Connie. Connie is very “in to” herself and believes that she is pretty. Her mother is always telling her, “Stop gawking at yourself, who are you? You think you’re pretty?” (Dylan, 505) Connie still does think that she is pretty and dresses herself up. She wants to find “love” and presents herself in an older; attractive way to get the boys attention. I think she does this because she does not get …show more content…
Coraghessan Boyle, is about a group of rebellious boys that go out one night to make some trouble. They end up going to a place called Greasy Lake and they hang out there for a while. While there they see a car, which they believe is one of their friends. They decide it would be fun to go and harass him. It ends up not being who they thought it was and a fight breaks out. The main character ends up hitting him with a “tire iron” and hurts the man. They are not sure if he was dead or not. A woman then jumps out of the car that the man was in and the boys begin to attack her. But before anything really bad happens they are interrupted by another car pulling into the parking lot. The boys run and hide. The main charter hides decide the lake in the weeds and is startled by a corpse that washes up beside him. This makes him realize what he had done and he loses his innocence of that event. He actually can see the horrible thing he had done. It does not seem cool to him anymore. It had forced the main chapter to mature and see the wrong that he had