Throughout literature, many authors and historical philosophers have contributed to how the human mind has two sides. The duality of man is an identified disparity between good and evil the distinguishment of human behavior in doing right from wrong. Although human nature has no definite explanation upon the release of emotions, there is always the desire to act against society in terms of violence and the laws. In Joyce Carol Oates,“ Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” the affiliation between moral choice and behavior is commonly shown through the protagonist Connie emphasising on the hallucination and obsession with boys that results in a change in personality camouflaged in one body. Oates allegorical significance of the change in childhood from innocence into adulthood
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First Connie's shift in personality is viewed in different perspectives between Connie at home and with her friends. According to the narrator “ Everything about her had two sides to it, one for home and one for anywhere that was not home”(Oates 2). This points out the concept of duality emphasising that Connie walked and talked differently “childlike and bobbing, pale and smirking” as opposed to her house she would display sharp and timid behavior. The reason for Connie's shift in personality is the lack of male affection she never received from her absent father “their father was at work most of the time” leading her to seek love elsewhere. Although Connie's happiness was found by her friend visiting the drive in restaurant Connies state of mind was based on fantasy. According to the narrator “ Her face gleaming with a joy that had nothing to do with Eddie or even the place, it might have been the music”(2). In other words Connie's encounter with Eddie was not because of interest nor the joy she resembled but the music that revolved around her state of mind turning the daydream of
First Connie's shift in personality is viewed in different perspectives between Connie at home and with her friends. According to the narrator “ Everything about her had two sides to it, one for home and one for anywhere that was not home”(Oates 2). This points out the concept of duality emphasising that Connie walked and talked differently “childlike and bobbing, pale and smirking” as opposed to her house she would display sharp and timid behavior. The reason for Connie's shift in personality is the lack of male affection she never received from her absent father “their father was at work most of the time” leading her to seek love elsewhere. Although Connie's happiness was found by her friend visiting the drive in restaurant Connies state of mind was based on fantasy. According to the narrator “ Her face gleaming with a joy that had nothing to do with Eddie or even the place, it might have been the music”(2). In other words Connie's encounter with Eddie was not because of interest nor the joy she resembled but the music that revolved around her state of mind turning the daydream of