Joyce Carol Oates

In the short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates, Connie, a fifth teen year old who does not get along well with her mother, is out with her friends one night at the dine-in while they are supose to be at the mall. As she was walking to the car with n of her friends, another guy smiles and waves his finger towards her. She does not think anything of it until later on one Sunday evening when her parents leave to go to a barbeque that she refuses to go to.…

Some young teenagers try to act grown while they are still a child deep down inside. They do this because they think adults might view them as a person who is mature and responsible. The short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates, main character Connie is a young female teenager., who is trying to find herself. Connie actions tends to be disapproving by her mother and the only thing her mother allows her to do is go out. The reason her mother allows her to go out…

Never Talk To Strangers The author of Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, Joyce Carol Oates, employs many different aspects of life into all of her stories and short stories. She was born in June 1938 and has seen a lot during her time as an author. During the 1960’s, she was inspired to write Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been because of a man named Charles Schmid who was a serial killer that murdered three people in 1964. She was interested in the thought process of such a…

fate similar to Alleen Rowe and the Fritz sisters. Oates gained the idea for her story from a Life magazine article about Schmid. She wrote the story similar to legends of “Death and the Maiden”, and made her main character a young and vulnerable girl (Ramsland, n.d.). Joyce Carol Oates based Connie mostly on what had happened to Alleen Rowe. Connie, like Alleen, was lured out of her house while her family was not home and was not seen again. Oates elaborated on the real crime and added some…

The short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates is a fictional story, but I believe that it could be realistic. There are times that young girls can get themselves into situations they cannot escape. Connie tries to appear older and wiser than she is, and her head is filled with daydreams and music that give her ideas of romance and love. Connie rejects the role of the daughter, sister and “nice” girl to cultivate her sexual persona, which only came out when…

Joyce Carol Oates ' enthralling literary work, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", presents itself as a sinister, psychological thriller surrounding an ignorant adolescent teenager that is, Connie. Connie 's antagonistic and duplicitous behavior that contributes to her temporary high of being sly as a fox, ultimately forces her into a realm of agonizing consequences. Once reality sets in and Connie is no longer preoccupied with her sins of vanity and ignorance, Oates ' spine-chilling…

Brandon Siron Anne Henley Rowe ENG 112 27 September 2017 Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been Final Draft In the short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" Written by Joyce Carol Oates, is a fiction about a rebellious fifteen-year-old girl named Connie. She is obsessed with her appearance and avoids her mother when she tries to tell her that her appearance isn't what's important. Connie wants to get attention from boys until she gets attention from the wrong boy.…

Appearance Versus Reality In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story, “Three Girls”, the author uses different literary devices to portray the theme that appearance is different than reality. The story focuses on two female NYU poets that witness Marilyn Monroe while she is out of her typical habitat. Oates uses symbolism, setting, and point of view to illustrate the theme that one’s demeanor can contrast the person’s actual personality. Oates uses a literary device of a mystical setting to contrast…

inability to know the future. It also permits us to observe our own lives when reflecting on our own motivations for interpreting the incomplete ending in a certain way. Three short-stories that capture this practice nicely are John Updike’s “A&P”, Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, and Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.” By examining the non-resolution of these…

“Where are you going, Where have you been?” by Joyce Carol Oates, is not a clear-cut story. There are many ways to interpret what is happening because of how complex and sophisticated the scenes are. To summarize what happened briefly in the story is that the main character Connie is being stalked by this guy named Arnold. He follows her first when she’s on a date with this guy named Eddie and then backs to her house when her parents are away at a barbeque. Arnold, asks her to come with him in…