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Is She Dreaming? The short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol is a about a young teenage girl. Her name is Connie. Connie is self-centered and conceited because of her looks. She’s only concerned about herself. In addition, the author also describes her as being somewhat boy crazy (Carol 160). She spends time thinking and day dreaming about older boys (Benignetti). This shows you that it excites her in a way. She is eager to know more guys and put herself out there…

“A Rose for Emily” Symbolism The 1930’s Williams Faulkner short story “A Rose for Emily”, focuses on Miss Emily Grierson, who was presumably from a rich family. The story is told through a narrator, who is someone that also lives in Jefferson that is watching over. Emily Grierson was described by the narrator as being a monument but at the same time she was pitied and quite irritating because she demanded to live her life on her own terms. According to David Madden, Miss Emily's story is…

A Rose for Emily vs. Psycho The Rose for Emily is based on a young and beautiful woman that was completely damaged by her father who later dies and leaves her damaged even after death. This made her a bit crazy and isolated by her townspeople until her own death. Psycho is based on a man who dresses up like his mother kills the residents of a hotel that he runs. Two completely different stories one main plot one both sides. Even though Emily and Norman are from to different stories they show the…

In the book Train Go Sorry by Leah Hager Cohen, I notice who Sofia is. Her family and herself emigrated from Russia to the United States of America. Sofia and her sister Irina are both deaf. Sofia was the only translator between Irina and her parents didn’t speak English. Sofia attended high school and she was fairly new to the new community of a deaf school. James, a black young boy makes his way to Lexington high school, and author Cohen really explains how he was always absent and failing.…

In William Faulkner’s 1931 short story, “A Rose for Emily”, he describes Emily Grierson’s loneliness and her reluctance to accept changes in society and tradition. In “A Rose for Emily”, Faulkner tells readers about the events of Emily Grierson’s life and how they affected her personality and perception of the world around her. The story begins with the townspeople attending Emily’s funeral, which was held in her home in Jefferson. Although the men attended mostly out of respect, the…

Kim Brooks, in her piece “Is It Time to Kill the Liberal Arts Degree?”, writes in depth about her struggles in finding a stable career after college. Her story is almost parallel to that of Rory Gilmore. Rory Gilmore is a character loved by all who have seen the TV show, Gilmore Girls. The show follows single mother, Lorelai, and her daughter Rory Gilmore. The story covers everything from first kisses, first loves, bullies, best friends, loss, triumph, and college acceptance. In the later…

William Faulkner and Ralph Ellison focused on the so-called “southern state of mind” using the views before the civil rights movement to generate their characters. After reading these short stories it is comforting to know that our country has separated its self from the act of racism and we now treat each other equal. However, it wasn't always that way, both stories a “Rose for Emily” and “A Party Down at the Square” show this and are similar and different within their genre styles and subjects…

They All Just Went Away is an essay by Joyce Carol Oates, in the essay she talks about her personal experiences with a neighboring family in her childhood town. Oates begins by telling us about her fascination with abandoned houses, hinting to us that her neighbor’s house will eventually become abandoned. She then introduces us to the Weidel family, a family with a mother, father, and their six children. One day, the father, who was a drunk and abusive man who beats his wife and two daughters,…

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…

Even though both stories Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Have You Been, Where Are You Going?” and Flannery O’Connor’s “ A Good Man is Hard to Find” have a very different plot, the characters in both stories are common and characterize by good vs. evil. The main characters have the same attitude towards the stories and results in the same conclusion to both stories. Because of the similarities, both stories convey the readers to find themselves lost in world of anxiety, horror, and realistic through…