Where Are You Going Where Have You Been Character Analysis

Thank you for your response and question. I could only hope that her family would notice she was not home. Now, how long would it take? I think maybe a few days depending on if she had things around the house that she had to do. I don’t know any other outcomes that come to mind when Connie is basically being forced in to this guy’s car to be driven to only god knows where to possibly be raped or murdered all because she was getting any kind of affection from her mother and aunt who were too busy comparing Connie to her sister. I wish we could have known how long has the house and Connie’s family been watch by this guy. I kind of wish this story had a better ending or maybe an alternate ending where she was able to get away and get help or Arnold’s

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines takes place in 1940’s, a time period of segregation. This was a time when blacks were often at fault for a crime they did not commit, such as what transpired in this book. A man named Jefferson was convicted of a crime he did not commit and was insulted during court. Now his family, friends, and even Jefferson himself were trying to prove the white community wrong about their beliefs that a black man is unequal and lacks dignity against Jefferson and the black community. Not only is Jefferson going through a period of suffering on death row, but others, like Grant Wiggins and Miss Emma, are also facing their struggles and they will try to prove others wrong and redeem themselves through knowledge,

Connie hangs out with her friends at the mall, but sometimes they sneak off to a restaurant where the older kids are. “Sometimes they did go shopping or to a movie, but sometimes they went across the highway, ducking fast across the busy road, to a drive-in restaurant where older kids hung out”(324). One time when they go to this restaurant she see’s a man who grabs her attention. “He stared at her and then his lips widened into a grin.”(325) She couldn’t help but glance back to see if he was watching and he was. “He wagged a finger and laughed and said, “Gonna get you baby,”(325). This part of the story is what foreshadows the ending where she has make a decision that means sacrificing herself to

Many teenage girls go through a rebellious and curious stage. They begin to talk back to their parents, dress a little more scandalous and feel as if they are independent women. They become curious about romantics and their sexuality although, some take it too far. They get wrapped up in a fantasy world of love, sex and adulthood and ignore the reality of the possible consequences. People get consumed by their fantasies of what they wish their reality to be and end up in trouble when the real world strikes. In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, Joyce Carol Oates uses fantasy and reality in order to convey the consequences of rebellion, and the reality of giving in to your fantasies and sexual desires. The main character of the story,

Connie would try to ignore her mother’s criticism and she thought that would be a way to show her independence. Connie felt more of a connection to her best friends father than her own. He would drop them at the shopping mall and wouldn’t bother them until he picked them up at eleven (Oates 187). The relationship she is slowly loosing with her dad she is gaining with Arnold Friend. Connie is offered the one thing she has been craving independence.

The main character in Joyce Carol Oates’ short story “ Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” is a young girl named Connie. I strongly believe that this story was a new sort of “coming-of-age” tale that focused more on the harder aspects of being a teenager, instead of the cheerful and fun aspects that most of the stories focus on. At the beginning, the story mainly focuses on showing the readers how Connie wants to be separated from her family. In Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, the author seems to explain how real life situations happen when involving making wrong decisions. She connects with the readers, in this case teenagers, in how they may feel at this time and age varying from how they feel towards their parents, the satisfaction and fear they can get from a few choices, and the sad true endings from these choices.

She returns home but while in the car with Arnold she wasn’t aware of what his intentions were. Any teen girl would have plenty thoughts racing through their head, being lost and confused. Going back to the value of family, in Oates’ short story you question Connie's actions. Is this a self sacrifice? Or did she step into the car because of her curiosity? For example, Arnold Friend gives off a bad comment, "You don't want them to get hurt”(Oates 13). She thinks about her family before herself and even if she was upset with her mother and sister she put them first. Another lesson that possibly could have been learned would be Connie’s self admiration foreshadowing her downfall. Due to her being flattered by the attention of someone older she allows him to lure her out the house, “ She watched herself push the door slowly open as if she were back safe somewhere in the other doorway, watching this body and this head of long hair moving out into the sunlight where Arnold Friend waited,”(Oates

We all experience some sort of transition in our lives, whether it is something small or relatively big. The transition from adolescence to adulthood can be a dramatic yet difficult time for any teenager. In the short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”? by Joyce Carol Oates, the thematic standpoint of Connie’s inner reality and temptations correlates with many characteristics’s we may find in our youth. The story reflects on the main character’s struggle of approaching sexual maturity by defying her authority and escaping imminent reality. It’s not until a confrontation with character Arnold Friend that she is truly faced with important challenges that create a cynical yet explicit concept of fortitude. In conjunction, this

She loved to sneak off from the movies where her friend’s parents would drop her off over to the hamburger joint where the high school kids would hang out. Connie would act wiser and appear to them as she fit in. She grabbed the attention of a seeker who appeared as a friend but in fact was the devil in disguise. Connie’s emotions bounce all over the place. She does not know what to make of the situation she’s found herself in.

In the book, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, Grant Wiggins is a hero of discrimination because at first, he didn’t really care whether or not Jefferson died but after spending time with him, he started to care. In the beginning of the book, Grant was selected by Jefferson’s godmother, Miss Emma to make Jefferson realize that he isn’t a hog. “I want the teacher talk to my boy for me.' He looked over her head at me, standing back by the door. I was too educated for Henri Pichot; he had no use for at all anymore. But just as Miss. Emma had given so much of herself to that family, so had my aunt. So Henri Pichot, who cared nothing in the world

In the novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, we are introduced to the Bundren family. This isn’t the typical family you usually read about and they are far from the normal day to day families you encounter in real life. In the novel we see a very strange and distinct relationship between the members of the family. The most interesting character of the Bundren family is Darl. Darl is the closest thing to a narrator in the story. Due to the fact that Darl is nothing like the rest of his family his relationships with his family seem to be very negative, all the relationships he has except one. The one relationship that really stands out in the story is the one between Darl and Cash. The reason that this relationship stands out is because

Life is filled with tragedies, whether they be subtle or monumental. Society presents hardships and situations that test each individual’s character, forcing them to react in order to move forward. The main characters in “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, and “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates each react differently to the various tragedies they encounter, revealing their true identities that lie behind the facade they present to the world. These tragedies that factor into all three works are both presented and interpreted differently in each story: In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, Mrs. Mallard rejoices at the news of the death of her husband, something

In the book Out of My Mind, author Sharon M. Draper creates a character named Melody. Melody was born with a gift; she was gifted with brains and with a photographic memory. She was also born with a disability, cerebral palsy, a neurological disorder which causes Melody to be bound to a wheelchair because of the severity of it. She does not have control of her limbs but has figured out a way to maneuver her electric wheelchair with her thumbs. Melody is faced with challenges that cause her to lose and gain socially, physically, and emotionally aspects through out the text.

Currently I am reading If I Stay by Gayle Forman, I am at the moment on page 180. The protagonist is Mia, there really isn't an antagonist mostly because this story deals with a car accident. The closest person to an antagonist is none other than Mia herself because she is constantly fighting against herself on her important decision on whether she should leave or stay. We were introduced with Mia’s grandparents, both very big influences in her life but her Gramps is a major impact on allowing Mia to have her choice. The setting is current day and in a hospital in Portland, not including flashbacks which vary.

Connie is victimized by harassment and threats. Connie lived a lifestyle where her home and family life was very neglecting. Her mother bashed her for wanting to be a normal teenager like the rest of her friends. When her mother wants her to be responsible like her older sister. Connie lives a miserable life while at home. She often hangs out with her friends at the mall and the small diner across the street. They sometimes seek over to meet boys. When Connie goes out she dresses and acts how she wants versus how her mother wants her to at home. Which leads to how she becomes a victim. One night at the diner with her friends she met a guy who she talked to. While a few days later she decided she wasn't going to go to a family cookout with her family. This is when things start to get interesting for Connie. Connie was home alone that afternoon doing her own thing when she heard a noise coming from outside. It happened to be the guy and his friend from the diner in their