Joyce Carol Oates' short story "Where are you going? Where have you been?" 'runneth over' with Biblical allusion and symbolism. The symbols of Arnold Friend, his disguise, and the music that runs through the story contribute to an overall feeling of devilishness, deception, and unease. The depiction of Arnold Friend runs parallel to the common conception of the Devil. Many aspects of his outward appearance, as well as his behavior, contribute to this by portraying him in a sinister manner. His
are women idealized only for their body? “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, by Joyce Carol Oates is a fictional short story. Through Oates’ display of feminism, a pedophile seduces a young female to come with him and use her for her body, which reveals society’s expectations of a woman in this time period. Connie is seen as a sex object, which shows how women are dominated by men during this time. In this short story, Oates states, “Gonna get you baby” (Oates 1). This shows how women are
Everyone goes through a stage in their life where sexuality is explored. “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates. Throughout the story, the author develops the protagonist’s sexuality with the use of narration, plot, and characterization. The way the author portrays Connie through her third person omniscient point of view, the reader sees that Connie lives a mature life. It states that, “Connie sat with her eyes closed in the sun, dreaming and dazed
The 1960s was a time when limits were being pushed, when society was changing, and when sexuality and sexual behavior skyrocketed. In Oates’ story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” she illuminates a young teenage girl, Connie, who was 15, how she was exceedingly conceited and self-important as well as naïve and adolescent and inexperienced with life. The writer, Joyce Carol Oates, was born in 1938 and raised during a more conservative and moderate time. Oates was educated and erudite. Though
values and beliefs. This, however, was said to have brought rebellion and mischief to the minds of teenagers in this era. In the short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates, she writes to express her disapproval of the changes in the teenagers of the 1960s that was caused by the cultural movements during that time period. Accordingly, Oates used 15-year-old Connie to represent the teenagers of the 1960s who’ve been negatively affected by cultural changes. Connie
“Where are going, where have you been?” is a short story that was written by Joyce Carol Oates. She is an American author born in the year 1938 in Lockport, New York. Oates has published a number of novels and many books of poetries, short stories, and nonfiction. The main character in the Carol’s story is Connie, even though there are others, such as Connie’s mother, Connie’s sister called June, Arnold Friend, who is a friend of Ellie, and Ellie, who is a friend of Connie (Gratz 55). Connie is
Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" All people experience changes in their life. Some of these changes are small such as the passing from one grade to another in school. Other changes are more intense, such as the transition from childhood to adulthood. In Joyce Carol Oates? ?Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?? Oates goes into depth regarding the transition from being a carefree, innocent child to adulthood. In the short story ?Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?? two
In the story “Where are you Going, Where Have you been?” Joyce Carol Oates tells us about a fifteen year old girl named Connie. Connie is confronted by a young man who is trying to persuade her to take a ride with him. He introduces himself as Arnold Friend and kindly asks her to come with him but she refused. He then threatens Connie and her family. She is then forced outside and leaves with Arnold Friend. Arnold Friend clearly symbolizes the devil through his physical traits, his knowledge of Connie
The intertextuality relationship between the stories of, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”, and “Young Goodman Brown”. Both share a modern gothic, interpretation that investigates the dark side of the human nature. Each story carries out hidden connotation while together have comparable mayhem galore. Both stories have a well-defined central commotion, articulated in ways where both characters in each story confront a surreal event. Giving more clear understanding of its hidden meaning.
Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is not a simple black and white short story. One is not told that Connie dies or even exactly what happens to her, but the reader interprets that her fate is not a good one. Connie’s future is already determined from the moment we are introduced to her character, and it is a deadly one. After examining the short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, one can conclude that there were factors from this narrative which led to