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“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is a story that deals about a little girl named Connie who comes to realize the evils of the world. Connie is a young woman who has not suffered or experienced the troubles of growing up. At the beginning of the story we deal with the sweet innocence of a child who undergoes the thrills of life as she gets out into the world. “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” presents a metaphor of young innocence in Connie as she struggles to define a personal identity in the face of opposition, even in the face of being raped and possibly murdered.
The story is based on an article in Life magazine about a Tucson, Arizona, murder. “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” deals with the attempts of a young woman who is inexperience. This is proved in the first paragraph and is shown by the comparison of Connie and her mother.
Checking other people’s faces to make sure her own was all right. Her mother, who noticed everything and knew everything and hadn’t much reason any longer to look at her own face, always scolded Connie about it. ‘Stop gawking at yourself, who are you? You think you’re so pretty? (Oates 499)
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The climax of the story comes in a rush of breath, as she screams out for help, that she has at last developed a soul. After going through the experiences of suffering the mind games of Arnold Friend, she brings enlightenment and her relationship to the world. When Connie reaches for the phone she reaches the depth of her soul and screams out for her mother. “She cried out, she cried for her mother” (Oates 509). Her screaming was caused by Arnold Friend’s evilness of seduction and it is later said that she is hollow. All that screaming had made her hollow to show that she had indeed had a soul. She shows that she cares for her family rather than herself by leaving the house and sacrificing herself to save her family.
That Sunday while the family is away right before Arnold pays a visit we see Connie in her room once again breathless. Its almost as if Oates believes that once cannot develop a soul from lying down and listening to music. Then Connie is confronted with Arnold and we can see that she gains perspective, understanding, and breath.
Joyce Oates uses great metaphor and symbolism. “Throughout this story, Oates uses the traditional association of breath and spirit, in a manner appropriate to a story rich with the imagery of life's deceptions and perils, to help delineate Connie's progress in her understanding of the evils of the world and the consequent growth of her soul” (Slimp). Throughout the story Oates lays hints of how Connie has n
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Where Are You Going, Where Have Been? Where Are You Going, Where Have Been? Work Cited Oates, Joyce Carol. ôWhere Are You Going, Where Have Been?ö In XJ Kennedy and D. Gioia, Eds. |
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Where Are You Going, Where Have Been: A Critical Analysis "A Critical Analysis of Joyce Carol Oates' Where Are You Going, Where Have Been? "Where Are You Going. Where Have Been?" Kirzner and Mandell, 469-481. |
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"Where Are You Going, Where Have Been" In the short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have Been?," Joyce Carol Oates develops a sense of inevitability in the story of a young girl placed in an |
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Joyce Carol Oates Where Are You Going, Where Joyce Carol Oates Where Are You Going, Where Have Been? In Joyce Carol Oates Where are you going, where have been? we |
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Mudrooroo Throughout the text there are symbols of this non-acceptance, such as the song lyrics of Black, black cat, where are you going to go? (Mudrooroo 21). |
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JAMES BALDWIN'S "SONNY BLUES" my eyes. I whistled to keep from crying: 'You going to need me, baby, one of these cold, rainy days'" (Baldwin 632). Here crying |
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