... those childish things aside. You also hear the question, "Who are you?" in a sense that the Connie has yet to deveop your own personality. Joyce Carol Oates tells "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" from a 3nd point of view. This allows the readers to hear and see what Connie is ... feeling. As Connie develops throughout the story we can see and feel what she is going through. Oates" "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" is very descriptive and reads like a movie in one's mind. Every event, every sound, ... example, when Connie meets up with Arnold Friend, we are given a ...

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An Old Friend Joyce Carol Oates writes "Where are you going, Where have you been" in a very symbolic way. The first time people read her story, they come away wondering what the story you have just ... read was really about. In the story, Connie, a fifteen year old girl is confronted with the real world through a mysterious stranger named Arnold Friend who teaches her a lesson in life. Oates uses Arnold and Connie in the story to symbolize pop culture and evil, the way pop culture affects people in their adolescence negatively, and how we should constantly be aware ... of where people are go...

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• Grade Level: High School