... voice that allowed the reader to imagine Connie in a child-like manner. She had thin wrists which she would always wear jingling charm bracelets. Joyce Carol Oates overall described Connie as a pretty, young girl. Most teenage girls have two different sides concerning their social life; the side they show to their ... wanted to make it clear that she was not one of "those" girls. "She always drew thick clear lines between herself and such girls- (Oates, 18). The actions concerning Connie's social life were clearly not abnormal for a girl of her age. The emotions that Connie experienced b...

• Word Count: 681
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

What's Love Got To Do With It? "The Lady with the Pet Dog" is Joyce Carol Oates" updated version of Anton Chekov's "The Lady with the Dog". Oates did a wonderful job restructuring the plot and changing the protagonist from the man to the woman. If the essay was about Checkov's "The ... Lady with the Dog", the theme would have to of been appearance versus reality. However, Oates" modern version places the woman as the narrator, and by doing so unmistakably changes the theme to Love. Not just the shameful love of a man who is ... he states. She was sure it was completely What's Love Got To Do W...

• Word Count: 2010
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Joyce Carol Oates" story "Shopping," Oates tells a story of a mother and her daughter spending the day shopping together. The mother, Mrs. Dietrich, loves her daughter more than life itself. Oates alludes to the idea of Mrs. Dietrich loving her daughter, Nola, more than she loves her own mother by stating, "She loves Nola with a fierce unreasoned passion , certainly far stronger ... than any she felt for her own mother" (Oates, 170). Nola is a seventeen-year-old girl who attends a private school in a different state. With Nola at home for spring break, Mrs. Dietrich plans a day to go shopp...

• Word Count: 997
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 826
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School