Compare And Contrast Winter Dreams And Where Are You Going Where Have You Been

2. The Connie’s character, in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” is a fifteen year old, naïve girl. She has two sides to her personality, “everything about her had two sides to it, one for home and one for anywhere that was not home” (1). At home she would act childlike and away from home she would act older, making her sexual appeal stand out. Like most teenagers, Connie didn’t get along with her family and is in constant battle with her family.

The story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” had people in history asking questions of good and evil. Why do people have to suffer in the world? Arnold Friend is more than just an individual. He is a strong symbol of death, happiness, and everything that opposes the life we live in. This story was set in the context of the 1960s and the 1970s America and shows how strong violence is built into society (Laura Kalpakian).

The short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” and the movie Smooth Talk both portray a rebellious teenager who was approached by an unknown guy that tries to get her to go with him. Even though, the short story and the movie are not exactly alike, both are similar by having the same personality for Arnold and Connie. However, there are differences like Connie and her mother’s relationship and how the movie continued even after Connie got into Arnold Friend’s car. First, the short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” is placed during the 1960s in drive-in restaurants, shopping malls, and homes out in the country.

Irving’s Depiction of Women Letty Cottin Pogrebin once said, “When men are oppressed, it’s a tragedy. When women are oppressed, it’s tradition.” Washington Irving is at times sanctioned as being a misogynist as a result of his well-known writings such as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. While his depictions of women represented in his writings were heinous, I do not believe Irving was a misogynist.

Connie, the main character in Joyce Carol Oates’ short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is a young woman with palpably low self-esteem. This vulnerability allows Arnold Friend, the main antagonist of the story, to successfully attract and manipulate Connie. The story begins by highlighting Connie’s daily rituals of self-assurance (369). In order to feel secure with herself, even for a fleeting moment, Connie looks at herself in a mirror to make sure that she is satisfied with what she sees; this ritual is coupled with her tendency, when in public, to scan the area in order to make sure that no one is making any disgruntled looks about her appearance (369).

He was planning on going to Michigan tech, and she was going to UW Eau Claire. They’d have a long distance relationship, and Sarah knew that she was horrible with long distance. She needed to see their face at least once a day. But he was also a great person, who she’d liked forever. He was nice, cute, and polite, and she knew that she could always go to him whenever she needed help because she had a bad day.

In the pieces “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood and “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates, the authors play on the idea of how a hunger for lust can be a hunt and turn the character into a predator. In order for the predator to achieve this, they must know the prey and it’s weakness very thoroughly. In “Siren Song”, the predator is a siren who attempting to attract men to her position. On the contrary, in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”, the hunter is Arnold Friend, who tries to appeal to Connie’s weaknesses. Both characters have a firm understanding of the prey they are hunting,

In her short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", Joyce Carol Oates utilizes a variety of literary devices to strengthen the story in its entirety. This short story is essentially about a 16-year-old girl named Connie and the conflict between her desire to be mature and her desire to remain an adolescent. Throughout the story, the audience sees this conflict through her words in addition to through her behavior. The audience is also introduced to Arnold Friend, a rather peculiar man, who essentially kidnaps her. This short story by Joyce Carol Oates functions and is additionally meaningful because of her usage of literary devices.

Critical Lens Essay #2 In the 19th century women begun to rise up against gender roles and social expectations that have had oppressed women throughout history, women yearned to be just as equal as men. Authors like Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a feminist author during the 19th century, would create characters and stories that would get her message across as shown in one of Gilman’s most famous stories “The Yellow Wallpaper” which touches upon a woman’s mental and physical health as well as the main character’s oppression which holded her back for a long time. The main character from “The Yellow Wallpaper” expresses throughout the story how she wishes to break free from all that is holding her back and live the life she has always wanted.

The short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates can be interpreted in a multitude of ways due to its ambiguity. A psychological lens, however, provides the most accurate viewpoint for analyzing the story as it clarifies certain obscure scenes and actions of Connie. One psychological issue of Connie that is easily inferred from the beginning of the story is her insecurity about her looks. Connie constantly worries about the way that she looks and takes any opportunity to do so, “craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people's faces to make sure her own was all right” (1).

“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” is about a teenager named Connie who is trying to come to terms with her transformation from childhood to adulthood. Through this process, Connie attempts to act older than she is an tries to gain the attention of boys. In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” Joyce Oates portrays Connie as obsessed with men to symbolize how one’s obsession and narcissistic attitude can cause danger to seem surreal. In the short story, Carol Oates describes Connie as having two different personalities, one being a narcissistic attitude.

The life of Women in the late 1800s. Life for women in the 1800s began to change as they pushed for more rights and equality. Still, men were seen as better than women, this way of thinking pushed women to break out from the limitations imposed on their sex. In the early 1800s women had virtually no rights and ultimately were not seen as people but they rather seen as items of possession, it wasn’t until the late 1800s that women started to gain more rights. The Civil War actually opened opportunities for women to gain more rights, because with many of the men gone to war women were left with the responsibilities that men usually fulfilled during that time period.

Fitzgerald and Dexter both meet women whom they find very beautiful, but they are out of their leagues in terms of finances. Zelda and Judy want to marry wealthy men and live in the upper part of society. Because of the love Fitzgerald and Dexter have for these women, they pursue jobs that bring them fortune. Fitzgerald becomes a successful writer, and Dexter becomes a successful Wall Street businessman. Fitzgerald and Dexter want “glittering things,” and they do not stop until they get that.

This quote helps to provide some background on how Dexter is given a idiosyncratic persona. Essentially, the literary devices in “Winter dreams” are used to help provide each character with a personality. The use of imagery in this short tale is imperative to detailing the characters and their conversations. The story uses imagery various times to better convey the setting and plot of the story.

Many years after first seeing Judy Jones, he sees her again. She was also playing golf. This is the point where he realizes how much he likes her. He finds her again and she asks him to drive her boat for her. After that, she invites him over for dinner.