1.The short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” is a brilliant, masterful work that examines the life of the Modern American Teenager. 2.William Faulkners’ style is often compared to Ernest Hemingways’, because both writers employ the modern, technique stream of consciousness. 3.The beautiful, interesting novel had a brilliance about it I had never experienced; it truly touched me. 4.When I was in Europe I learned that other cultures view Americans and our ideas as hedonistic; yet, they also see Americans as hip, modern, and idealistic. 5. Neil Postman writes about this problem in his seminal book, “Amusing Ourselves to Death". Everything in our background has prepared us to know and resist a prison when the gates begin to close around us, but who is prepared to take arms against a sea of amusements? To whom do we complain when serious discourse dissolves into giggles?’. …show more content…
My Philosophy Professor announced, “Today we will address Thoreau’s statement: the price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it". 7.The best teacher we ever had, Mrs. Meyer, told us never give up on your dream. 8.Thomas could be a brilliant write; he just does not know it because he spends too much time watching Television. 9. Smith’s report defines sustainable development as, “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". Smith’s definition is important to consider, because it illustrates that that we do not have to destroy the natural environment to have economic progress. 10.We had a pretty impressive guest list for the party, we invited: Tom Stoppard, Playwright, J.K. Rowling, Author, and Ron Howard, Director. 11. David, my friend from work, told me, “ You are never going to get anywhere unless you believe in
Though thoroughly distinguishable, the short stories “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates and “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri present wide opportunities for one to compare and contrast literary elements. The two works, published within thirty years of one another, may be compared through the common theme of appearance versus reality, which is furthered through analogous instances of sexual symbolism, and contrasted through dissimilar settings and plot lines.
In Joyce Carol Oates "where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" the reader is left with a chilling feeling as they read it 's haunting content. In this short story, the theme of fantasy vs. reality is explored through the protagonist Connie 's journey of self-realization as she leaves behind her naive self. Though the story follows Connie closely the third person omniscient point of view allows for developed story as Oates writes a warning to young girls everywhere.
Joyce Carol Oates's “Where are you going, Where have you been?” tells the story of a young girl's journey to find her own identity. Along the way she uses her beauty and sexuality to create, in her mind, a feeling of maturity which ultimately becomes her downfall. She believes that by spending her summer days in the mall, dressing in a way that is different than what she would wear at home, and flirting with older boys, while finding pleasure in ignoring boys she knows, she is being her own person and is creating her own identity—one that is different from that of her mother's or sister's. It is not until the end of the story, when Arnold Friend comes into her house, that she begins to realize what is truly important. The title of the story comes into play at the end when she is leaving with Arnold. She does not recognize the town outside; she does not know where she is going. She realizes that all of the time she spent worrying about appearances was meaningless; she could not say where she had been, because her journey was only just beginning.
2. The book hits people on a personal level and that is what makes them like the book
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, a short story by Joyce Oates, is about a teenager named Connie. In this story Connie is a typical rambunctious and rebellious teenager, whose risky activities lead her into trouble. The most important theme in this story is actually one of Connie’s bad habits, which is her inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality.
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates is a well thought out short story full of different elements and literary devices hidden between words and sentences. A few elements that are prominent enough to focus on throughout the story are symbolism, setting, and themes.
4. At that moment I couldn’t feel any more cynical about the way my friend was acting out.
“Where are you going, where have you been?” Is set in a surbuban American in the 50s and 60s in a world with sexual revolution, yet still fundamentally conservative. In the story only men, never women are seen driving, the model of womanhood is still limited, depicted by the dowdy and domestic June. Things are changing in the world with new honors for young women like Connie. One of the existential themes playing a major role in the story is the choice between right and wrong. Arnold friend comes to the new world but the threat he represents, with violence and control, is a much older one. In the story Connie is living in a fantasy like all other 15 year old
Many important American writers came to prominence during the Jazz Age, but their commonalities often stopped there. From lyrical to sparse, many different styles can be seen among these authors, such as those of Henry James, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, and Ernest Hemingway. One stylistic technique, stream of consciousness, was most associated with Joyce. Yet, Hemingway also used this technique with regularity and it is an important element in his war novel, A Farewell to Arms. This technique uses the interior monologue of a character to convey information, and thus the reader is allowed a more fluid picture of the true thoughts of the character, in this case, Lieutenant Frederick Henry. Also, the information contained in these stream of consciousness passages would not have been as effectively expressed in traditional prose style.
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Are You Going, Where Have You Been?'." Journal of the Short Story in English. 33 (Autumn 1999): 89-103. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Joseph Palmisano. Vol. 70. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 89-103. Literature Resource Center. Gale.
The work “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates is a story of a young girl that faces certain coming-of-age experiences in a matter of a few days. Themes of adolescent challenges, naïveté, and fate, along with the idea of an exterior and a false façade, are prominent ideas that appears throughout the story. With the protagonist, Connie, at the center of the story, the reader sees the world around her in a very curious way.
8. My initials responses was shock. It was shocking not gruesome how they tide the birth and the suicide into a story at the same time. The death overshadows the birth of the child being born in my eyes.
Sustainability is a concept with a diverse array of meanings and definitions – a widely used glamorous, ambiguous, ambivalent and vague concept that is used by different stakeholder groups in various ways. Presumably to avoid noodling over a terminology or to avoid the confrontation with a definition, most widely the concept is broken down a planning process (c.f. e.g. Döring & Muraca, 2010). That is why most common sustainability is understood as sustainable development.1
In class we discussed what sustainable development meant to us; each group had its own definition. Our group’s definition was that sustainable development is for the long term for future generations, for the basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, and job. The basic will increase over time and our resources will diminish, which why sustainable development is important. Sustainable development is important for future generations so that they end up with a world better than ours. Sustainable development is achievable if society works together to meet everyone’s basic needs and create a better world.