Joyce Carol Oates short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" takes up many troubling issues. Connie, the main charcter, who is fifteen exhibits the confusing, often superficial behavior typical of a teenage girl facing the difficult transition from girlhood to womanhood. She is...

Felicia Keka Jim Lyddane ENG102 04/22/04 Just a Dream There are many ideas and opinions floating around about Joyce Carol Oates' story, "Where Are You Going, Where have You Been?", stating that Arnold Friend is a real or wholly imagined character, or Arnold Friend represents th...

A Utopian Society David H. Lawrence's novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover, is based on his oppositional utopian vision. Although most people see this an ironic utopianism, it is more of a social reform, rather than an alternate world. The dialect and actions of the characters represent a ut...