Connie and the grandmother: a striking resemblance Two characters, one an adolescent and beautiful, the other aged and outdated, are distinguishably parallel and dissimilar in many ways. Connie is a naive, pubescent girl who is portrayed in Joyce Carol Oates' "Where are you going? Wher...

The Transition to Adulthood Most people in society hold a stereotypical conception of most teenagers. Many individuals have the notion that all teenagers act before they really think of the consequences of what they are exactly getting themselves into. They think teenagers are self-centered and...

Joyce Carol Oates' short narrative entitled, "Life After High School" depicted an uncomfortable friendship between two people finding their way and themselves through high school in the 1950's. The relationship seemed doomed from the start with an awkwardly chubby loner named...

Joyce Carol Oates' short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have you Been?", is about entering new uncertain future. Within only a short time Connie, the protagonist of the story, has to grow up, learn to take responsibility and face the cruel and hard reality of life. "My sweet little blue-...

Similar Meanings When looking at two stories, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates, many similarities are seen. A possible reason for many of the similarities between the two stories is du...

In the play Antigone, by Sophocles, the protagonist, Antigone, defies all of the beliefs held by the society she lives in, and breaks the king's law on account of her own morals. Originally, one of Antigone's two brothers was supposed to take control of the throne, however, in a duel over...

"The Lady with the Pet Dog" A story of lost and born again love: both Anton Chekhov's 1899 original as well as Joyce Carol Oates' version of "The Lady with the Pet Dog" deal with the love lives and the unhappiness of two individuals. Anton Chekhov tells the story of Gurov – a well-to- do m...

On November 15th, 1864, Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman, commander of the Grand Army of the West, embarked on a raid which would become known as the march to the sea designed to cut a 60 mile wide swath from Atlanta to Savannah. Once in Savannah he would turn north through South and North Car...

"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" has been interpreted in many different ways since it was written in 1970. The story is based on a beautiful fifteen year old girl that spends her summer vacation listening to music, hanging out with friends, and daydreaming about boys. Joyce Carol Oates po...

Voiceless Victims: A Woman in a Man's World Carol Oates invites readers to consider an issue many would rather avoid, because Kelly is someone easy to identify with; she could be our daughter, sister, or even ourselves. Kelly, a young, intelligent, woman, in Oates' novella, Black Water, explores ...

Many Canadian citizens take some of their fundamental rights for granted, especially those dealing with the criminal aspect. Today, when people are accused or arrested, they are guaranteed the right to consult a lawyer before giving a statement. With children, even more precaution is taken when th...

Mirror Mirror On The Wall Do you recall the wicked step mother in Snow White? She was constantly looking into the mirror, not to see her own reflection, but rather to see what others thought of that reflection. "Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of th...

Reasons for Arnold Friend being the Devil In "Where are you going, Where have you been?" the devil is masquerading as Arnold Friend, or that he is at least one of the devil's messengers. All the evidence during the corse of the story helps to support this fact. One cou...

All authors have a unique way of writing; Sherman Alexie is no exception. Alexie is an American-Indian writer who focuses his work on just that, the experiences of being American-Indian. "Unfortunately, Sherman Alexie's ironic narrators know too much of Indian history" (Oates 1). C...

Early Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights opens as a diary; according to Steinitz (2000), this serves as a means to establish a frame through which the story can be told. Steinitz also suggests that Bronte uses a personal diary to "articulate her preoccupation with space by locating all of her famil...

"To you I am neither a man nor a woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by which you have a right to judge me- the sole ground on which I accept your judgement." - Charlotte Bronte, to a critic (Oates, V) Charlotte Brontë's reputation may be explained in part by the...

Battle of Gettysburg By: Anonymous Introduction: Driving through Gettysburg people see statues and marking at different sites, if you're do not know much history you would still know that these markings are a symbols of fallen soldiers. These soldiers never really needed to die but the Nor...

Introduction: Driving through Gettysburg people see statues and marking at different sites, if you're do not know much history you would still know that these markings are a symbols of fallen soldiers. These soldiers never really needed to die but the North and South could not work out thei...

Introduction: Driving through Gettysburg people see statues and marking at different sites, if you're do not know much history you would still know that these markings are a symbols of fallen soldiers. These soldiers never really needed to die but the North and South could not work out the...

Battle of Gettysburg Introduction: Driving through Gettysburg people see statues and marking at different sites, if you're do not know much history you would still know that these markings are a symbols of fallen soldiers. These soldiers never really needed to die but the North and South ...

In the short story "Life after High School" by Joyce Carol Oates, Zachary, one of the main characters, struggles with his love for Barbara Burhman. This struggle ultimately leads to his death. Throughout the story the three characters, Barbara, Zachary, and Tobias mask themselves by hidin...

John Locke lived to become the most influential people in England, and perhaps one of the most influential people in the seventeenth century. He was born in Wrington, a village in Somerset County, on August 29, 1632. He was named after his father, and was a country lawyer and a small landowner who...

There is a lot of controversy as to why the U.S. Civil War started. Historians believe it was merely a difference in the two cultures. The U.S. Civil War was mainly started because of a difference in these two cultures. The South had an agricultural economy, and the North had a manufacturing e...

Love Conquers All In "A Worn Path" Eudora Welty's plot is not all that clear in the beginning of her short story, but progresses as her character carries on against all of the overwhelming forces against her. In this short story a black elderly woman, Phoenix Jackson, must ov...

Jane Eyre, a novel about an English woman's struggles told through the writing of Charlotte Brontë, has filled its audience with thoughts of hope, love, and deception for many years. These thoughts surround people, not just women, everyday, as if an endless cycle from birth to death. As me...