The story‚ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates is truly littered with conventions of Psychoanalysis. Freud developed a list of defense mechanisms used by the human subconscious in order to deal with issues too intense for the conscious mind. These strategies of the psyche are translated into symbols scattered throughout this work. These symbols are expressed through the characters of Connie‚ and Arnold Friend. The first convention is denial. Denial is when the subconscious
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Erika Villanueva “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” By Joyce Carol Oates There are things that happen when we are growing up that change us when we are grown. There are things that change us forever. Every human being is different‚ and there is a reason why . All of us had a childhood and all kinds of experiences some good‚ some bad‚ some full of joy but also others very painful. Eventually we grow childhood and mature depending of what we have gone through. The way we are able to handle
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Where You’re Going‚ Is Somewhere You Have Never Been As you read through this short story written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ you will read about the story of a normal teenage girl‚ Connie‚ that loves to believe that she is far more mature than she really is. Her maturity that she longs for throughout the story is then forced upon her and‚ then her true colors show. They show that no matter how mature she thinks she is‚ she is still pretty far from full adulthood and is well in the middle of adolescence
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fabrication‚ Cooperstown is universally viewed as the cradle of baseball. The Hall of Fame was built in 1936 as a shrine to everything and everyone great about the game. It would serve as the custodian of the game’s history. Above all‚ it would be a place to recognize the greatest players in the game. Each year‚ new players are enshrined in the Hall of Fame and take their place among the all-time greats. The Baseball Hall of Fame is a museum. The red brick building houses the relics of baseball’s
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face appears to be covered in makeup; his lashes are “thick and black as if painted with a black tar-like material” (ibid. 670). He has used makeup to cover his red skin (discussion in class). To Connie‚ his shaggy hair “[looks] as crazy as a wig” (Oates‚ 667). The wig is used to cover up his horns. He also cannot stand in his boots properly and stands “so stiffly relaxed… with
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KEY CONCEPTS CULTURE IS COMMUNICATION In physics today‚ so far as we know‚ the galaxies that one studies are all controlled by the same laws. This is not entirely true of the worlds created by humans. Each cultural world operates according to its own internal dynamic‚ its own prin ciples‚ and its own laws-written and unwritten. Even time and space are unique to each culture. There are‚ however‚ some common threads that run through ;:111 cultures. It is possible to say that the world
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going to budge. She had three more doors: the gym door‚ the basketball court door‚ and the recess door. Once again locked‚ locked‚ and locked. They started to give up‚but then a janitor let them in the main door. Sydney sprinted up the stairs‚ down the hall‚ and to her locker. The school was empty no one was in sight except the janitors cleaning out the teachers rooms. She tried the so thought combination but of course it wasn’t
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prime and busiest hallway in the building. Wandering around‚ I attempt to understand the confusing setup. Clenching onto my florescent orange paper‚ I discover new hallways branching off of Main Street. Hallways labeled “G Hall East”‚ “G Hall West”‚ “F Hall East”‚ “F Hall West” on wood with white‚ engraved letters. More brown doors are in these hallways. Each door leads to a different destination‚ yet each destination looks similar. The same heterogeneous mixture for tiles‚ the same beige brick
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observed the different programs that they have for all ages and interests. I have observed their child care program‚ their assistance with helping their families in need and the Sunday Worship. 1-7-13 at 9:00 am While walking through the halls of this big beautiful building called the Salvation Army‚ there where people sitting around in chairs holding numbers‚ walking through the Hallways‚ people cleaning up‚ people standing around talking‚ people coming in and out the Building
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“Hello? Is anyone there?” she called into the deserted hallway. The only response she got was the chirping of crickets and the hooting of the owls in the woods outside. So she kept going down the torn up hall‚ passing a door she presumed led to the dining room. Amy reached the end of the hall and opened the door on her left. It opened to a bathroom‚ and just when she went to shut the door‚ she saw movement in the
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