Joyce Carol Oates - Character Summary

In Joyce Carol Oates, Where be You Going, Where Have You Been? The character Connie, is a fifteen year doddery girl who is self-absorbed. She is often hard-nosed and creates these illusions caused by the fantasy domain she lives in. She does this in order to do more sexual survive and seek her independence. Fantasy and populace are distorted by with(predicate) Connies hidden desires for wariness from the opposite sex.\nThe author rendering of Connies character is direct. end-to-end the story her personality is shown through series of descriptive traits, animal(prenominal) and mental. One of the most seeming(a) traits is how self-absorbed she is. The author too emphasizes the lack of financial aid from Connies give, the constant bickering she has with her mother, and the unremitting comparisons with her 24-year-old perfect sister. This all leads Connie to a very dark agency and sudden death. \nThe fact that Connies father comes planetary house from study late, with expose any interest in interacting with his daughters unconsciously pertains Connie. Children need heed from their parents. She might non phrase how badly if may affect her unless actions speak louder than words. Her father would rather read the newsprint during dinner than talk to his daughters. She forms this large appearance through her symbol and overall behavior to rent the attention from men, the attention she does not receive at home. She goes out of her way to look a current way. Everything about her had 2 sides to it, maven for home and one for anywhere that was not home (324). These two sides being that Connie would come up and act a certain way depending on where she was. Her sassing which was pale and smirking most of the time, but scintillating and pink on these evenings out (324). \nThe reason wherefore her mouth would be bright colored at night was because she wanted to bring attention on herself, bright color symbolize boldness and amativeness which is exactly what Connie wanted to portray. T...