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161 reviews for:
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories
Joyce Carol Oates
4.04 AVERAGE
161 reviews for:
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories
Joyce Carol Oates
4.04 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I understand why a story like this would be very important for us to read but reading it only made me feel very upset. I mean, Connie, the fifteen year old MC, in the end goes along with the "murderer" (though it isn't confirmed but my professor relayed his whole theory of the numbers painted on Friend's car symbolized the ages of both himself and his victims). What I didn't like was how Connie was portrayed as this 'wild' girl whose simple eye contact with Friend led to his growing interest to a level of stalking her and finding out the smallest detail about her family's schedule. Did Connie 'deserve' to have a mcfreaking possible serial killer on her trail JUST because she dared to share eye contact with the man? This short story only made me more apprehensive of men and more protective of teenage girls.
WOW can't believe how anxious this short story made me i did not enjoy that at all (except i did because the writing is perfect and joyce carol oates is a marvel) but jesus christ
Wrote an essay over its allegories and a literary analysis over Oates including this piece in high school. Had to read it again in college. Safe to say I really enjoy this short story and Oates’ writing.
dark
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
the queen of short stories, this was the book that introduced me to joyce carol oates. where are you going, where have you been? is one of my absolute favorite short stories. that anxious feeling i get in the pit of my stomach when reading oates is the reason i keep coming back.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This short story starts off so nice. Just a coming of age story, and then bam.... The whole middle and end had my heart racing hoping that Connie would find a way out of this mess.