John Oates Essays

In this week’s reading we got to take a look into the Cognitive and Language Development in Children by John Oates and Andrew Grayson. In this book we got to read chapter two: First Word. In this chapter they discussed the recognizing speech, understanding first words, learning to say words, meaning of children’s first word, and Individual differences in first words. Before reading the first part of the chapter two, I wanted to know how infants are able to understand words and develop their speech

Bob Dylan’s “Bringing It All Back Home” album was release at the time she was writing (Souther). Oates thought the whole album was captivating, however the song “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” had caught Oates in the middle of her tracks (Souther). Oates admired how the song’s rhythm and lyrics had an alluring, surreal quality (Souther). There were lines from the song that Oates had incorporated into the short story. “The vagabond who’s rapping at your door / Is standing in the clothes

In Joyce Carol Oates’s Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been , there certainly is no clear cut way to interpret the story. Oates includes symbolism throughout the story that adds depth and requires the reader to look farther into the reasons behind the details that are included the work. She writes about a fifteen year old girl, Connie, who becomes a victim of Arnold Friend while left home alone . Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been was written in 1966, a time during which a social revolution

are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates. This short story takes place from the perspective of Connie, who is an average high school student who has become particularly vulnerable to temptations people her age face. In the story, Connie meets somebody who goes by the name Arnold Friend, who possesses many strange traits and contains an unnatural amount of knowledge about Connie. There has been much

Wickedness and malevolence is afoot in the stories “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates and “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor. The antagonists are both men, Arnold Friend and Manley Pointer, who take advantage of women. However, one of these men is more malicious than the other. This man is Arnold Friend from “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” because his intentions with the young woman, who is a minor, appear to be much more evil and daunting than that

Vera let out an exaggerated sigh. “Ugh, I’m still procrastinating on this essay,” she mentally beat herself up as she headed down the empty dorm hallway. A moment later, she stopped in her tracks and realized no one was around. Where is everybody? It looks like nobody cared to stay, she thought, feeling uneasy. Vera kept glancing back over her shoulder, hoping someone would magically appear before her eyes. The sound of an old door creaking open echoed throughout the long hallway. Vera spun

In the story “Where are you going, Where have you been?” Joyce Carol Oates depicts the turbulent sixties, a time of change and rebellious character towards the reformable youth. Throughout this era, many teenagers willed to rebel against their parents and the ethics and values they upheld since their youth. Among the many disruptions towards the societal flow, the most prominent and influential were the new generation’s erotic choice of music. The parent disapproval of the new music genre only caused

(“Symbolism”). This essay will focus on the symbolism and the role it plays in the development of characters and theme in two short stories: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Where are you going, Where have you been? by Joyce Carol Oates. Stories were written in different centuries, represent different situations and social layers. The main character of The Yellow Wallpaper is an unnamed woman from the upper-middle class. A dignified wife and mother, she experiences a nervous breakdown

The short 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 revolved around the themes of good and evil. Both the themes of good and evil are parallel to how people portray the concept of both dark and light. The short stories are similar in their religious references conveyed by their antagonists, but the development and the characters give readers varying perspectives. The antagonists of the stories are figurative representations

“Am I going to die? —like this?” (Oates 1). This novel brings out realism and is put into a fictional version of what happened in 1969 in Chappaquiddick. In 1969, Ted Kennedy was taking Mary Jo Kopechne to the ferry slip, he took a sharp turn and plunged off this bridge into a pond. Kennedy was able to escape, he tried going back to save her, but failed to do so. He later went back to his hotel and took ten hours to report the accident. Twenty-three years later Oates brings out Mary Jo Kopechne’s thoughts

Kierrah Edwards ENGL 201 9/20/15 Character Analysis: Emily Grierson The short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner depicts how seclusion can certainly impact one’s life. Throughout the story, Emily gives off this “insane” impression. However, after fully reading the story, the reader can fully understand why Emily was the way she was. Emily Grierson was a very dependent person. From a very young age, she found herself being confined in her home with her father and their butler. There

In the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner he uses foreshadowing to tell the story. He tells of the events and the behavior of Emily Grierson. The story opens with the funeral of Miss Emily. As people arrive to the funeral they are more interested in seeing the inside of her house than to pay their respects. Over the years strange occurrences happened and eventually Emily would not come out of her house. People began to wonder what was going on behind closed doors and drawn curtains

In the short story titled “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”, Joyce Carol Oates introduces us to Connie, a narcissistic, rebellious, and naïve fifteen-year-old girl coming into a world of sexuality and adulthood she thinks she’s ready for. Unknown by her parents, she regularly spends the evenings exploring her individuality and freedom by flirting with teenage boys at her local diner. One evening, she catches the attention of a creepy and strange boy named Arnold Friend, who later shows up

“Suspicions of a rose for Emily Grierson” I liked reading this short story because of the mystery. They say reading a  passage of fiction improves the mind of memory. William Faulkner begins his short story taking place after the civil war, “A Rose for Emily” with the funeral of the main character, Emily Grierson. Emily is a quiet woman but with increasingly strange behavior. When Miss Emily Grierson died, the whole town went to the funeral. Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care

How does William Faulkner make use of symbolism in “A Rose for Emily?” William Faulkner; born in 1897, was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner wrote short stories, novels, a play, poetry, essays, and screenplays. William Faulkner is very creative when it comes to using symbolism. This style of writing is used to represent mythical ideas and emotions to make the reader think deeper. One of his most well-known short stories called “A Rose for Emily” has tons

presents various symbols that connect to characters and themes. Similarly, so does the metafiction story of Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried.” Actually, without symbolism in these two stories, the meaning of the story would be lost to the reader. Summary and Symbolism in “A Rose for Emily” In “A Rose for Emily,” the author, Faulkner, describes the life of a women after the death of her family and the abandonment of her friends. The story is about a female named Emily whose father dies of natural

In Flannery O 'Connor 's eccentric short story, A Good Man is Hard to Find the reader is introduced to her fundamental theme of Identity through a typical southern family. O’Connor’s exceptional use of fictional elements such as characterization, point of view, and setting further develop this theme in her work. She does so by familiarizing the use of violence, humor, and salvation along with point of view and setting to create a deeper connection between her work and the reader. O 'Connor 's typical

In The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, the narrator is a seventeen year old girl named Hazel Grace Lancaster. She is a young, independent woman who is uniquely intelligent, humorous, and resilient. Hazel is a character who wants to tread lightly among the earth while her boyfriend, Augustus Waters, wishes to leave a large mark on the world. Augustus is a confident and strong boy who grows more caring and compassionate as the story unfolds. The reader can see how this young man starts as a quintessential

develop both firm and symbolic meanings. Studying what goes into the scene (Mise-en-Scene) in effect leads to this better understanding. In the film Vertigo, John Ferguson is asked to follow his friends’ wife, Madeleine Elster. As he follows her, there are intricate scenes that reveal essential details about the film. In the scene that John follows Madeleine to the flower shop, the viewer can interpret the objects in the set, the lighting, the actors, and how the camera is used, into helpful information

Every Rose Has Its Thorn: A Character Analysis of “A Rose for Emily” “A Rose for Emily.” begins at Miss Emily Grierson’s own funeral and then proceeds to go back in time and explain things that happened throughout her life. A description of Grierson’s funeral was explained vividly in her own home and the feelings of the towns-people’s thoughts of her throughout her life were addressed as well. Grierson was raised by her father in the town of Jefferson, Mississippi. Her father, Mr. Grierson seemed