Commentary On “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”
Commentary on “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”
10/17/06
Joyce Carol Oates has achieved many things through her writing, and is recognized worldly for her short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” This story is centered on a young teenage girl as many of her stories are. Oates as a writer is fascinated with adolescence of young females. She chooses to write about the trials and tribulations of growing up in modern society. She pries on the dark aspects of youth often with plots of rape, murder and abuse. In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates writes about a typical teenager who is easily identified with. There are a few major occurrences in this story that many young adults have experienced which include the temptations of evil, a new sexual awareness and learning how to live in a new more mature world and in turn having to overcome weakness.
Written in the nineteen- seventies a new era of sex, drugs and rock and roll,......
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