The Transition from Childhood to Adulthood in Joyce Carol Oates Where

The Transition from Childhood to Adulthood in Joyce Carol Oates' The place Are You Going, Where Have You Been? All individuals experience changes throughout their life. A portion of these progressions are little, for example, the going starting with one evaluation then onto the next in school. Different changes are increasingly extreme, for example, the progress from youth to adulthood. In Joyce Carol Oates? ?Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?? Oates goes into profundity with respect to the change from being a joyful, blameless youngster to adulthood. In the short story ?Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?? two separate universes are attracted to the reader?s consideration. The first is the typical every day life of Connie, a multi year old young lady living in a home with her folks. Connie?s every day life is basic adolescence. The second is the day Arnold Friend appears at her doorstep and carries with him the troubles of what's on the horizon. Connie is depicted similar to an appealing multi year old young lady whose activities are cliché of what one may anticipate from a young lady her age. She invests her energy tuning in to music, shopping, fantasizing, having a fabulous time, and attempting to meet young men. Her companions share similar interests and when they are as one they, ?would lean together and murmur and snicker furtively?. ( ) Connie puts on two unique shows, one to her companions and a totally isolated one to her family. ?Everything about her had different sides to it, one for home and one for anyplace that was not home.?( ) Connie doesn't show any genuine warmth ...