Essays on American Literature

‘‘Where are you going, Where have you Been? Is set to be in suburban of America in the 1960s, a global change the sex change or rebellion, women lacked important or significant control over their lives. Author, Joyce Carol Oates, one can see how she…

In the short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Identity plays a major role in showing the lives of the characters and diving deep into who they are as people. Particularly with Connie and Arnold Friend, the idea of identity is very…

‘Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?’ is a short fiction story written by Joyce Carol Oates about a young girl who is self-absorbed, and boy obsessed who reaches a breaking point and cannot save herself. This young girl, Connie, isolates herself from family…

Have people ever considered any of their favorite stories one reads from this era, to be like those of fairy tales of old? Especially the story, “Where are you going, where have you been”. This unnerving story about a girl named Connie, who is very…

The author Joyce Carol Oates at the beginning of the book “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” refers to Connie’s pointless habit of checking her own reflection in the mirrors. This is a reflection of what inspired the short story: Tales of rebirth…

I chose a fire, a hatchet, and woods to represent the book, “Hatchet”, because he was lost in the woods, his hatchet was his main tool, and he learned how to build a fire for survival. How is Brian a Hero in Hatchet Brian is…

Gary Paulsen message for the readers is to change and adapt. He changed Brian’s perspective through out the novel regarding the wilderness. At the start of the story we see Brian’s plane crashed into the Canadian woods. Initially, perhaps due to his parent’s divorce we…

Hatchet is about a 13 year old boy named Brian who has divorced parents and is visiting his dad for the summer, but to visit his dad he takes an old Cessna 406 bush plane, these planes are small and can only fit 12 people….

Introduction Edgar Allan Poe is recognized as the father of love and death in American literature. Throughout the many years since Edgar Allan Poe became famous, we have come to realize that many of his works are very similar. In Edgar Allan Poe’s works, he…

Introduction “A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow” (Maxwell). Realism is a powerful tool many authors use to create a realistic picture in their work. Many authors such as Bret Harte, Mark Twain, and William Dean Howells used this in their…