Criticisms of Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? By Joyce Oates

A shortly story by Joyce warble Oates called Where are you going, where have you been? reflects the writers point of view of the way society looked to women in the sixties. The story takes bewilder in the 1960s when almost everyaffair reached a turning point at that cadence. It talks ab knocked out(p) a adolescentr who wanted boys attention, but she finish up leaving her family kinsperson with a stranger. Connie represented most teenage girls, and their destiny at that time. The story can be looked at from numerous different points of view such as feminist, social, psychological and historical (Purdue (OWL)). The time this story had taken place is what makes it important. The story was written when the feminist relocation was established, and the American society traditions have turned 180 degrees. The first thing that pops into readers mind when reading the story is that it was written from a 1960s charwoman perspective (Showalter page 15). Oates starts to describe the fem ales of the family, and how boring is their life. she tells about June, Connies quondam(a) sister, who was 24 years old and lived at her parents house. She worked at Connies last school. Many answers would be given for the question why she lived in her parents house even though she is old enough to move out (Kurkowski 29). star(a) answer may be because unmarried girls were not allowed to move out regardless of reaching the adulthood. Parents at that time lived the American Dream of domicil and home and innocent youth (Quirk 88). They wanted their kids to live it too. Another one can be that women were not paid enough salary the likes of men were paid to help them support themselves. Both answers shows feminism at that time. When it comes to economic situations and salaries, women were not on the same le... ...lcome to the Purdue OWL. Feminist Criticism. Purdue (OWL), 21 Apr. 2010. Web. 17 Apr. 2014.Paris, Bernard. Mimetic Criticism Reality as Context. Contexts for Criticism. Ed. Donald Keesey. Mountain View Mayfield make C, 1987. 226-34.Schulz, Gretchen, and R.J. R. Rockwood. In Fairyland, without a Map Connies Exploration Inward in Joyce sing Oatess Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? 1980. Literature Reading, Reacting, Writing. 6th ed. N.p. Harcourt College, 2007. 155-67. Print.Urbanski, Marie Mitchell Olesen. Existential Allegory Joyce Carol Oatess Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?. Studies In Short Fiction 15.2 (1978) 200. Academic look to Complete. Web. 20 Apr. 2014.Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, Short Stories for Students. Joyce Carol Oates. Vol. 1. Detroit Gale, 1966. P. 257 - 276 Print