The other face of truth

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The other face of truth

Introduction

The aim of the paper is to extricates the adolescence triggers discussed in the fiction based story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, the paper discusses the idea of the author, Joyce Carol Oates, regarding the requirements and problems of the adolescences in the growing age of the girls. The theme of the paper is to embrace the adolescence triggers discussed in the story of a teenager girl who admire herself for her beauty and who finds life in music and freedom in terms of having sexual relationships with boys. The idea reflects the difference in seduction and lust of adolescence. In addition to it, the paper highlights the role of the family in the personality development of the growing up kids.

Discussion

The story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is a fiction based fairytale type story that is written by Joyce Carol Oates. Oates was an extraordinary proficient American author who was born in the June 16, 1938. The author is famous for her influential novel writing as well as for numerous volumes of fiction based short stories as well as poetry and some nonfiction literature. The author has natural tendency to write fiction based short stories with the main idea pertained to the facts and realities of the adolescence triggers in human nature. Although Oates had to face a lot of critical acclaim for her fiction based short stories. But her fascination to write fiction made her kept writing more and more stories that actually led her to write the most famous of her work, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”

The story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, like the other fictions of Oates holds an idea of a protagonist teenager female who has to deal with adolescence triggers and strives to cope up with an alarming situation. The story embraces the main characters as Connie (a fifteen year old girl who has all her concern about her beauty), Connie's mother (a typical house wife who offends with Connie's careless attitude and her self-praising for her appearance) June (Connie's sister, 24 years old overweight librarian), Arnold friend (a demonic figure who threatens the innocent teenager) and Ellie Arnold's friend who came with Arnold at Connie's House).

The story is all about the adolescence feelings of a teenager Connie. The girl was overly confident regarding her beauty and she sued to look at the mirror all the time. Connie's mother always scolds her self-admiring attitude. Connie doesn't like her mother's criticism and she feels as if she mother doesn't give her the importance that she deserves for having prettier looks than her older sister June. Her mother always praises June for her obedient nature as well as for her contribution in the house. She always asks Connie to stay neat and clean and help in the home stuff like June but Connie always ignores her instructions. While, Connie father ...