“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates

Reality Vs. Illusion

In your NB, describe What/Who you want to be and why? Check-In Think about a time when you wanted to be someone or something you weren't. In your NB, describe What/Who you want to be and why?

Vocabulary Throughout this unit, we will keep coming back to 2 key Vocabulary Concepts that shape our themes: Illusion Reality

Analyzing Visual Texts… There are 4 visuals about to be displayed. You will have exactly 2 min. 30 seconds to view each text. In your notebook, you must comment on all 4 images (Use the following sentence starters for help)

Sentence Starters… I think… This reminds me of… I wonder… This looks like… The message behind this pictures is… I don’t understand… This makes me feel… I agree or disagree with (Initials) because…

Joyce Carol Oates Born June 16, 1939

Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938) American writer, poet, and essayist. Professor at Princeton University currently (started in 1978). Retiring in 2014 As the author of more than 50 novels and numerous non-fiction works, is famous for being exceptionally prolific. Joyce Carol Oates talks about her characters.

Joyce Carol Oates Published numerous short stories and novels Including “Where are you going, where have you been?”

Inspiration: “Death and The Maiden”

Joyce Carol Oates “Where are you going, where have you been?” published in 1966 Dedicated to Bob Dylan and his song “It’s all over now, Baby Blue”

It’s all over now, Baby Blue

1960s were a time of….

It’s all over now, Baby Blue Lines What is it about? Write 4 lines / passages from the song,1 line from each verse Describe what each line / passage means Overall, what do you think this song is about and why? What do you think this story may be about and why?

It’s all over now, Baby Blue What’s it about? How do you know?

“The Pied Piper of Tucson” Inspired by Charles Schmid “The Pied Piper of Tucson”

“Where are You Going? Where Have You Been?

Connie "Everything about her had 2 sides to it" “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is just a little extra”

AGREE or DISAGREE: “Connie may never enter the Great Tragic Heroines Hall of Fame, but she moves us because her situation speaks to our most urgent questions about identity, morality, and sexuality.”

"she couldn't hear the music at this distance" her walk, which could be childlike …enough to make anyone think she was hearing music in her head listened to the music that made everything so good: the music was always in the background, like music at a church service; it was something to depend upon "she couldn't hear the music at this distance" But all the boys fell back and dissolved into a single face that was not even a face but an idea, a feeling, mixed up with the urgent insistent pounding of the music She went inside the house and turned on the radio to drown out the quiet. She sat on the edge of her bed, barefoot, and listened for an hour and a half to a program called XYZ Sunday Jamboree, record after record of hard, fast, shrieking songs

Defining Connie and Arnold Friend On the blank side of one card, describe Connie in one Adjective On the lined side, explain why you chose that adjective. Use events from the text to support your answer. Repeat this on the second card For Arnold Friend.

Defining Connie & A. Friend Tea Party! Step 1: In a moment we will leave our seats. Step 2: Introduce yourself to another person in the class and read your adjective and explanation. Step 3: When you are finished, your partner will share their adjective and explanation. Step 4: When both of you are done, trade cards. Step 5: Then continue sharing and trading until your time is up.

Character Traits Character What this shows Trait Quote Connie Arnold Friend

Character Traits Character Trait What this shows Quote Connie “Everything about her had two sides to it, one for home and one for anywhere else that was not home.” Connie Deceptive, Misleading She’s wants to be grown up and independent, but she is still a kid – in her house she acts like her “old self” that her family sees her as safe and appropriate. Outside of her house she acts more provocative and flirtatious. Arnold Friend

Quickwrite Is Connie a hero for sacrificing herself, or is she just a helpless victim? Explain.

Has a symbolic meaning, and teaches a lesson. The Allegory… An extended metaphor – Has a symbolic meaning, and teaches a lesson. …Of the maiden

What are little red’s characteristics? Little Red Riding Hood What are little red’s characteristics?

What are the wolf’s characteristics? Little Red Riding Hood What are the wolf’s characteristics?

What do each of them symbolize?

Children, especially young ladies, should never talk to strangers, for if they do they may become dinner for a wolf. There are various kinds of wolves. There are those who are charming, polite, and sweet, who pursue young women at home and in the streets. It is these gentle wolves who are most dangerous.

How does Little Red Riding Hood and the Allegory of the Maiden connect to “Where are you going, Where have you been?”

Symbolism Arnold Friend’s Car Connie’s Home

Symbolism Bubble Map Arnold’s Car Music Connie’s House What places, people and feelings are associated with each one?

What type of conflict(s) is (are) shown in the story? Quickwrite What type of conflict(s) is (are) shown in the story? When is(are) this(these) conflict(s) shown?

“You wanna come for a ride.” “You’re my date. I’m your lover, honey.” Quickwrite Arnold’s Car = “You wanna come for a ride.” “You’re my date. I’m your lover, honey.”

Quickwrite Connie’s House = “My father’s coming back.” “I ain’t made plans for coming in that house where I don’t belong.” “The place where you came from ain’t there anymore, and where you had in mind to go is cancelled out.”

Why does Connie get into Arnold Friend’s car? Quickwrite Why does Connie get into Arnold Friend’s car? Why can’t Arnold come into Connie’s house? Why can’t Connie go back?

What’s the big picture – What’s the message?

Theme What does this story involve? What are we supposed to learn?

Homework Write one page about the theme of “Where are you going, where have you been”. Describe what the theme is and how the characters and symbols show the theme.

“Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor

-Wrote in the Southern Gothic Style -Stories often involve ideas about morality and ethics, and take place in the South

What does it mean to be “good”? “Good Country People” What does it mean to be “good”? What does it mean to be “evil”?

Character Traits “Good Country People” Character What this shows Trait Quote Joy / Hulga Manly Pointer Mrs. Hopewell

Character Analysis Essay In a character analysis essay, you evaluate one of the characters in a work of literature. Your goal is to help those reading your essay understand the mental and emotional states of the character.

Joyce Carol Oate’s short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” and Flannery O’Connor’s short story," Good Country People,” have complex protagonists and antagonists that are not as they first appear. Choose one character from either story and analyze the character’s mental and emotional states through their actions, words, and motivations. Through this analysis present your argument about how the character is not as they appear and how this affects the theme.

Due Dates First Draft: _____________ Final Draft: _____________

Short Story Title & Author’s Name Essay Prewriting Character’s Name Short Story Title & Author’s Name Illusion Reality Theme:

How does this character’s actions show the theme of the story? Essay Prewriting Overall, what illusion is the character trying to create? What is the reality? How does this character’s actions show the theme of the story? Think About: How does the character change? What do they learn or show other characters?

Essay Prewriting Character’s Name Short Story Title & Author’s Name Theme Illusion Reality What are we suppose to learn from the character’s and the ending Who are they pretending to be Who are they really How the character’s actions show the theme:

Character, Title, Author Whether this is illusion or reality and why Action/ Character Trait Quote & page What this shows

2. How does this character’s actions show the theme of the story? Essay Prewriting 1. Overall, what illusion is the character trying to create? What is the reality? 2. How does this character’s actions show the theme of the story?

Character, Title, Author Whether this is illusion or reality and why Action/ Character Trait Quote & page What this shows

Brief description of plot (2 sentences max) Essay Writing Introduction: Title and Author Brief description of plot (2 sentences max) Thesis Statement

Essay Writing Thesis Statement: Describe how character wishes to appear vs how they truly are. Then describe how their actions show the theme of the story.

Example Introduction: Essay Writing Example Introduction: In the story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates, a naïve girl, Connie, meets a deceptive, older man, Arnold Friend. Connie is persuaded by Arnold Friend’s charm and good looks, which causes her to be deceived and fall into his trap. Connie pretends to be a more sophisticated and mature teenager by socializing with older teens and acting more provocative than she truly is. However, in reality Connie is naïve and gullible. Connie’s actions attract the wrong kind of attention, and she realizes that not everyone is who they appear to be.

Essay Writing Body Paragraphs 1-2 - Analysis: Describe whether the character actions/traits and how these traits show the reality and illusion of the character. Use your pre-writing chart.

Character, Title, Author Whether this is illusion or reality and why Action/ Character Trait Quote & page What this shows

Body Paragraph 3 - Theme: Essay Writing Body Paragraph 3 - Theme: Write what the theme of the story is, then describe how the character shows that theme through his/her actions and traits.

Essay Writing Conclusion Restate your argument about how has two sides – the illusion of who they want to appear as and the reality, and how this shows the theme.

Peer Review Paragraphs 1. Circle the thesis 2. Then, for each body paragraph do the following: You will highlight the topic sentence in yellow. You will highlight the evidence / quote in pink. You will highlight the explanation about why/how the evidence is important in green.