She prefers to spend more time with herself than with her family because of this she has a weak relationship with her parents. The story discusses how she has two sides: one for home and one for not being home. Her abduction was solely due to her fault for her appearance that she presented in public, to the relationship that she had with her family and lastly her naiveness. The antagonist Arnold Friend somehow knew about Connie. He saw a great opportunity the moment he set his eyes on her.
One might as why these teenage girls impersonate an entirely different person. Some may say that this is mainly due to being rebellious or bad. The sad but true reality is that most of these girls simply are in search for independence and a fulfillment of their fantasies. In the story titled “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates Connie a young teenager who while away from home acts in such a mature way that sends out the wrong message. Connie fails to realize the great danger she takes on while over exaggerating her appearance and attitude.
Section 3 Summaries Chapter 24) Minny worries that her friend Aibileen will get in trouble for faking the recommendation to Miss Celia so that she could get a job. Miss Celia does not care though, she values and supports Minny tremendously and would never fire her because of Hilly. In this chapter it is clear that Leroy is physically abusing Minny again, she is however too ashamed to tell anyone about it or ask for help. Celia notices that cuts and offers to call the police but Minny tells her not to worry about it because she doesn’t want anyone to know about it. She tries to hide her pain from Celia and Aibileen so that they do not worry about her.
Now that’s growing up without a childhood. Jane Smiley seems like a great parent who cares about her children but to allow her daughters to put on makeup even entering their teenage years just isn’t right. Her girls where prematurely growing up, where behaving beyond their age, and with their only priority being beautiful at all times it seem to help them in the long run. As they burned off the “Barbie stage” and grew into more important things down their lives. Like for example Smiley talks about her older daughter, “Now she is planning to graduate school and law school and become an expert on woman’s health issues, perhaps adolescent health issues like anorexia and bulimia” (377).
We can see through her thoughts the dangers of living your life in a fantasy constructed by your mind and thoughts. She goes through the everyday actions of her life in an auto-pilot sort of mode. She does not appreciate what she has in her life and how fortunate she really is. Mathilde Loisel character development throughout the short story is important to the theme that the author is attempting to express, which is one can never truly understand how fortunate they are until they lose what they have and only then can they be appreciative of what they have. The reason why Mathilde Loisel character is important to the theme of story is because she strengthens the theme of the story.
She also, obeyed her mother’s request, to bounce whenever she was bullied. To bounce means to ignore and pretend it wasn’t even there. Evyn kept to herself a lot. She never told or showed people how miserable she felt about moving. When Evyn first saw Eleni, with her red lipstick, black pants, and high heels, she thought Eleni looked nothing like a college professor and a mother.
She didn’t enjoy her time spent there so why she was so willing to come back. Some people never get enough of the life they live even if it‘s bad . Its just like a women who is in a abusive relationship and we wonder why the never leave. Its because once someone adapted to a certain life style the desire for change is slim to none. The narrative made it clear that she didn’t fit in with the people in her town but feared leaving because that lifestyle was all she ever known.
The youngest is depicted to be beaming as she was not happy to be living in the current area. This may possibly be due to the fact that she is still very young and does not appreciate much apart from the more materialistic entertainments the area is able to provide. The eldest girl, on the other hand, is unsettled and “close to tears because she was happy there”. The elder may have had fond memories of the events that had occurred there or even bonds she had forged with friends and would be undoubtedly depressed to leave. In the last stanza the wife is shown to be reminiscing about how and when they had first arrived.
Melinda does not even like her but it the only girl that doesn’t know about the party. She wouldn’t lose her friends if she just told the truth. Most of all is that Melinda is hurting herself. “Its easier not to say anything…no body really wants to hear what you have to say”(9). Because of this she is slowly rotting away.
The narrator discusses the girl’s struggle with not meeting the unrealistic expectations of looking and acting like society’s idea of what a perfect woman is. Although the girl is described by the narrator as having many good qualities, she is unable to identify with them because of the constant reminders of her flaws. This pressure, along with her own disappointment of not being what society conveys as perfect and acceptable, leads the girl to lose all self confidence and ultimately take her own life. First person point of view. Allows the narrator to reflect on his own thoughts and feelings towards the bird’s pain.