Comparing Where Are you going, Where Have You Been and Hills Like White Elephants

The art, literature, and poetry of the early 20th century called for a disruption of social values. Modernism became the vague term to describe the shift. The characteristics of the term Modernism, all seek to free the restricted human spirit. It had no trust in the moral conventions and codes of the past. One of the examples of modernism, that breaks the conventions and traditions of literature prior to Modernism, is Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants”. The short story uses plot, symbolism, setting, dialogue, and a new style of writing to allow human spirit to experiment with meaning and interpretation.

The train depot is surrounded on both sides by fields: one side with trees and fields of grain, and the other contains nothing but dust (Hemingway 324). The two sides of the train tracks represent the choice Jig will have to face between pregnancy and abortion.

From the novel “Where are going, where have you been?” to the big screen Smooth Talk, Joyce Carol Oates and film director Joyce Chopra have brought up some eye opening questions to the audience. The film is about a flirtatious self-absorbed teenage girl who is soon to be a sophomore in high school. Throughout the film she shows an uncontrollable behavior as she flirts with boys and goes window shopping in a mall. In the movie Connie proves that she is different from her mom. Connie’s actions will come back and have her experience a life changing event after her family leaves to a barbeque. This will leave Connie home alone and vulnerable. A stranger,who will be later identified as Arnold Friend, will arrive at Connie’s home and ask to take her out for a ride. Hesitated and scared Connie will eventually change her mind and leave with Arnold. Connie will

In “Where Are You Going Where Have You Been” there is a younger, somewhat rebellious girl named Connie. Connie is the main character in the story, and she encounters many other characters in the story, but one character comes back in the end to become the antagonist. His name is Arnold Friend. Connie and Arnold meet when Connie was out sneaking off from her Dad with a boy named Eddie. Connie notices Arnold, and this is when they had there first creepy interaction.

We all know what Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? tells us in black and white, but the real debate however is what it implies. There are many theories of what the underlying meaning of Where Are You, Going Where Have You Been? In this great debate there is only one real world situation that could have actually occurred in the story. That theory is that the entire part about Arnold Friend is a dream. The section of the story I have chosen unquestionably proves that Connie is in fact dreaming.

In the story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” Connie, the main character, is already struggling with many things in life and sneaks her way to date guys. There was also conflicting between her and her mother due to her mother favoring her sister, June and describing her as someone who is a good example of what she wants Connie to be. Her father is never at home due to work and when he is home, the girls do not relate to him. Arnold Friend is described as a dangerous figure with his pale complexion and his slick black hair looking like trouble by not presenting himself in a pleasing way to Connie, by not walking properly. This was an indication on how he was not in the right state of mind and how Arnold shouldn’t be near Connie. There was one scene in the story where Arnold Friend shows up, uninvited, notifying Connie that he is not a friend, but has come to take her away from her home to possibly kidnap her. "Connie felt a wave of dizziness, rise in her at this sight and she stared at him as if waiting for something to change the shock of the moment, make it alright again”. Connie feels safe in the house and does not come out until Arnold convinces and demands her that she come out. Things took an unpleasant twist when Arnold tells Connie not use the phone or he will break his promise of not coming in the house

Currently, a plethora of outstanding stories have been written. What makes a story, though? The answer is the elements that the author includes into his or her writing, such as symbolism and imagery. "Hills like White Elephants," written by Ernest Hemingway, and "A Good Man is Hard to Find," written by Flannery O'Connor, are just two examples of admirable work. Each writer incorporated plenty of elements to improve the story. Since the amount of elements is limited, these two writers exploited several of the same ones. Although the stories have numerous resemblances, they are also remarkably different.

Where are you going, Where Have You Been, written by Joyce Carol Oates, was a about young girl named Connie who wanted freedom and independence. Connie did not understand the consequences of having freedom and how to protect yourself from malicious people. In the beginning of the tale, Connie was conceited and thought she superior to everyone else. “Stop gawking at yourself, who are you? You think you’re so pretty?

“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” is a story by Joyce Carol Oates about a fifteen year old girl named Connie who was blindsided by her self-conceit, and that negatively affected her apprehension of the real world. Connie is too busy with her appearance to care about anything else. She likes going out with her friends, watching movies, going into stores, hanging out at drive-ins and like any typical teenager, meeting boys. One night, she gets invited to eat at the drive-in by a boy named Eddie. She leaves her girl friends and spends three hours with him, in an alley and at the drive-in.

The text “Letting the air into a relationship: Metaphorical Abortion in ‘Hills Like White Elephants” by Wyche David aims at analyzing and synthesizing the short story by Hemingway “Hills like White”. The analysis would provide new knowledge to readers of the short story or provide the readers with a new point of view of analyzing it. The subject of the text is to present his ideas on the short story and well as critique other critics who had previously critiqued it. The story illustrates broken relationships of Hemingway and the pain it caused him, which led him to write the short story. The whole text is therefore an analysis and synthesis of the short story written by Hemingway.

In the story of Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been Oates writes about a chain of events through the point of view of Connie. In the beginning Connie describes a normal outing with her friend and an encounter with a boy named Eddie. During Connie’s hanging out with Eddie she spots a man staring at her. Later her parents, whom Connie is not on the greatest terms with, and her sister go to a barbeque leaving Connie alone at home. The same man from her outing arrives at her house and offers to

“Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol, showcases the inevitable effects of youthful exuberance in a teenage girl. The story is a compelling tale which unveils the vulnerability of Connie, a young teenage girl who could barely substantiate fantasy from reality. She prides herself as a pretty girl who understands the basic principles of life. Her encounter with Arnold Friend reveals her as someone who lacks the mental ability to make meaningful decisions and accurate when necessary. Her desire for attention and frivolities facilitates in subjecting her as a victim of a wicked and complex world. She is obsessed with her beauty; her desire for boys and attention makes her pride herself as a “paragon of

“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” tells of the unfamiliar experiences of a young girl. This story has many important aspects which allow the reader to experience the situation from Connie’s perspective. These literary elements help bind the story together, in attempt to put the reader in her shoes. First of all, the point of view is from a young, naïve fifteen year old girl; next, the theme of sexual discovery aides in the reader’s understanding of Connie’s feelings; lastly, there are a few items of symbolic nature which give the story more depth and meaning.

Ernest Hemingway’s overall style is journalistic and succinct, and excludes unnecessary material, allowing his stories underlying meanings to become that much more powerful. This simplistic mode of writing forces the reader to deduce fundamental truths and emotions. Referred to as the Iceberg Theory of story telling, Hemingway employs a style of omission, as the only information offered is external, as within Hills Like White Elephants. Via a third person narrative approach, he creates a decidedly telling account of a man and woman through seemingly ordinary dialogue. The more one explores the text, the more one can understand what value each sentence holds. A catalyst for Hemingway’s style in this short story is its symbolic elements, which contribute to the deeper meaning of the work. The significance behind Hills Like White Elephants lies in the

Ernest Hemingway was an American author and journalist. One of his most famous and controversial pieces “Hills Like White Elephants” is frequently discussed among authors and readers. In this short story there is a girl and a American man sitting at a train station. The girls name is Jig, we come to find out that she is pregnant and that the two are disusing whether to keep the baby or not. They question each other to see if the options would ruin their relationship. Hemingway portrays things to serve as double meanings. Two of the main subtopics and questions formed from this paper is whether or not Jig has the baby. And whether of not the tense relationship between the two lasts. Among the many authors who have their own opinion on what these things mean is, timothy Obrien, who wrote, “Allusion, Word Play, and the Central Conflict in Hemingway’s ‘Hills Like White Elephants”. In his paper he focuses on certain phrases to conclude his belief that Jig does get and abortion and that the relationship between Jig and the American does not last. A professor at Illinois state university by the name of Stanley Renner, author of “Moving to the Girls Side of “Hills Like White Elephants””, does not think the relationship lasts. Although the relationship does not last he believes that the baby does. David Wyche, author of “Letting the Air Into a Relationship: Metaphorical Abortion in “Hills Like White Elephants””, he is not