Where Are You Going Where Have You Been Figurative Language

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“Our society is used to judging content by its package and label (Krupa). Joyce Oates incorporates imagery and figurative language to illustrate the characteristics of opinions and human nature in “Where are you going, where have you been?” In the short story Connie is just like any teenage girl sneaking around and telling her parents where she is going but then being in a different location. This story is focused on Connies appearance and how her mother compares her to her older sister. In most families it is always like that they compare oneself to others. Wherever you go there's always going to be someone to judge.
Joyce Oates frequently expresses the element of imagery throughout the text. One of the first examples is evident that imagery is being used “She was fifteen and she had a quick, nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people’s faces to make sure her own was all right” the author creates a picture in you mind of how she checks herself out. Not only does she glance at herself but their mother does to to make her feel bad about herself. Connie’s mother always found a way to make Connie feel less than her older sister June.Throughout the story there are many different examples i the text where Connies mom compares her to June for example her mother always …show more content…
Connie feels that her heart is just something that simply lays inside of her but is not a part of her. This draws attention to Connie losing control over her actions and trying to make her own decisions. It is not that Connie wanted to go out and meet Arnold it is just that her body decided for
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