{"id":13462,"date":"2023-04-12T01:05:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T01:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/when-considering-the-plot-of-joyce-carol-oatess-short-story-where-are-you-going-where-have-you-been-who-should-be-blamed-for-connies-ultimate-fate-defend-who-sh\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T01:05:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T01:05:24","slug":"when-considering-the-plot-of-joyce-carol-oatess-short-story-where-are-you-going-where-have-you-been-who-should-be-blamed-for-connies-ultimate-fate-defend-who-sh","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/when-considering-the-plot-of-joyce-carol-oatess-short-story-where-are-you-going-where-have-you-been-who-should-be-blamed-for-connies-ultimate-fate-defend-who-sh\/","title":{"rendered":"When considering the plot of Joyce Carol Oates\u2019s short story \u201cWhere Are You Going, Where Have You Been?\u201d who should be blamed for Connie\u2019s ultimate fate?  Defend who should be blamed, even if it is more than one culprit."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adhere to MLA formatting rules: 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, double space, 1 inch margins&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A minimum of five paragraphs will be needed&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A minimum of four quotes from the reading must be integrated into the essay&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A work cited page is needed for any outside source used&nbsp; Adhere to MLA formatting rules: 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, double space, 1 inch margins&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Introduction: Offer a hook, introduce the reading by author and title, offer a brief summary of the story, and lead into your thesis&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Focus on your first reason or first person who should be blamed: support with explanations, details from the story, and quotes for support.  Don\u2019t forget to delve into who these characters are in order to defend your position further.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;Focus on your second reason or next character to be blamed: support with explanations, details, and quotes.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;Offer a third reason or person to blame.  Support with explanations, details, and quotes.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;Conclusion: Possible idea: Why do you think Oates wrote this story? Is there a lesson?  What could have been the author\u2019s motivation?  Share ideas.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adhere to MLA formatting rules: 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, double space, 1 inch margins&nbsp; A minimum of five paragraphs will be needed&nbsp; A minimum of four quotes from the reading must be integrated into the essay&nbsp; A work cited page is needed for any outside source used&nbsp; Adhere to MLA formatting rules: 12 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[186],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/13462"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/13462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=13462"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=13462"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=13462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}