{"id":9589,"date":"2022-11-18T11:13:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T16:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-fall-2022-conway\/?p=9589"},"modified":"2022-11-18T11:13:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T16:13:48","slug":"christian-alvear-discussion-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-fall-2022-conway\/2022\/11\/18\/christian-alvear-discussion-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Alvear Discussion 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In \u201cWhere Are You Going, Where Have You Been\u201d, the beginning makes me think that Connie is at the edge of adulthood. Just like any teenager, she sneaks out, wants to meet boys, and compulsively checks her reflection in the mirror. I\u2019m pointing out Connie\u2019s obsession with her reflection because of its emphasis on her beauty which gives her a sense of power. Having a bad relationship with her mother and being criticized for being obsessed with her appearance, lying where she goes, and being very interested in boys at fifteen years old is showing Connie being vulnerable and the mother wanting to protect her. To me, Rena Korb\u2019s interpretation of \u201cfeminist allegory\u201d best describes this story because Connie identifies herself heavily through music and films of romance. Compulsively checking her reflection in the mirror is only a reflection of how people see her, Connie knew she was pretty and it was everything to her. Arnold staring at her and his sunglasses is a reflection of Connie being vulnerable and not being able to stand up to him. He controls who she is and she obeys him sadly in the end, walking down the path to the car and images her not coming back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In \u201cWhere Are You Going, Where Have You Been\u201d, the beginning makes me think that Connie is at the edge of adulthood. Just like any teenager, she sneaks out, wants to meet boys, and compulsively checks her reflection in the mirror. I\u2019m pointing out Connie\u2019s obsession with her reflection because of its emphasis on her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-week-13-discussion","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-fall-2022-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-fall-2022-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-fall-2022-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-fall-2022-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-fall-2022-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-fall-2022-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9591,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-fall-2022-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9589\/revisions\/9591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-fall-2022-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-fall-2022-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eng-201-introduction-to-literature-fall-2022-conway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}