Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been Vs. Smooth Talk

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[...] “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” Vs. Smooth Talk The movie Smooth Talk which is based on the short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been “ has many similarities. The majority of the movie uses the same outline on which the short story is written from, as well as uses the same characters that are also used in the novel. Yet, a sober analysis of the matter reveals that there are a multitude of differences between the short story and the film. [...]

[...] The movie mostly shows that her mother does care about but Connie, but Connie continuously pushes her away. To illustrate, in the movie, while Connie and her mother are painting the outside of the house, her mother tries to hug Connie but is pushed away (Chopra). Here, Connie is not trying to resolve anything between the two of them while her mother is. Also, Connie's mother repeatedly asks questions about her friends in the movie, while in the article she does not ask for more information about Connie's or her friends. [...]

[...] In the movie, there is a scene that shows the reader what leads Connie and her friend to the drive-in restaurant where Connie waits for her friends dad to pick them up and exposes the lie Connie told her parents so she could go to the drive in (Chopra). Along the same lines, both the short story and movie's description of the relationship between Connie and her mother is unpleasant. The short story and the movie have different reasons as to why Connie and her mother always seemed to have trouble with one another. In the short story, the main reason Connie's mother is careless towards her is because jealousy. [...]

[...] The short story builds excitement and fear of the unknown which leaves readers to wonder after the story has concluded. The short story, to reiterate, also lacks an explanation of Connie's lifestyle. The movie, however, seems to fall short in this build up of emotion and suspense but elaborates more on the lifestyle Connie leads and the turmoil that has conspired between Connie and her mom. Works Cited Oates, Joyce Carol. "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" (1966), University of Minnesota. [...]

[...] n.p. Web. Smooth Talk. Dir. Joyce Chopra. Screenplay by Tom Cole. Spectra Films Video-web. [...]