http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/joyce-carol-oates Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:27:49 -0400 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:27:49 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/181/its-all-over-now-baby-blue-psychoanalyzing-connie-in-joyce-carol-oatess-where-are-you-going-where-have-you-been By Nicole Holmen - This habit of always needing to bolster the knowledge that she is beautiful is an indication that Connie is suffering from insecurity, or having an “unstable sense of self.” Lois Tyson describes this as “the inability to sustain a feeling of personal identity, to sustain a sense of knowing ourselves (Tyson 16). Connie’s description of her beauty being “everything” can be interpreted to mean that she would feel worthless without it, that she is nothing without her pretty face. This insecurity makes her completely vulnerable to the will of others, and is one of... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:45 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/181/its-all-over-now-baby-blue-psychoanalyzing-connie-in-joyce-carol-oatess-where-are-you-going-where-have-you-been