How I Comtemplated by Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates wanted us to feel that the girl is trying to figure out who she is and that she is feeling trapped within herself, unknown of who she really is. The parents are rich, health freaks, and think they are better than anyone else. Many people and circumstances can alter the state of one or more persons. Places and events, special or not is also physically and mentally altering to a person or persons. Sometimes for the good, other times for the bad. At the end of any altering event, meeting of special people, circumstances, or experiencing places many things and people change positively or negatively.