Analyzing The Story 'Where Are You Going And Where Have You Been?'

Southern literature paper

In the short story “Where are you going and Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates one of the main things that readers find is the suspicion surrounding the character Arnold Friend. Supporting this is Friend’s words which are so impactful on Connie, and why she didn’t just pick up the phone and call nine-one-one to end the whole conflict in the first place. Much of the research I found was based off this question pointing out how a person would react to this scenario. From this information I pulled out key percentages relating to real world scenarios, and information from Scholars who have already investigated the topic I am reviewing. In general arnold friend is taken in many ways as a reader, based off information
Trying to complete this, he wears tight clothes which gives the reader a rather disgusting imagery, but to the main character this may not change her thoughts of “finding a reckless guy that some girls find lovely”. Along with his tight fitting clothes, the phrases and numbers displayed on his car are then brought into the story. This includes the numbers 33, 19, and 17. Coincidentally these numbers add up to 69, which can be described as a sexual reference. To go further than that thought, these numbers are also related to Judges 19:17. By counting back in the Old Testament of the Bible, 33 books, you arrive at the Book of Judges, chapter 19, verse 17. It reads, “When he looked and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"”. Another piece of information that I found interesting is the fact that we counted backwards 33 books of the Bible. In a religious point of view the devil would never actually use the Bible correctly. Therefore he would count backwards instead of counting from the beginning how it’s supposed to be used. Being the character of Connie, Friend is most likely the type of guy she’d be attracted to besides the fact that he was probably twice her age. She is depicted as a version of a emo girl. In our society she would be the girl who likes to listen to punk rock, dye her hair black, and care less
A writing in 1993, Oates for all her Express doubts about O'Connor's religion, attributes to Connie an example of what she calls using O'Connor's phrase a moment of grace. Further research goes on to explain that there's also a possibility that Connie, and the grandmother will wake up from the stories’ terrors. In the story of a girl to found a pop Love lyrics who dreams of a psychopathic murderer because of her unconscious knows the complexity of Desire. It is increasingly common and Oates Chris's and she's just that Connie main something sweet dreaming the story's heart. Larry Rubin presents the most throw art event that County arnold friends visit, and several other critics.. The dream is usually considered to begin after Connie lies down on her bed to listen to some hypnotic pop music, as she is bathed in a glow of slow pulse joy that seems to rise mysterious the music itself and languidly about the air this little room breathe in and breathe out with each gentle rise and fall of your chest. The next paragraph we're told that Arnold friend drives out. This can be taken away that shows how a person's lifestyle can lead to them dreaming of certain circumstances that may make them feel uncomfortable but pleasurable at the same