portray Arnold Friend as evil. Although he appears very differently in both texts‚ his intentions are the same and eventually gets Connie out of that house. In the movie‚ Joyce Chopra is trying to tell the audience who has read the story that evil comes in all different shapes and sizes through her casting of Treat Williams. The feeling that the reader experiences through reading the story is more intense as opposed to watching the movie‚ but they are the same feelings in the moment when Arnold makes
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is inherent in everyone‚ some find enjoyment in its effects while others simply cannot find the means to break free from it. In Joyce Carol Oates‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” evil reveals itself as Arnold Friend‚ a character consumed by wicked thoughts and desires. Arnold pursues a young girl and convinces her through slick conversation and frightening insinuations that there is no other option than to surrender to him‚ thus sealing her death. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find‚” by Flannery
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same throughout a story (Gioia & Kennedy‚ 2010) and a round character is the opposite of flat in which the character changes significantly (Gioia & Kennedy‚ 2010). So in this story‚ Connie could be consider a round character because before Arnold Friend came around she was like any other teenager and when he came and put a little fear in her‚ she became a scared little girl. I fell that Connie was an individual character. Her mom was always critizing her. June was in another category.
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describing it as “fly-infested”‚ which could make the reader think of a decomposing corpse (Oates 470). Oates uses grotesque or “realistic allegory” between good and evil throughout the story (Oates 1). Hurst 2 Arnold Friend‚ the antagonist‚ is introduced to us at the diner. Arnold Friend symbolizes the devil or the evil in this story. He watches Connie as she is leaving with another boy. Connie
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NAME: Upasana Chakraborty UG-1 Mathew Arnold‚ often considered one of the most prolific writers of the late Victorian period‚ established his reputation as a poet of elegiac verse and his poems such as ‘Scholar Gipsy’ and ‘Dover Beach’ are considered classics for their subtitle‚ restrained style and compelling expression of spiritual malaise. Arnold’s poetry can essentially be viewed as a spiritual dilemma which was indeed innately Victorian‚ experienced
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English 2342 20 April 2011 Dover Beach and Fahrenheit 451 The classic poem‚ Dover Beach‚ written by Matthew Arnold‚ is a statement about losing faith as a result of enlightenment. In an emotionally charged scene in Ray Bradbury’s novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ fireman Guy Montag reads the poem aloud to his wife and her friends. Bradbury could have chosen any piece of literature for Montag to read as a means of unveiling his collection of hoarded books and his newfound interest in reading them. Bradbury
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Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is a book about the struggles that Arnold Spirit Jr. had to endure while living on the Spokane Indian Reservation. With the support of his family‚ he decided to attend Rearden High School in order to change the path of his life for the better. Along the way‚ he discovers and loses himself in the process of bettering himself. Sherman Alexie used his own tribal identity to inspire the events that Arnold Spirit Jr. was experiencing in the book. He spoke about how being
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how to be poor” (Alexie 11). Anchor Question: Why would the character act (feel) this way? My Notes about It: Page 8: The character (Arnold) feels this way because his mother tried to lie to him that his sick dog (Oscar) would be fine‚ so they wouldn’t have take it to the vet. Arnold’s’s mom is not a very good liar so he was able to detect the lie real quick. Arnold became angry because he prefers a pretty lie instead of the harsh truth which is that
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At this point her descriptions of Arnold make it seem like he isn’t a real human being‚ “ his whole face was a mask”(Oates 320). Reality hitting her makes the world around her an unknown place ‚ she doesn’t even recognize her kitchen where she grew up. There is no escaping the change Arnold symbolizes for Connie‚ “ The place where you came from ain’t there no more‚ and where you had in mind to go is canceled out”(Oates
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“You know the drill Teegan‚ spread them‚” Arnold demanded. “I’m not going to bring weapons here Arnold‚” I explain to him‚ hating the check through process he used on me. “On the wall‚” he says ignoring me completely. I turn around and put my hands on the wall‚ and spread my legs apart and wait. Arnold starts with my legs first‚ quick and to the point and then my thighs‚ he then brings his hands up my sides and feels under my breasts‚ sending a wave of energy towards my stomach. I can never tell
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