Carol Oates wrote about‚ but takes a different approach. Smooth Talk is a ninety minute film based on a twelve page short story so it’s a no brainer that scenes were prolonged and added. The scenes that were prolonged/added do not focus on Oates’ Arnold Friend‚ but rather takes a more in-depth look at Connie’s family life. In the short story we are told certain characteristics of Connie’s family but‚ nothing more than that; nothing to make the mother‚ father or her sister June significant characters
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Jeremy Jeon Mrs. Rowe English 1H 17 August 2013 The literature is a criticism of life. Arnold is correct in says that literature is a criticism of life because personally I think that it is simply a portrayal of life’s situations. Also I think that Literature is often a mirror for what is going on in society and a vehicle to change that which we don’t like. Many books today use their pages to put forth social commentary. They reflect the issues of the time‚ including
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method was recommended by Arnold to overcome the shortcomings of the personal and historical estimates of a poem. Both historical and personal estimate goes in vain. In personal estimate‚ we cannot wholly leave out the personal and subjective factors. In historical estimate‚ historical importance often makes us rate a work as higher than it really deserves. In order to form a real estimate‚ one should have the ability to distinguish a real classic. At this point‚ Arnold offers his theory of Touchstone
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The Analysis of Dover Beach By Matthew Arnold Matthew Arnold uses many literary techniques to make Dover Beach such a prominent and well-known poem. By rhetorical schemes‚ tropes‚ and imagery‚ Arnold demonstrates a theme that can connote many different ideas. However by analyzing this poem‚ I interpreted Dover Beach to be about Christianity. The theme or central message of Dover Beach pertains to people questioning the moral and theological concepts of Christianity; therefore‚ people losing
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country. This period of instability helped give rise to the development of German-centric prehistory as a prominent academic discipline (Arnold [1990] 465). Politicians began to take an interest in prehistoric archaeology during this time because it could support nationalist ideas that they wanted to promote in order to “rehabilitat[e] German self-respect” (Arnold [1990] 465). Thus‚ the discipline of prehistory was notably intertwined with political ideologies from its origin. Another contributing
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The new dangers of synthetic drugs by Arnold‚ Carrie. The Lancet 382.9886 (Jul 6‚ 2013): 15-6. I ’ve selected to talk about synthetic drugs because it ’s one of the fastest growing drugs in the world. Drugs like spice which is a synthetic form of marijuana has been growing. In the military we ’ve had serious issues trying to detect the chemicals use in a monthly urinalysis. The problem with synthetic drugs is each person that produces it uses different products. It ’s hard to determine what ’s
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introduces himself as Arnold Friend‚ claiming to be eighteen years old. Connie soon begins to realize the two men look much older than eighteen‚ and she becomes frightened. Arnold begins revealing an uncomfortable amount of information he knows about Connie‚ which surprises her. When Connie threatens to call the police‚ Arnold assures her that he will not come in the house unless she picks up the phone. Connie picks up the phone at one point‚ but puts it back after she cries into it and Arnold instructs her
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symbol painted on his car was his name with a grinning face with sunglasses. These two paintings are conversation starters and his attempt to lure Connie to come closer. They also show Connie that Arnold is not as genuine as he is trying to seem and that he is definitely not eighteen like he claims to be. Arnold Friend is trying to seem youthful‚ humorous‚ and approachable to younger girls by putting these meaningless sayings all over his
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experience many facets of sexuality as young adults. Many marriages may face difficulties that could include unhappy marriages‚ extramarital affairs‚ uninterested spouses‚ and open marriages (Hiller‚ S.‚ & Barrow‚ G.M. 2015). Kay and Arnold are no exception. Kay and Arnold experienced the idea of uninterested spouses. After Arnold’s surgery‚ their marriage lost interest‚ and this is how their marital issues began. Through the disinterest and lack of intimacy‚ it is important to remember none of them
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house where she learns that the boy’s name is “Arnold Friend.” She is unaware how the boy knows anything about her‚ where she lives‚ and the fact that he knows all about her family and friends. In the short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates creates significant details that some readers might miss‚ revealing that Connie is actually having a nightmare where Arnold Friend is an imaginary character. The day that Arnold Friend came to Connie’s house she had been left
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