“Golden Gloves” Joyce Carol Oates’ story “Golden Gloves”‚ is about a premature seven month old baby who born with deformed feet‚ the tiny arches twisted‚ and his toe turned inward like fleshy claws. When he was three years old he learned to walk because he could not work. His face is misshape and look like an adult. His parents feel embarrass because he was handicapped. Height years later after he was born he had a surgery on his feet. When his father took him to a boxing match he felt in love with
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Nick Peralta 23 March 2015 Professor Hodges ENWR106-BH Kooks and Killers Joyce Carol Oates’s short story‚ “Hi Howya Doin‚” follows a “good-looking husky guy‚” who is described as “six-foot-four in late twenties or early thirties‚” and is a “Caucasian male” (Oates 214) through his jogging session around a college campus. Throughout the man’s route he comes across strangers in his path that all seem to have lackluster lives‚ and every time the man comes across these strangers he shouts the phrase
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In Joyce Carol Oates story‚ "Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?" there are two main characters in the story one of them is Connie. She was a naïve fifteen year old teenage girl‚ and the other character is a psychopath named Arnold Friend. Connie is a typical teenager she hangs out with her friends going to the mall and movies‚ just basically out having fun without a care in the world. Arnold is a psychopath who appears to be like any human. In many cases‚ one would not be able to
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Professor Hauth-Forgie English 102 19 February 2014 Arnold Friend or Arnold Foe ‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’‚ a short story by Joyce Carol Oates‚ takes place in the mid-sixties and revolves around two central characters‚ Connie and Arnold Friend‚ who mysteriously appears at Connie’s home and tries to coax her into coming with him before ultimately forcing her. Arnold Friend is a much debated character among critics‚ largely due to hints of inhuman abilities and his intentions
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Fantasy versus Reality in Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates has a constant theme of reality and fantasy running parallel for 15 year old Connie. This short story begins with a description of Connie’s vain personality. The narrator describes her as pretty and self-centered (Oates 421). To emphasize her selfishness‚ Connie is contrasted with her sister‚ June‚ who is chubby‚ plain‚ and well-behaved. Connie’s mother always praises
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the grass is greener on the other side‚ but an idle mind will always leads to destruction and the devil loves an idle mind. A protagonist by the name of Connie in the story short story entitled “Where are you going‚ Where have you been” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ soon learns that her trashy daydreams and self-absorbed behavior only leads to disaster by way of a man named Arnold Friend. Arnold Friend character in this story represents the devil. Connie‚ a horny high school freshman shows a strong disdain
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Comparison of Smooth Talk to “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oakes’s short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” was written in 1966 and twenty years later was made into a movie entitled Smooth Talk‚ winner of the 1985 U.S. Film Festival for best dramatic picture. The writing by Oates is loosely based on a true story described as “the tale of Charles Schmid‚ a twenty-three-year-old who cruises teenage hangouts‚ picking up girls for rides in his gold convertible”
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Where are you Going‚ Where have you been? Is a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. The story involves a 15 year old girl named Connie that is rebelling against her mother’s whishes. Connie often rides with her friends to a shopping plaza to hang out and meet other people. One evening while she is out with her friends she leaves with a boy named Eddie. On the way to Eddie’s car she sees a stranger in a convertible that tells her “Gonna get you‚ baby”. Then one Sunday after missing church Connie’s
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Ashlee Thomas Fall 2014 Oats and O’Connor’s Perspective of a Stranger In the short stories “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates and “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor‚ both authors use their main characters to point out an important message about strangers. In the text “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been”‚ Joyce Carol Oates character Arnold Friend uses Connie’s low self-esteem as an advantage to manipulate her into doing as he says. In “Good Country People”
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her‚ and that was the beginning of which led to her death. If only Connie’s father took the time to initiate a conversation with his daughters‚ the Resendiz 2 one-second “intimate” interaction with that man “in a convertible jalopy painted gold” (Oates) could’ve been prevented. With that being said it is crucial to know that “the role of (a) father is to teach his daughter how to be in a nonsexual‚ intimate relationship(s) with a man.” (OWN) To be taught and told by not just your parents‚ but from
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