The Face of Evil Doesn’t Always Look the Part The short story “Where are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ and its adaptation Smooth Talk by Joyce Chopra both 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
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Frank Smyser Woods‚ 10:15 6/14/14 Literary Analysis “Life After High School” The short story‚ “Life After High School” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is set in the small town of South Lebanon‚ New York in 1959. The first three quarters of the story is the tragic tale of one-sided love where Zachary Graff‚ the intelligent but socially awkward teenager falls in love with Sunny Burhman‚ the attractive and popular girl that everyone adores. She rejects his proposal and he can’t take it and decides to
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story begins‚ the ending is what determines what type of story was told (thus what genre it falls in). This concept of endings is greatly exemplified through the comparison of the short story Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates and the film the story was based on called Smooth Talk. Both works contain an abundance of similarities but‚ due to slight yet critical changes made‚ the two stories become very different in their underlying themes/genre. The two stories differ in
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Wrong Impressions The short story‚ “Where Are You going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates explains how a young girl was struggling to find herself. Oates writes about a girl named Connie who was 16 years old and was lost in a world of fantasy. Connie had a split personality/image while at home and when she was out with her friends. Living in a world of fantasy‚ Connie would ignore her family by tuning them out and being distant. Connie would constantly be in front of the mirror admiring
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The decline of the societal and cultural values during 1960s can be seen through Joyce Carol Oates’‚ “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?” The story‚ which narrates the fatal destiny of fifteen year old Connie‚ shows the rise of a pop-culture/music guided society‚ it also shows the rise of the sexual revolution and the disregard for women‚ and the negligence of parents at the time. In the story the devil is represented by ARNOLD FRIEND‚ who at the end of the story seduces Connie into her own
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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” Flannery
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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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you been” Analysis Evette Paden Shorter University “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” is a chilling tale of rape and murder with a plot to create suspense. On a symbolic level it becomes a metaphor for simplicity and innocence. Oates’ use of literal and figurative‚ psychological and allegorical levels makes this story a powerful and fascinating story. One contributing factor to this story’s power is her depiction of the two main characters’ double identities. Connie is one way
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Analysis for “Where are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates’ short story is a complete fiction in the sense that it utilizes all its elements without deemphasizing one for the other. Oates uses point of view‚ setting‚ conflict‚ character‚ and symbol equally well to convey her theme. Oates applies these elements of fiction to give readers a better understanding of the American teenager and to show how a girl is psychologically manipulated by predators. It is evident from the first
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Does a hero wear a cape and fly around‚ while saving cats falling from trees? Does one have to be a hero by saving someone from a burning building? What qualifies as a hero? Many people have their own definition and vision of a hero. Heroism comes in many ways through attitudes and acts of oneself. I believe heroism is the intent of doing something for the benefit of others‚ and not caring about the consequences that might ensue. In Joyce Carol Oates’s "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚"
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