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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story “Where have you been‚ Where are you going?” Joyce Carol Oates describes ‚ the main character Connie to be a rebellious teenager‚ she loses her childhood innocence when she gives up her virginity to Arnold Friend. Annotated bibliography Connie is portrayed to be lacking in self esteem and has feelings of worthlessness which is why she makes the decision‚ possibly fatal‚ like befriending Arnold friend. Johnson‚ Greg. Understanding Joyce Carol Oates‚ 1987: 101-02Johnson “interprets the
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Dubliner‚ written by the Irish novelist James Joyce‚ is a collection of fifteen short stories published in 1914. It deals with childhood‚ maturity and public life in Dublin‚ Ireland. The final story of the compilation is The Dead; which tells about Kate and Julia Morkan’s annual party on the Epiphany day. Although the two elderly sisters receive in their house relatives and friends‚ they eagerly wait for the arrival of their favorite nephew: Gabriel Conroy and his wife Gretta. The professor and intellectual
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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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Oates ’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?": Arnold Fiend In Joyce Carol Oates ’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" critics argue whether the character of Arnold Friend‚ clearly the story ’s antagonist‚ represents Satan in the story. Indeed‚ Arnold Friend is an allegorical devil figure for the main reason that he tempts Connie‚ the protagonist‚ into riding off with him in his car. Oates characterizes Arnold Friend at first glance as "a boy with shaggy‚ black hair‚ in a convertible
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Second‚ in his essay about Hell‚ Joyce uses intensive imagery to create a scenery of Hell. Imagery is the figurative language that is most prominent in this passage. Without it‚ describing what hell looks like is useless. For example‚ in paragraph six‚ Joyce gives a description of the sensation of hellfire. He states “Every sense of the flesh is tortured eternally and every faculty of the soul therewith: the eyes with impenetrable utter darkness‚ the nose noisome odor‚ the ears with yells‚ howls
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“Should Artifacts be Returned to Where They Came From” Why move artifact that is already in a museum. In “Who Own The Past” by Joyce mortimer we learned about artifacts being take out of museums and taken back to the origin of place‚ tho this sounds like a good thing who knows if will be able to protect the artifact or if they might neglect it. We should return artifact back because there to many variables when there all ready in a safe place and guarded without neglect. In some place after the
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think 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
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Student Name Professor Name Subject Date The Motives of Fateful Meeting in Joyce Carol Oates’s short story “In the Region of Ice” In her short story “In the Region of Ice”‚ Joyce Carol Oates portrays the complexity of human characters‚ thus revealing the most intimate and hidden movements of human soul. In the given story‚ Oates intentionally makes the opposites collide‚ interact‚ and coexist‚ despite all seeming differences and conventions. And the main protagonists – Sister Irene
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Where have you Been Smooth Talking? In the short story Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? By Joyce Carol Oates‚ the lifestyle of protagonist Connie is described. Connie was a typical 15-year-old. She was outgoing‚ fun‚ and social. She had the worst relationship with her mother and her relationship with her father was not explained because he was not home much. Connie’s main concern was boys; she would do anything to meet up with them. That is not always a good idea because you never know
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