Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates In 1966‚ Joyce Carol Oates published her short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”. Oates was inspired to write this story after reading about a serial killer that was referred to as “The Pied Piper of Tucson”. Oates was disturbed by the number of teenagers that this killer was able to persuade to help him and keep his secrets (Oates 1). Oates uses irony‚ imagery‚ and symbolism to support her theme of evil in this short story. Oates starts off
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original or modern form)‚ speak up. 10 The Pied Piper In the tale of the Pied Piper‚ we have a village overrun with rats. A man arrives dressed in clothes of pied (a patchwork of colors) and offers to rid the town of the vermin. The villagers agree to pay a vast sum of money if the piper can do it – and he does. He plays music on his pipe which draws all the rats out of the town. When he returns for payment – the villagers won’t cough up so the Pied Piper decides to rid the town of children too!
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Page fifteen opens with ‘pipe music’‚ this gives the audience a sense of what the story of Der Rattenfanger is about even if they fail to understand the German title. Pipe music is usually associated with the story of the Pied Piper‚ which is what we later discover Der Rattenfanger expresses. As Faith reads the title of Der Rattenfanger Eva asks her ‘Mutti’ the question of what an abyss is‚ this is significant in regards to describing the character of The Ratcatcher‚ an abyss is usually associated
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Kindertransport- The Ratcatcher (Tracking him through the book) Pipe Music Pages 1‚16‚17‚21‚48‚83‚88 The pied piper of Hamlyn played his pipe music to lead away first the rats‚ then the villager’s children and the music is first played in Kindertransport when Eva is reading the ‘Der Rattenfänger’‚ so from then on the audience can associate the music with the Ratcatcher‚ and only the music needs playing for the audience to anticipate his arrival. - Mouth Organ Pages 1‚72‚88 As well as pipe
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Charles Howard Schmid‚ Jr. also known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson‚" was an American serial killer. In the story‚ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates‚ the character Arnold Friend was based on the serial killer in which Connie was one of the many victims he had abducted. There are many possibilities on how the author intends the readers to understand it. Such as‚ it could be a dream that Connie is having‚ in all actuality it could be real; it could send a message
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anything‚ I didn ’t even plan on living this long so all this shit is just add-on stuff. ’ " ("Garcia") This attitude shows why Garcia did all of the things he did and even how some of them came about. Garcia‚ who "functioned as the preeminent pied piper of the rock era‚" led a life of great artistic ability which he used in many ways("Grateful Dead_ Rockhall"). Jerry Garcia was born as Jerome John Garcia on 1 August‚ 1942 in San Francisco‚ California ("Garcia"/ ’Grateful Dead"). Garcia learned
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Connie Connie rejects the role of daughter‚ sister‚ and “nice” girl to cultivate her sexual persona‚ which flourishes only when she is away from her home and family. She makes fun of her frumpy older sister‚ June‚ and is in constant conflict with her family. Her concerns are typically adolescent: she obsesses about her looks‚ listens to music‚ hangs out with her friends‚ flirts with boys‚ and explores her sexuality. She takes great pleasure in the fact that boys and even men find her attractive
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“Where are you going‚ Where have 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
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My Poetry Book By Hans Page 1– Table of Contents Page 2 – Thoughts on poetry Page 3 – Similes Page 4 – Metaphors Page 5 – Personification Page 6 – Apostrophe Page 7 – Hyperbole Page 8 – Onomatopoeia Page 9 – Internal rhyme Page 10 – Imagery Page 11 – Alliteration Page 12 – Autobiographical Poem Page 13 – Acrostic poem Page 14 – “This Is Just to Say” Poem Page 15 – My Favorite Poet(s) My thoughts on poetry My favorite poems are jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
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here. When I go out to eat I usually talk about how good or bad the food I am served is‚ what I should be doing is enjoying my life and spending time with my family and friends while out to eat. Most people are not as lucky as me. I enjoyed the Pied Piper act that Nicholi puts on to get the students to listen to him. Granted that the way that the students got back to Russia is virtually impossible nowadays‚ I still found it humorous how they executed their plan. In conclusion‚ I found this movie
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