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Joyce Carol Oates Thoughts And Actions
818 wordsThe persona of a psychopath appears to be much like any human. In many cases, one would not be able to "pick them out of a crowd." Their minds, however, differ greatly from most. A psychopath is extremely smart and methodical in thinking and most often is very meticulous in the way in which he / she acts. While many people are not thinking beyond the norm, a psychopath thinks about every breath, step, and word a person lets out into the open. In the short story "Where are you going, Where have y...
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Serial Killers Arnold Friend
1,101 wordsA famous short story is Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates. This stunning story describes how the seemingly perfect girl, Connie, is terrorized by the most abnormal man, Arnold Friend. Some would argue that he is the devil. Any argument that Arnold Friend is Satan can be used to say he is nothing more than a psychotic serial killer. While this prospect is horrific, it is considerably less disturbing than the devil knocking at your door. Though his persuasive behavior,...
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Year Old Girl Pity And Fear
1,094 wordsWhen "Where Are You Going, Where have you been?" was written in 1966, it was interpreted many different ways. Many feminist and womens rights groups saw the story as an symbol of violence against women. Others believed it was a demonstration of "pure realism" and the "grotesque. " Joyce Carol Oates has never substantiated or refuted any of these claims, her only comment on the story being that Bob Dylan's song, "Its All Over Now, Baby Blue" was on her mind while writing it. No matter what view o...
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Arnold Friend Home Life
999 wordsIn the short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates (1966), there are many indicators that Connie may have committed suicide. Oates wrote this story about the Bob Dylan song Its All Over Now, Baby Blue, which deals with a similar story line. Oats begins by letting the reader know how unhappy Connie's home life is. She then gives many clear signs of Connie's depression, and several hints of suicidal thoughts. Drawn by the urgent insisting pounding of the music (590),...
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Connie Replies Arnold Friend Story
551 wordsWhen a person is put in an extremely shocking situation where the outcome is almost unpredictable, many physical and emotional changes take place. Joyce Oates story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? puts Connie, an average teenager, in such a situation. Throughout the story, occasionally using religious allusions, Connie's speech of a typical teenager gradually changes, from calm and inquisitive to anxious and terrified. The story begins on a Sunday morning when Connie's family leaves to...
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Joyce Carol Oates Pied Piper
1,728 wordsCritical Analysis of Joyce Carol Oates Where Are you Going, Where Have you Been Introduction The sexual theme is often hidden in literature, and the darker sexual theme is often ignored. Joyce Carol Oates went beyond the typical expectations of society and wrote a short story with such a theme. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been is based on the serial killer Charles Schmid, who was also known as the Pied Piper of Tucson. Charles Schmid was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of thre...
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Joyce Carol Oates Literature Resource Center
1,737 words... meaning. Connie and her friends enter the sacred building that loomed out of the night to give them what haven and what blessing they yearned for (Oates 615). It is something they dont feel complete without. Much like an extremely religious or spiritual person, feeling empty without that superior being, and in this story, Arnold Friend acts as that. The diner is much like a place of worship for Connie, with music always in the background like music at a church service, it was something alway...
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Joyce Carol Oates Studies In Short Fiction
1,409 words? Friend or Foe? ? ? Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? , is one of the many short stories written by Mrs. Joyce Carol Oates that has become highly recognized. It was inspired by a magazine story about a serial killer. It quickly it became very popular anyway even the basis for the 1985 hit movie, ? Smooth Talk? . Like many other short stories and novels written by Joyce Carol Oates, ? Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? is a story that is consumed by evil, the theme. In the story e...
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Joyce Carol Oates Good Vs Evil
761 words? Did Connie Bring Arnold? s Actions Upon Herself? ? Her heart was almost too big for her chest and its pumping made sweat break out all over her? (105). Joyce Carol Oates places the reader in an undesirable situation in? Where are you going, Where have you been? ? . This situation is a young girl being evilly seduced and raped. Although Connie is young and beautiful, her two contrasting personalities and actions put her in a position of fear and shock as Arnold Friend, takes her to a personal l...
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Joyce Carol Oates Arnold Friend
1,222 words1 English 101? Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? In Joyce Carol Oates? ? Where Are you Going, Where Have You Been? , there is a clear interpretation of evil in Arnold Friend and how he as a demon tries to pull Connie into the dark world of sex and emotion. Oates seems to extract scenarios of real life and add them into her story. The character of Arnold Friend is more or less what really is out there. The harsh reality that Oates includes in her story is that there are demons like Arnold...
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Joyce Carol Oates Thoughts And Actions
790 wordsThe persona of a psychopath appears to be much like any human. In many cases, one would not be able to pick them out of a crowd. Their minds, however, differ greatly from most. A psychopath is extremely smart and methodical in thinking and most often is very meticulous in the way in which he / she acts. While many people are not thinking beyond the norm, a psychopath thinks about every breath, step, and word a person lets out into the open. In the short story Where are you going, Where have you ...
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Joyce Carol Oates Good Man Is Hard
1,500 wordsSchool shootings, bombings, rape, and murder are words that are commonly seen in newspaper headlines and heard on the morning news. To most people these acts seem like senseless violence. However, writers like Joyce Carol Oates and Flannery OConnor use these same violent images to deliver a powerful moral message. Their stories Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? and A Good Man is Hard to Find are very comparable in the lessons that they teach. Joyce Carol Oates Where Are You Going, Where ...
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