1. Joyce Carol Oates
In Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are you Going, Where Have You Been" there is a clear interpretation of evil in Arnold Friend's portrayal of a demon who tries to lure Connie into his world of sex and emotion. Joyce Carol Oates seems to create scenarios of real life and center them into her story. ... (Oates 618). ... He warns her, "You won't want that"(Oates 623). ... The "vast sunlit reaches of land"(Oates 626) that Oates writes about are new experiences that Connie has never before experienced. ...
Having said that, Joyce Carol Oates, "Where are you going, Where Have you been?" ... He's at the barbecue" (Oates 701). ... Here breath was coming quickly" (Oates 701). ... I"m your lover, honey"" (Oates 701). ... (flannery O"Connor, Joyce Carol Oates) Nancy Bishop" writes, "Connie becomes more and more frightened as Arnold Friend makes sexual suggestions- (Dessommes). ...
An Old Friend Joyce Carol Oates writes "Where are you going, Where have you been" in a very symbolic way. ... Oates uses Arnold and Connie in the story to symbolize pop culture and evil, the way pop culture affects people in their adolescence negatively, and how we should constantly be aware of where people are going as individuals. Throughout the story Oates uses symbolism to show how Arnold and Connie were pictures of pop culture and evil. ...
"Where are you going, Where have you been?" by Joyce Carol Oates reveals a pattern that mainly consists of two things: Arnold Friend symbolizes Satan and Connie must be raped and murdered. The portrait of Arnold is created in the mind of Connie and that is the only place where it exists. On the oth...