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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"...she knew she was pretty and that was everything" (Oates, 14). ... Joyce Carol Oates overall described Connie as a pretty, young girl. ... "She always drew thick clear lines between herself and such girls- (Oates, 18). ... When Connie had time to relax, " her mind was filled with trashy daydreams" (Oates, 15). ... Joyce Carol Oates describes Connie from there different points in the story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Joyce Carol Oates" story "Shopping," Oates tells a story of a mother and her daughter spending the day shopping together. ... Oates alludes to the idea of Mrs. Dietrich loving her daughter, Nola, more than she loves her own mother by stating, "She loves Nola with a fierce unreasoned passion , certainly far stronger than any she felt for her own mother" (Oates, 170). ...

• Word Count: 997
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• Grade Level: High School