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    traveler‚ the protagonist and only character from Joyce Carol Oates’ short story “The Journey”. The traveler‚ who is not identified as female or male‚ sets out on a journey on the highway towards a city that they have visited many times. Along the way‚ the traveler finds themself lost after turning on a different road that they usually follow towards the city; they suppose that the new route is going to be scenic and therefore different. In Oates’ short story‚ it is revealed that the process of becoming

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    Oates uses music as Connie’s bridge from the real world into her fantasy world. Throughout the story Oates shows the importance of music in Connie’s life. Connie often listens to music and daydreams about boys. All of her ideas about boys come from the music she listens to. Connie thinks about one of the boys she went out with and feels as though the kind of love they had was the way it is promised in music (Oates 293). The songs she listens to give her everything she knows about romance. When Connie

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    The book‚ "We Were the Mulvaneys" by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is the story of an "all American family" that falls apart after their daughter is raped. The father‚ who once had a successful roofing company‚ lets his business slide and devotes his life to alcohol and law suits‚ and the three brothers either abandon the family or try to find a method of gaining vengeance for their sister. This particular excerpt describes a scene by the brook‚ where the youngest Mulvaney (Judd) is contemplating life and the

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    […] as he is very potent with such spirits‚ abuses me to damn me" (William Shakespeare). The Devil has been a theme in writings for decades; authors have played with the symbolism of the Devil in their characters to add depth to their writing. Joyce Carol Oates‚ an accredited short story writer‚ has received numerous awards for her works. Her writing style is captivating; grabbing the reader ’s undying attention as they enter her world; a world including violence‚ rape‚ murder‚ and the good ol ’ Devil

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    Literal Analysis of “Lovely‚ Dark‚ Deep” “Lovely‚ Dark‚ Deep” is one of the 13 short stories that were written by Joyce Carol Oates in one of her literal works known as Lovely‚ Dark‚ Deep: Stories‚ which was first published in Harpers in November 2013. “Lovely‚ Dark‚ Deep” primarily focuses on the life of a former poet by the name Robert Frost. It tells how Evangeline Fife‚ a young journalist‚ goes to interview Frost during the summer of 1951. As Fife arrives at Frost’s home‚ she finds him sleeping

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    throwing the numbers 33‚ 19‚ and 17 and how Mark Robson misinterpreted them. He tells of how his biblical reference to Judges and Genesis is incorrect. His sole purpose in writing his essay is to explain how Robson screwed up. He uses quotes from Oates short story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?” to support his thesis statement. Some of the points he makes are how the numbers 33‚ 19‚ and‚ 17 add up to be 69‚ which in French is ‘six- a – neuf’ and is used as a common sex symbol rather than

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    aren’t real‚ or for a parent to watch as their son or daughter make life changing decisions. Decisions like which colleges to go to‚ or to decide to marry their high school sweet heart. A teenager’s loss of innocence is the focal point of Joyce Carol Oates short story “Where are you going? Where have you been?” featuring the main protagonist‚ Connie. Connie is forced to face the ordeal of becoming an adult at the age of fifteen in a matter of minutes. She spurns her parents in an effort to be

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    Joyce Carol Oates’ story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is initially about a teen (Connie) who is going through the beginning phases of teen life‚ playing into the stereotype of an image-conscious teen. She is recalcitrant with her parents‚ sneaks off to start hanging out with boys‚ et cetera. About a third of the way through the story‚ a man that she had seen earlier at the diner shows up to take her out for a drive‚ and the situation goes downhill as she asks him more and more questions

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    In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are you Going‚ Where Have You Been"‚ Oates used figurative language to show the evil in Arnold Friend and how he as a Fiend tries to pull Connie into his corrupted world. The harsh reality that Oates includes in her story is that there are fiends that may seem like a friend around us like Arnold. By using figurative language Oates can create a fiend from what Seem to be a Friend. There are many hints that Joyce left to show that Arnold Friend is not a friend at all

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    Every person experiences changes in his life. Some of these changes are small such as the passing from one grade to another in school. Other changes are more dramatic‚ such as the transition from childhood to adulthood. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" the author goes into depth of the transition from being a carefree‚ innocent child to the complexity and uncertainty of the future when one becomes an adult. The message begins even before the story itself actually

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