at home. She meets a man named Arnold Friend, he goes after Connie, claiming he has to take her for a ride, but it is obvious he wants to do other things. Because of this character’s actions, it is determined that he is a representation of the devil. Through plot, characterization, and dialogue, Oates successfully portrays Arnold Friend as a symbolic Satan. Through plot, Oates demonstrates how Arnold Friend can be seen as a symbolic Satan. Plot starts when Arnold makes sure to tell Connie he is
sexual awakening through a dream sequence. Throughout the short story it can be determined that the story is a dream sequence through characterization, dialogue, and setting. The characterization of Arnold Friend in the short story gives the reader many clues as to his nature. In the short story, Arnold Friend is shown to be strange, almost unreal, through his characterization. The following is a good example: One of his boots was at a strange angle…’anybody can break through a screen door and glass
Arnold Friend, Joyce Carol Oates's antagonist in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is a man that persuades Connie, the fifteen-year-old protagonist and target of Arnold's thirst, into abandoning her home, her family and succumbing to his power. Observed through the supernatural lens, Arnold Friend can be described as a malevolent force that displays many characteristics of a vampire. The story is third person (limited omniscient) told from Connie's point of view and Connie's dreadful introduction
few are lucky to get, is quite possibly one of the most cliche characters in literature. She’s a two-faced, insecure girl with a smart mouth and resentment towards her family members. In the beginning of the story, Oates sets the scene with Connie out with her friend, whom she then ditches to hang out with some random guy she met at the diner. Everything seems to be going predictably, until the unimaginable happens when Arnold Friend pulls into her driveway, beckoning her to come outside since he
story when Arnold Friend targets stunning, 15-year-old Connie. Manipulation as well as other factors lead Connie to make an irrational decision, which jeopardizes her life. In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” aspects of belonging to neglectful family with an overachieving sister, an envious mother, and careless father particularly contribute in Connie’s kidnapping, Connie never lived up to standards, mostly when she was set side by side with her older sister. ‘’June
been?”, Arnold Friend’s character actions closely resemble that of Charles Schmid. Charles crammed his shoes with paper and cans to appear taller and was always muscular and fit from doing gymnastics up until his senior year of high school. After he graduated from high school, Charles Schmid started dying his hair black and wearing an abundance of cosmetics to appear young and gain attention from young girls. In “Where are you going, Where have you been?”, Connie describes Arnold Friend trying to
Have You been’, featuring the infamous Arnold Friend and plenty of adult themes. So many possible theories stem from just one character from a short story whether he could perhaps be death, or the devil in disguise coming to take Connie away; or perhaps just a mental creepy man coming to kidnap and rape Connie. So many things that Arnold Friend tells little vain Connie can be interpreted in either direction, it is all in how you look at it. To compare Arnold to the devil is like comparing two kinds
Composition I 1301 18 October 2017 “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" Analysis The short story “Where are you going, Where have you been” by Joyce Carol Oates was published in 1966. The story was purposely written for Bob Dylan, who’s song “It’s all over now, Baby Blue” had a great influence on the story. story Oates gives us many descriptions of the characters to give the reader a better understanding of what the character is feeling, thinking, and shows their personalities through their actions
such biblical characters are not modern in literature, the basic lessons and motifs can be reapplied to modern, present- day stories in order to help one better understand how these propositions are still unequivocally applicable to human nature. In the short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates, Oates manipulates characterization, symbolism, and plot in order to convey the theme that temptation comes in familiar forms through the character Arnold Friend’s portrayal
Linda Nguyen WRT 102 Judith Watry Research Paper 29 November 2016 The Psychological Analysis of Charles Schmid and Arnold Friend While doing some research on psychological criticism, I found that Arnold Friend in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates and notorious murderer Charles Schmid of The Pied Piper of Tucson by Don Moser have characteristics of being a psychopath, motive for killing, similar comparisons of innocence taken by an evil mind, and how Oates wrote her story