Arnold Friend Religion

the rejoice of women’s sexuality, Oates exploits the oppressive power that religion holds over females. The biblical references, the historical context, and the personification of religion itself all negatively weave itself through Connie’s life, until finally, she is defeated. To blame Connie for her downfall is to reject arguably the most important takeaway from the story, which is the harmful implications that religion causes. Had Connie never been placed in such a desperate position for power

Throughout the story a main theme is religion, which can make one curious to why Arnold Friend does what he does. Through his looks and ability to know what the family is doing, we see that Arnold Friend appears to be some supernatural entity. Bob Dylan produces music that “could be religious”. Lastly, the family does not attend church. Bob Dylan, Arnold Friend, and Connie and her family can represent some religious aspect of the text. In numerous religions, it is common to believe that there

Maiden.” In this short story, Oates provides internal events in the form of excitement and suspense. These internal events are also the climax. Arnold Friend, the demonic adversary, causes Connie, the protagonist, the anguish which drives the plot. Arnold Friend persuades Connie to cross the threshold into the adult world and lose her innocence. Home life Friend first noticed Connie when she was at the diner, her parents did not know she was there. Connie has been hiding a lot from her family, including

that period. Oates demonstrates in her short story, through the use of music as a motif, her characterization of Connie’s parents, and her choice of title, that this lack of religion and authority in Connie’s life is what resulted in her unfortunate encounter with Arnold Friend. First, Oates uses music as a replacement for religion in Connie’s life. This is shown, for example, in her description of the drive-in: “the bright lit, fly-infested restaurant, their faces pleased and expectant as though they

a mystery, Arnold Friend who shifts Connie from reality to fantasy and pushes her spiritually to obey him. An important motif from the text, the music, reveals the true identity of Connie and becomes a weapon used to dictate her along with Arnold Friend's voice, and Bob Dylan's song has all contributes to the central theme of the story, domination. At

symbols and themes throughout her stories such as religion, romance and identity. In Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Connie is faced with multiple obstacles, some that will determine her fate forever. There are predators throughout this gothic story, that test Connie’s morals. Within this story the audience will be exposed to a variety of relationships. Oates depicts the characters of the story as vain, evil, and jealous. The symbolism of religion is extremely significant throughout this story

In many stories, there may be symbols relating to the devil or a savior. In the story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” the character Arnold Friend has many controversial views on whether he is a savior or satanic figure. As the main character in the story, Connie gets taken away by Arnold Friend to get raped. Although she gets raped, Tierce and Crafton argue that he is Connie’s savior because he is the “answer to Connie’s ‘unuttered’ call and to her ‘erotic’ desires”(Tierce, Crafton 222)

Is it friends or family? Different people find happiness in different things, for author Matthew Arnold happiness can be found in peaceful times, religion, and the ways of the old world. Arnold was a man of the past and disliked the modernization of the world in the 19th century, making it harder for him to find happiness. This struggle to find peace created that hatred for the change and his negative attitudes towards the new world are apparent in his writings. Within his works, Arnold uses constant

Dover Beach, Matthew Arnold said, “The Sea of Faith was once, too, at the full, and round Earth’s shore.” By this he means that society is falling apart like the sea breaks the shore. Works like Dover Beach lead Matthew Arnold to a life of success. Matthew Arnold is best known for his elegant writing, argumentative critics, and his influences as an educator, by writing such work as Dover Beach. Matthew Arnold was born on 24 December 1822 in Laleham, England. His father, Thomas Arnold, was a famous educator

Arnold had managed to get the “rifle caught on the wire,” (2) and when he “jerked at it,” (2) it had shot Eugie. Instead of returning straight home, possibly to get help for his brother, Arnold had continued on his journey for the pea’s. It wasn’t until much later that Arnold had finally gotten home and bluntly told his parents the unfortunate news. When his father and mother had acknowledged that what Arnold was saying wasn’t some kind of game, they had immediately started treating Arnold as

6/03/2015: O’Connor’s short story “ A Good Man Is Hard To Find” symbolizes a theme of religion which questions me to think how O’Connor was raised? In my intention of this story every character seems to play a key role of religion. As for the Misfit can be seen as Satan himself as he encounters the family and kills them all. Yet he does it so politely saying “he is not a good man”, and how he only shoots just 3 bullets into the Grandmother. This gives me a sense of how O’Connor is conveying a message

12 16 November 2017 Arnold Friend our symbolic Satan There are many ideas about what or who the Devil is, even among believers. The number of differing sources and translations have led to plenty of inconsistencies, rumors, and assumptions surrounding the Prince of Darkness. Throughout the short story “Where Are You going, Where Have You Been?”, Arnold Friend is seen as a symbolic Satan. Joyce Carol Oates uses dialogue, characterization, and plot to show the readers how Arnold embodies features of

In the story, “Where are you going, where have you been” by Joyce Carol Oates, the author utilizes a metaphorical figure of evil to convey the underlying theme of temptation. The author refers to hell through the antagonist, Arnold Friend symbolizing the devil, and the protagonist Connie as the helpless victim who invites him in by committing the sin of vanity and lust. The main protagonist Connie, is a young girl in the stage of adolescence and rebellion, who struggles to escape her reality

symbolism illustrated in Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?”.  Weg’s makes claims suggesting that Connie’s absent family is to blame for her behavior, that Arnold is Connie’s own unconscious desires (Wegs 70), and Arnold as being a representation of Satan. Wegs perceives music and Arnold Friend as negative symbols in Connie’s world.  The article helped initiate a new perspective of the ending for myself. This essay will further detail Wegs’ own claims on the story and why

will keep attracting readers. This short story is filled with interesting characters and ideas. The most interesting characters being Arnold Friend and his buddy. Arnold is the main antagonist in the story and always carries this very creepy vibe with him throughout the story. The author uses these two characters to symbolize evil in our society and connect it to religion. As well as introducing a time period where traditional America was fading. Author Joyce Carol Oates also uses many different types