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Suspense In Joyce Carol Oates 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been'

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What would you do if you and your families lives were at stake? This was something that I pondered about while interpreting the story of,” Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” by Joyce Carol Oates. Oates wrote this short story to create suspense. It really leaves you on edge. The most suspense would have to be at the end of the story. Oates leaves you falling off of a cliff as to what would happen to Connie and her family. It makes me ponder if this was just a dream or reality to them. At the end of the story, Oates writes in the last paragraph,”There was so much land that Connie had never seen before and did not recognize except to know that she was going to it” (14). Connie gets into the car with Arnold and everything stops. The story

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