Theme Of Three Girls By Joyce Carol Oates

man in the black suit was the Devil.” (King) A common theme among depictions of The Devil is that of unusual physical attributes. The Devil is depicted in three different stories (Joyce Carol Oates’ ‘Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?’, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘Young Goodman Brown’, and Steven King’s ‘The Man In The Black Suit’) in three different ways, yet each description bares remarkable similarities in some aspects to the next. Themes common to the devil are that of his physical appearance

rising in pop-culture. One of these is “Where are you going? Where have you been? By Carol Joyce Oates. This story tells of Connie, a young adult trying to make the leap to adulthood. Connie in her attempt to breach the gap ends up in drawing attention of Arnold Friend sealing the fate of her poorly executed coming of age. Connies ill fated coming of age in “Where have you been? Where are you going?” by Carol Joyce Oates acts as a cautionary tale about modern perils of adolescence. Connie’s parents

Have You Been?” was written in 1966 by Joyce Carol Oates. The short story introduces the main character, Connie, as a 15-year-old girl who is a lot like a stereotypical teenager. Connie is portrayed as a naïve girl who uses her looks to attract boys’ attention. However, her innocent flirtations cause her to attract the attention of a middle-aged man, Arnold Friend. She finds herself in a dangerous situation while home alone. Joyce Oates dramatizes a theme of good vs. evil by allowing the characters

workforce. The subordination of the female sex resulting from the masculine dominance in the public sphere is a central theme in postmodern literature, including Joyce Carol Oates’ publication "Where are You Going, Where Have You Been." In the short story, Oates criticizes the patriarchal culture of American society by characterizing the male roles as oppressors of the female gender. Oates depicts the American father as a neglector of the female sex. The patriarchal dominance of the public sphere positions

Joyce Carol Oate’s a closer look at Arnold Friend In Joyce Carol Oate’s “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” we are introduced to Arnold Friend. Friend embodies a classical villain that readers have been exposed to throughout the history of time, a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Much of Friends character is modeled after Charles Perrault, Little Red Riding Hood‘s own wolf. Certainly there are obvious differences in “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” and in the folk tale of Little

being poisoned by talks of rebellion and uprising. Joyce Carol Oates, the author of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, begins by introducing Connie, a stereotypical 15 year-old in the 1960’s, who voices the arrogance of the youth. Connie’s passion for glancing at every reflective surface she passes by, her attempts to appear older, and her daydreams of romance devised by music indicates how she believes the world is all a fairytale and how Oates perceives the mindset of minorities. In the

workforce. The subordination of the female sex resulting from the masculine dominance in the public sphere is a central theme in postmodern literature, including Joyce Carol Oates’ publication "Where are You Going, Where Have You Been." In the short story, Oates criticizes the patriarchal culture of American society by characterizing the male roles as oppressors of the female gender. Oates depicts the American father as a neglecter of the

close” (Moss and Wilson 3). As a result, many teenagers lost the conservative morals of the 1950s and became more independent. In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates, Connie represents the result of this cultural revolution. Criticized by her mother for her promiscuity, Connie is an independent girl who often hangs out with her friends trying to attract boys. In doing so, she attracts a sexual predator named Arnold Friend who visits her at her home to try to get her to leave

story written by Joyce Carol Oates. In this story the author talks about the significant moment people face when they reach a certain age. This story is about a teenager name Connie, who is sunk in her own world full of trashy dream. She has absorbed the lesson of the pop culture she lives in. In her world, being attractive is everything for a woman. Her mother is constantly criticizing her about her look, meanwhile her father can care less about the family. Like Joyce Carol Oates’ message of life

..” (Oates, n.p.), switching back to more positive diction. Oates’ portrayal of Friend vacillates enough that readers can’t develop a definitive opinion of Arthur Friend other than a collective agreement that Arthur Friend is a creep. Another serious yet in a sense comical problem with the story is it’s sheer density. Not content with merely writing an essay on teenage sexuality or a short narrative about a girl named Connie who’s just being introduced to the reality of relationships, Oates feels