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Where Is Here? By Joyce Carol Oates: An Analysis

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Where is Here? was written by Joyce Carol Oates. Joyce wrote novels and stories concerning individuals whose ordinary lives are suddenly upset by mysterious forces beyond their control. The mysterious force in this story is the stranger. The family is interrupted in the preparation of supper by the stranger who wants to look around his childhood home. The mysterious force of the stranger brings into question whether or not he is a ghost or time traveler, and what has happened to the sister.
The stranger is a ghost because of how he was dressed with no hat when he arrived at dusk. He wanted to come and see the house and figure out whether the father can be redeemed so that the murder does not have to take place. The father has abused the family

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