English 101

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Term Paper Title	English 101
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	4.84

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English 101

    ³Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been²
     In Joyce Carol Oates¹ ³Where Are you Going, Where Have You Been²,  there is a clear interpretation of evil in Arnold Friend and how he as a demon tries to pull Connie into the dark world of sex and emotion.  Oates seems to extract scenarios of real life and add them into her story.  The character of Arnold Friend is more or less what really is out there.  The harsh reality that Oates includes in her story is that there are demons like Arnold.  Many people have interpreted Friend¹s character as  the Pied Piper of Tucson who was a mass murderer who killed teens.(Hurley 372).  By incorporating more life like realities in the story, Oates can construct the evil of Friend in an almost believable setting.
     There are many clues in the story that hint that Arnold Friend is not a friend at all, but is in fact a demon come to take Connie away.  When we first meet Arnold Friend, it is obvious that Connie has an uneasy feeling about him and feels violated by his presence.  For instance, Arnold right away starts to ask Connie if ³(She) wansta come for a ride.² (Oates 1012).  Arnold seems to be pressuring Connie from the start and is obviously not there just to take her for a ride.  The ³ride² that Arnold talks of could possibly even have a sexual connotation that Connie does not pick up on because she is so young and blind to the world of sexual pleasures that Arnold lives in.  Oates chooses words too carefully to show that Arnold is a devious snake.  Connie sees Arnold many times as an evil character and letting the reader know by describing Arnold as a ³pumpkin, except it wore sunglasses.² (Oates 1013).  In this passage Connie relates Arnold to a Halloween figure and in the same quote refers to Arnold as ³it².  At other times Oates describes Arnold¹s eyes as evil.  ³He grinned so broadly his
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eyes became slits and she saw how thick the lashes were, thick and black as if painted with a black tar-like material.² (Oates 1015).  It is apparent that Oates uses descriptions such as these to illustrate an unhuman quality in a human form.    Another interesting word choice that Oates uses is when Arnold is talking perversely to Connie and she comes back with ³People don¹t tal...

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