The Perfect Devil In her fictional story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?,” Joyce Carol Oates tells the thrilling story of a gullible fifteen year old girl named Connie ,whose privacy is violated when a stranger named Arnold Friend pulls up in her driveway and gestures her to join him for a ride. Arnold Friend is a character that is flamboyant, friendly in appearance, and emanates all the qualities of the perfect “prince charming”. Oates has written a story which gives us a twisted take
Paul Mooney once said “People don’t want to hear the truth; they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy.” This quote implies that people perceive things unlike what they actually are. This is perfectly representative of the situation Connie, from the story “Where are you going, Where have you been” by Joyce Carol Oates, becomes associated with. The story features a young female struggling with personal “demons” caused by her encounter with a “devilish” antagonist. Connie, who lives in
do as well as he did before. He has a sudden realization. To illustrate, in the poem it states, “From that moment on, he set himself to do everything with twice as much enthusiasm./And where the arm had been torn away/ a wing grew”(Cassian). Similar to Segers, the subject in “A Man” has an epiphany. He doesn’t have to feel sorry for himself and all the things that he can’t do now that he has a disability. They stay determined through the difficult everyday tasks that they wouldn't be able to do. A
lines where more stress was needed for example in the trisyllable molossus "break, blow, burn" where alliteration is also used to emphasise the chosen diction. This rare type of foot slows the pace of the poem which forces us to focus in on this triple. I would argue that onomatopoeia is also present here as the plosive "b" appears to mimic the action of the words, this also slows our reading and focuses us, highlight the sheer amount of work to be done and the amount of pain he will have to endure
numb, and I fall onto the floor. I think to myself, this will get rid of the endless thoughts of being not smart enough, pretty enough, nice enough. But as I lie there on the ground, I realized although my body is numb and I honestly can’t even tell where my arms and legs are, I’m still stuck with my thoughts. I realized at that point, the most numb I’ve ever felt, it still didn’t help me feel happy. The drugs, the alcohol, the constant pushing down my feelings into a dark place, that was not a solution
I remember every night as a little girl I prayed for stability. I am not sure if I knew exactly what the word meant or if I just assumed. All I know is that I hated change and I just wanted things to be the same tomorrow, so I could know before hand how to deal. This thought process hindered me through most of my life. I have spent majority of my life in really bad situations quietly and politely suffering. In the story Sunny’s blues a man in Harlem is completely removed from anything that connected
There are many different types of maturity. The type that can come with age. The type that can come from having an epiphany. The type that can come with age or growth. Even the type that can come with experiencing love and heartbreak. Everyone can be at different levels of maturity no matter what their age is or where they are in life. Some people will never reach maturity, some have enough in them for 5 different people. When it comes to literature, there are various types of maturity within different
fueled to keep going, which defines this term well: it needs to be sparked and fed. At a young age, people may have various beliefs that may be false. Two such examples are the existence of Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. Obviously both are false, but to know this, someone has to teach it to you. Likewise, although there are 18 grades in the school system (Preschool, Grades 1-12, and the five degrees of college), once you pass that point there's more to the world than meets the eye. You might learn
His mother wanted to give him an honorable name so she used both Kennedy brother’s names. Robert isn’t remembered just for being the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan, he is also known for bringing in his unique sampling techniques that had never been used before and for having a future business plan for himself and the members of his band. Starting from 1972 through 1976, Robert had to live with his uncle in North Carolina. When Robert was in his childhood, he remembers that the neighborhood he
younger brother, Allie, who had been fighting Leukemia, was killed by the cancerous disease. After his brother’s