A Story By Joyce Oates: A Dark Endless Road
In Joyce Carol Oates story, “Where are your going, Where have you been?” it tells a short story about a fifteen-year old girl who is trying to find herself as a woman. Connie is constantly concerned with the way she looks and has a habit of “craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people’s faces…” (294). Connie realizes that she has the ability to attract boys by dressing and doing her hair a certain ways. She is discovering her own sex appeal and is creating a new attitude for herself, which includes rebelling against her parents and taking a different path from her beloved sister. She attempts to explore new territories and find a new side of herself. Connie’s actions include …show more content…
Connie’s sexual appearance among men trigged a demon, and behavior issues among her household. Connie was the only one who had seen and witnessed Arnold friend first hand. Eddie her date at the diner did not see anyone. A Demonic figure is shown to capture individuals with unsteady minds and only seen by one particular individual. Arnold knew Connie had a passion for music. However we don’t know what relationship music had with Arnold, but we did know it let Connie feel a sense of freedom and fantasy. Prior to the abduction Connie stated she, “wished her mother were died and she herself were dead and it were all over”(294). Is this moment she could’ve been calling a demonic figure into her life, and in her case the demonic figure are presented by Arnold and Ellie, which are taking her soul to hell, However what would Ellie be playing just the evil assistant. Whatsoever, even a car symbolized a supernatural dark object since the beginning, and Arnold’s car becomes an example of all that is dark about his appearance and nature, which made Connie suspicious about this so-called person, for we later found out to be Arnold Friends gold old car and was in apparently her transportation to hell. Arnold brought a sense of being unnatural, and as Connie described his presence as if he were demonic, “She watched the smile come, awkward as if he were smiling from inside a mask.” Can this be said that demons hide there identity? The description she gave is proving that she sees him as a supernatural figure and in her case it was apparently a devil figure. Even his physical appearances made me think twice, Connie sees Arnold, with “one hand idly on the door handle as if he were keeping himself up that way and had no intentions in moving” (300). As some know some demonic have chicken like feet; meaning he would have to stuff his boats, and it would make it impossible for him to walk. He
In Joyce Carol Oates story, “Where are your going, Where have you been?” it tells a short story about a fifteen-year old girl who is trying to find herself as a woman. Connie is constantly concerned with the way she looks and has a habit of “craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people’s faces…” (294). Connie realizes that she has the ability to attract boys by dressing and doing her hair a certain ways. She is discovering her own sex appeal and is creating a new attitude for herself, which includes rebelling against her parents and taking a different path from her beloved sister. She attempts to explore new territories and find a new side of herself. Connie’s actions include …show more content…
Connie’s sexual appearance among men trigged a demon, and behavior issues among her household. Connie was the only one who had seen and witnessed Arnold friend first hand. Eddie her date at the diner did not see anyone. A Demonic figure is shown to capture individuals with unsteady minds and only seen by one particular individual. Arnold knew Connie had a passion for music. However we don’t know what relationship music had with Arnold, but we did know it let Connie feel a sense of freedom and fantasy. Prior to the abduction Connie stated she, “wished her mother were died and she herself were dead and it were all over”(294). Is this moment she could’ve been calling a demonic figure into her life, and in her case the demonic figure are presented by Arnold and Ellie, which are taking her soul to hell, However what would Ellie be playing just the evil assistant. Whatsoever, even a car symbolized a supernatural dark object since the beginning, and Arnold’s car becomes an example of all that is dark about his appearance and nature, which made Connie suspicious about this so-called person, for we later found out to be Arnold Friends gold old car and was in apparently her transportation to hell. Arnold brought a sense of being unnatural, and as Connie described his presence as if he were demonic, “She watched the smile come, awkward as if he were smiling from inside a mask.” Can this be said that demons hide there identity? The description she gave is proving that she sees him as a supernatural figure and in her case it was apparently a devil figure. Even his physical appearances made me think twice, Connie sees Arnold, with “one hand idly on the door handle as if he were keeping himself up that way and had no intentions in moving” (300). As some know some demonic have chicken like feet; meaning he would have to stuff his boats, and it would make it impossible for him to walk. He