Quinisha Williams
Mrs. Garcia
EG 103 B
16 November 2017
Friend or Foe?
The phrase being in the wrong place at the wrong time, fits the short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” written by Joyce Carol Oates. Connie who is fifteen is concerned about her looks and is obsessed with boys, adulthood and sexuality, which annoys her mother. Instead of going to the barbecue with her mom,dad and sister June, she stays home,and as she is there, she is welcomed by an older man named Arnold Friend and his sidekick Ellie Oscar disguised to look younger. In this short story Arnold Friend is passive aggressive and says many things to get Connie to do what he wants. Which worked out for him in the end.
The first way Arnold Friend uses passive aggressive is by manipulating Connie. While Arnold was leaned up against his car and Connie was looking at him through the screen door, she noticed the way he was dressed. In the story the narrator mentioned that “Connie liked the way he was dressed, which was the way all of them dressed” (Oates 5). Connie is …show more content…
Throughout the story Arnold reminds Connie that he can come in whenever he wants. Through the screen door Arnold tells Connie “inside your daddy’s house— is nothing. . . You know that and always did know it. Arnold let’s Connie know that there is nothing her or anyone can do that can stop him from getting her out of that house. Relating the story to a fairy tale, he acts as if he’s the Big Bad Wolf who has the strength to blow down her dad's “cardboard” house.
Arnold manipulates, intimidates and threatens Connie. He tries to take over her mind and actions. Throughout this short story “Where are you going, Where have you been?” Makes it clear that the main character Connie was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Oates, Joyce Carol, “Where are you going, Where have you been?” 1966,
www.d.umn.edu/~csigler/
Mrs. Garcia
EG 103 B
16 November 2017
Friend or Foe?
The phrase being in the wrong place at the wrong time, fits the short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” written by Joyce Carol Oates. Connie who is fifteen is concerned about her looks and is obsessed with boys, adulthood and sexuality, which annoys her mother. Instead of going to the barbecue with her mom,dad and sister June, she stays home,and as she is there, she is welcomed by an older man named Arnold Friend and his sidekick Ellie Oscar disguised to look younger. In this short story Arnold Friend is passive aggressive and says many things to get Connie to do what he wants. Which worked out for him in the end.
The first way Arnold Friend uses passive aggressive is by manipulating Connie. While Arnold was leaned up against his car and Connie was looking at him through the screen door, she noticed the way he was dressed. In the story the narrator mentioned that “Connie liked the way he was dressed, which was the way all of them dressed” (Oates 5). Connie is …show more content…
Throughout the story Arnold reminds Connie that he can come in whenever he wants. Through the screen door Arnold tells Connie “inside your daddy’s house— is nothing. . . You know that and always did know it. Arnold let’s Connie know that there is nothing her or anyone can do that can stop him from getting her out of that house. Relating the story to a fairy tale, he acts as if he’s the Big Bad Wolf who has the strength to blow down her dad's “cardboard” house.
Arnold manipulates, intimidates and threatens Connie. He tries to take over her mind and actions. Throughout this short story “Where are you going, Where have you been?” Makes it clear that the main character Connie was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Oates, Joyce Carol, “Where are you going, Where have you been?” 1966,
www.d.umn.edu/~csigler/