Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been

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Many people wish to travel the around the world and meet new places. I would say that the destination you are going to is important, but who you are going with on the trip is crucial. Some people make excellent traveling companions, while others not so much. Two characters that would make great traveling companions would be Montresor from “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and Arnold Friend from “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Carol Joyce Oates. They would travel to Las Vegas where they would take advantage of vulnerable people. In order to get there, they would rob car from a car rental place. Montresor and Arnold have many qualities in common and people like that get along well. They are unreliable, dangerous, unsympathetic,

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