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Storytelling and the Film Adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?'

as "a fantastic figure: he is Death, he is the elf-Knight of the ballads, he is the imagination, he is a Dream" (Easterly 543). As...

How Abraham Lincoln Overcame Social and Political Obstacles in the Elimination of Slavery and Preservation of the Union

great impact on the national notions and approach to freedom and civil equality. From as early as his Inaugural Address, Pr...

'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?' by Joyce Carol Oates

appearance, her style, and her young sexuality. She plays with it in a very dangerous manner that she is completely unaware of for...

Literature, Female Characters, and the Theme of Phenomenal Women

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Fires of Jubilee by Stephen B. Oates

them extensive evidence of plagiarism in two of Oates biographies. In his own defense, Oates accuses Burilngame of taking quotes o...

Joyce Carol Oates' Short Story 'Shopping'

than relating the events of a shopping trip. "Shopping is really the story of a mothers (Mrs. Dietrichs) relationship with her t...

Joyce Chopra's Smooth Talk Film and Joyce Carol Oates' 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?'

attracts someone she doesnt anticipate -- an considerably older man named Arnold Friend. Vaguely sinister from the beginning, Arno...

Joyce Carol Oates' Dark Writings

and families. Turners Rebellion was squelched before he ever reached Jerusalem, and after six weeks of hiding from the authorities...

Fantasy Symbolism in Joyce Carol Oates' 'Where Are You Going and Where Have You Been?'

Symbolism used by the author and what it reveals about the childhood of the protagonist are examined in this analysis of Joyce Car...

On Boxing by Joyce Carol Oates

In 3 pages the life and boxing analogy developed by Joyce Carol Oates in On Boxing is analyzed. There are 2 sources cited in the ...

The Element of Tragedy as Presented in Oates' Short Story Characters

Joyce Carol Oates intertwines the element of tragedy in The Crying Baby, The Passion of Rydcie Mather and Where areYou Going? Whe...

An Analysis of the 'Fear Cripples the Soul, So You Just Have to Fight It' Aphorism

occult meaty tumors that terrify - I see as blood, disease, phlegm, and so on... I am used to seeing" (Selzer, 2005, p. 636). He ...

Coming of Age: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

revolved around her. She was, in many ways, experimenting with her sexuality as well, a very significant part in coming of age. Sh...

Significance of Strangers: Carver and Oates

offers insight into the significance of the stranger for his role is to teach the narrator, to make him see in a very new and powe...

Setting in Stories by Joyce, Oates and Boyle

This essay pertains to setting in of James Joyce's "Araby," Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been," and T. ...

"Where are you going,…" by Joyce Carol Oates,

This essay presents a character study of Arnold Friend from "Where are going, Where have you been?" by Joyce Carol Oates, Three pa...

Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?

look at her, playing the woman although she is not a woman. "She was fifteen and she had a quick, nervous giggling habit of cranin...

Where are You Going, Where Have You Been and Everyday Things

say to her" (Walker,56). Maggie views herself as mentally inferior to Dee or as Walker puts it "she knows she...

Emancipation Proclamation, The Debate

This essay summarizes the opposing views of Stephen B. Oates and Vincent Harding on the question of whether or not Abraham Lincoln...

Them by Joyce Carol Oates

In five pages this paper describes what the writer personally enjoyed about the text and what value can be gained from reading it....

Fires of Jubilee Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion by Oates

and families. Turners Rebellion was squelched before he ever reached Jerusalem, and after six weeks of hiding from the authorities...

Let the Trumpet Sound by Stephen B. Oates

In four pages this research paper examines this powerful text on the life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Five sour...

Comparison of Protagonists in Joyce Carol Oates' and Anton Chekhov's The Lady with the Pet Dog

experience, clearly illustrating how her lack of inner strength and fortitude is what stands in the way of her finding true happin...

Central Themes of 'A and P' by John Updike

clerk in the store, he has no respect for his boss or the people who use his services. At the same time,...

Characteristics of a Rebel in 'A and P' by John Updike

letting the weight move along to her toes as if she was testing the floor with every step, putting a little deliberate extra actio...

Life and Writing of John Updike

from high school as "president and co-valedictorian of the senior class at Shillington High School. During that summer, Updike beg...

Literary Characters and Conflict

seething, boiling and discontent as the odd angled buildings and broken windows. It can be the quiet solitude of a rustic church, ...

First Person Narrative Approaches in Works by Toni Cade Bambara and John Updike

argue he is standing up to injustice in the world as it involves the young girls. As one author states, "At first glance, Sammy, t...

Standing Up for Something Theme in 'A and P' by John Updike

has no drive in his life. This individual is not unlike Paul, another young man who has just left the safety of his home life and ...

Metaphorical Uses of the Mountain in the Writings of John Updike and Sylvia Plath

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how mountains are metaphorically used in Rabbit, Run by John Updike and The Bell J...