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A 6 page essay that consists of 3 individual essays, each roughly 2 pages long, on Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” John Updike’s “A&P,” and Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis.” No additional sources cited.
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involves depicts hazard of being young, inexperienced and female in a world that contains male predators. Oates fifteen-year-old heroine, Connie, faces a potentially fatal crisis and finds the courage within
herself to put her life on the line for her family. In the beginning of the story, Oates establishes Connies character as frivolous and shallow, that is, she is
typical young teenage girl, lying to her parents about her whereabouts and struggling for identity. Arnold Friend, a demonic older male, spots Connie while she is out with friends, and
appears on her doorstep while her family is elsewhere. This story can be read with multiple interpretations on multiple levels, as Friend has virtually supernatural knowledge concerning both Connie and
her family and therefore can be viewed as a demon or death personified. Actual demon or rapist/murder, there is ample reason for Connie to be terrified when Friend shows up
at her backdoor and begins his mind-game of seduction. A characteristic of childhood and adolescence is that people feel invulnerable. The young cannot imagine the inherent danger in life
until they are confronted with this reality. Connie is confronted with this reality in the form of Arnold Friend, as she realizes that locking the door against him, even calling
the police, will not protect her or her family from this predator. As this suggests, this writer/tutor disagrees with the interpretation sent with the assignment, which says that Connie
was "intrigued, scared, flattered and excited" by this predator. When Connie tries vainly to call the police, Oates writes that "She began to scream into the phone...She cried out, she
cried for her mother...A noisy sorrowful wailing rose all about her and she was locked inside it the way she was locked inside the house" (Oates). This sounds like a
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