Temptation in Where Are You Going , Where Are you Been? Essay -- Where

The Theme of Temptation in Where ar You Going , Where Are you Been? by Joyce Carol OatesIn Where are You Going, Where Have you Been? Joyce Carol Oates uses an representative figure of evil to illustrate the theme of temptation. Oates alludes to hell through the shell Arnold whizz, as the devil, and his victim Connie, who invites him in by committing the sin of vanity.The narrator implies that Arnold Friend is Satan by giving certain clues that the reader can comfortably deduce. The name that Oates gives to the character is one hint to the reader Connie beared away from Friends smile to the car, which was painted so bright it almost hurt her look to look at it. She looked at the name, Arnold Friend. She looked at it for a while as if the linguistic communication meant something to her that she did not yet know (583). The name friend was commonly utilize by the Protestants to refer to evil or the devil. Moreover, Arnold Friends appearance also hints that he is Satan There were two boys in the car and now she recognizes the number one wood he had shaggy, shabby black hair that looked as a unfounded wig(583). The narrator emphasizes the wig to make the reader think that he is wearing it for a purpose, which is hide his devils horns. Also, the fact that Arnold Friends eyes are covered is another stragedy use by Oates to confirm the impudence of the diabolic presence He took off the sunglasses and she saw how mad the skin around his eyes was it, like holes that were not in phantom but in...