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    <title>Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Your best bet is to go to a library with subscriptions to databases and...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/where-are/q-and-a/where-can-find-critical-articles-essays-about-118135</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Your best bet is to go to a library with subscriptions to databases and journals; a lot of information is on the internet, but most of the best information out there isn't free.
Having said that, you can also still seach on the internet. Rather than using a simple Google seach, use Google Scholar. It's an opton in the pull down item "More," the last item along the row of links along the top of the page. (I've also put the URL in the first...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:50:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Where can I find critical articles or essays about Arnold Friend...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Where can I find critical articles or essays about Arnold Friend representing Satan in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:52:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[who is the round and flat character in joyce oates where are you going...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[who is the round and flat character in joyce oates where are you going where have you been]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:20:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Comment on the first sentence of the story: "Her name was Connie." What...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Comment on the first sentence of the story: "Her name was Connie." What could it tell us about the possible themes of the story?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:58:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yes.  Initially Connie is clearly engrossed in self-love and in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yes.  Initially Connie is clearly engrossed in self-love and in self-satisfaction as she flirts with the boys at the drive-in restaurant.  Later, as Connie lies drying her hair languidly in the sun like a complacent cat, "dreaming and dazed with the warmth about her as if this were a kind of love,...and her mind slipped over onto thoughts of the boy she had been with the night before, she is shaken out of her Hedonistic satisfaction,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:03:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Something a little different to add...
33 19 17 can be numerologically...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Something a little different to add...
33 19 17 can be numerologically written as: Genesis, the first book of the bible... where it states: "As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, 'Flee for your lives! Don't look back, and don't stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!'" This is refering to the parable of Lot, when he's fleeing the distruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. His wife does look back...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:22:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[While the story "Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?" is told by...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/where-are/q-and-a/connie-dreaming-friend-figment-connies-104119</link>
        <description><![CDATA[While the story "Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?" is told by a third-person narrator, there are times in which Connie's point of view is used.  For instance, in the exposition, Connie's view of her mother is discussed,

Now her looks were gone, and that was why she was always getting after Connie.

But, Connie "knew she was right at that moment," she thinks one time her mother scolds her.  "She knew she was pretty and that was...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:36:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is Connie dreaming? Is Friend a figment of Connie's imagination?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/where-are/q-and-a/connie-dreaming-friend-figment-connies-104119</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Is Connie dreaming? Is Friend a figment of Connie's imagination?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:14:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[As for the numbers; 33, 19, 17
33+19+17= 690
3+3+1+9+1+7= 24
Subtract 24...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/where-are/q-and-a/arnold-friend-symbolized-devil-some-form-anti-17617</link>
        <description><![CDATA[As for the numbers; 33, 19, 17
33+19+17= 690
3+3+1+9+1+7= 24
Subtract 24 from 690 it's "666" a sign of the devil
or you can do;
The 18 letter in the alphabet is "R" take the "R's" from ARNOLD FRIEND and it is "AN OLD FIEND" and the devil is known to be the oldest fiend.
Uhm another clue is Age 33 is the year Jesus was crusifed.
Some people think 33+19+17 = 69 which can mean the sexual way, or the ying and yang symbol.
In the old testament...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:13:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oates suggests that Connie's inaction (or complacency) in the story is...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/where-are/q-and-a/why-connie-complacent-what-appealing-about-dream-102269</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Oates suggests that Connie's inaction (or complacency) in the story is due to a lack of moral "center" in her life. She does not have any strong convictions about anything except her own beauty (the narrator informs us that "she knew she was pretty and that was everything"). The world of "trashy daydreams" that Connie lives in is something she embraces rather than facing the mundane and unsettling aspects of her home life. We are told that...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:21:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why is Connie so complacent? What is so appealing about the dream world...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why is Connie so complacent? What is so appealing about the dream world she exists in?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:23:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The idea that Arnold Friend is 'the devil' is primarily a symbolic...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/where-are/q-and-a/arnold-friend-devil-why-does-he-care-connie-calls-100053</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The idea that Arnold Friend is 'the devil' is primarily a symbolic element in the story, intended to add depth to this character and his impact on the protagonist (Connie). He's not literally the devil, but a man who embodies the qualities that are often associated with Satan (deceptive, seductive, charismatic, selfish, evil, lustful, etc.). Arnold Friend is a mortal man as portrayed in the story; the suggestion that he is the devil is one...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:47:25 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[If Arnold Friend is the devil, why does he care if Connie calls the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If Arnold Friend is the devil, why does he care if Connie calls the police? Doesn't the devil have magical powers?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 7 Sep 2009 22:48:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The idea of social objectification of women and its implications lie at...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The idea of social objectification of women and its implications lie at the heart of Oates' work. The fact that Connie is essentially stalked and seen as a sex object indicates how women can be perceived by a male dominated society.  Connie carries herself as the type of teen who envisions herself full of autonomy, yet is actually fulfilling a socially dictated role.  This reflects how thinkers like Oates suggest that women's conception of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 18:29:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is "Where are you going, where have you been" Feminist Literature?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/where-are/q-and-a/where-going-where-have-you-been-feminist-99407</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Is "Where are you going, where have you been" Feminist Literature?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 07:09:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Arnold Friend is definitely seen as the Devil, with all of the symbolism...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Arnold Friend is definitely seen as the Devil, with all of the symbolism and satanic characteristics, and since Ellie happens to be with him everyone automatically things that he is like a demon or something. Ellie is God. Just as in life, Satan is always trying to make us go and do bad things, but we have the choice to go to God, as he will only steer us in the right direction. Arnold is constantly putting Ellie down during the story, showing...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:41:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There may be a number of symbolic interpretations of this gesture. The...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There may be a number of symbolic interpretations of this gesture. The previous answer discusses Arnold Friend as a possible representation of 'the devil." I personally don't think this is a literal intention of the story, but perhaps one that has some subtle symbolic intrigue to add. The 'X' friend draws in the air may have any number of prosaic meanings for him. For example he may be 'marking' Connie as his next conquest or property. The...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:10:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Arnold Friend represents both an actual and a symbolic threat to Connie,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Arnold Friend represents both an actual and a symbolic threat to Connie, both her physical being and her innocence. He is an individual but also represents any older man who preys upon teenage girls. Connie is portrayed as being very naive and foolhardy, and is easily flattered because she is discovering the power her beauty has over men. Arnold, being older and more experienced, recognizes these weaknesses and therefore considers Connie an...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:04:00 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One interpretation of this title is that it's a statement made by...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[One interpretation of this title is that it's a statement made by someone else to the protagonist, Connie. Early on in the story Oats establishes that Connie is dreamy and distracted, and walks like she 'hears secret music in her head.' In this same way, Connie would imagine or only half hear things said to her by her parents. Connie's protective mother wants to know where she is, as she suspects her daughter is experimenting with sex. By...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:57:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Connie's most powerful transformation is one that doesn't really take...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Connie's most powerful transformation is one that doesn't really take place in the story, but which is implied throughout its second half. Arnold Friend, an older man who has been watching Connie at the shopping mall, shows up at her house when her family is away. He tells her he is her lover and uses sexually suggestive language with her. He knows she is vulnerable because she's alone, and asks her to come for a ride with him, but she...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:51:36 PST</pubDate>
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