Marcus Donald Valentine wrote:A bit forward aren't we? Though I wouldn't mind doing so. ;) However this isn't exactly the right place for that kind of matter. I seem to remember being told that myself on here before.
WE COULD MAKE AN INTERPRETATION OF VAMPIRISM:
... ... ... ... Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories " - (1993) -
The title of Oates's story has the quality of a good song lyric: it's simple, it's meaningful, it's got a nice rhythm, and it's mysterious enough to keep us thinking about what it means. It's also general enough to embrace the various themes in the novel. Here are a couple of ways you could think about it:
1. It sounds like the kind of question you might get from your parents on your way out the door or coming home after your curfew – which makes sense for a story starring a teenager.
... 1a It may sound like the kind of question you might get from... yourself..., which makes sense for a story starring a nobody...
... ...But to be a nobody is forbidden... Is it impossible to be a nobody ?.
2.It could be a bigger, more metaphysical question: HOW did you get to this point in your life and what are you going to do now?
... 2a ... HOW !?
3.The title also touches on Connie's dilemma as she confronts Arnold Friend, who wants to take her away from everything familiar off to an unknown future: "The place where you came from ain't there anymore," Arnold tells her, "and where you had in mind to go is cancelled out"
... 3a The place where you came from never existed...
.................................(The path of the vampire)
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... and where you had in mind to go is here to stay !!!.
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just concerned that so many believe in these foolish notions...that are continually perpetuated by misunderstood youths rebelliously reacting to the society around them
James Dean wrote:just concerned that so many believe in these foolish notions...that are continually perpetuated by misunderstood youths rebelliously reacting to the society around them
So should people be wary if they see or witness strange behavior? Yes. Do not investigate; approach; or be nosy, unless you are willing to be a victim of a homicidal deranged lunatic.
