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When looking at two stories, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates, many similarities are seen. A possible reason for many of the similarities between the two stories is due to the fact that Oates was "inspired by O'Connor and a sophisticate reader of her fiction" (Gentry 44). O'Connor's works were not exactly original ideas either because she uses several specific elements from Chauser's works into her own. Both stories contain many similarities between the the victims and the actual situations that appear in the story. Both stories begin with seemingly normal situations which look into the everyday lives of the characters. As the story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" starts off, Oates describes the main character of her story to the reader. Oates gives vivid detail and descriptions to portray the life of the main character named Connie. She tells the story of Connie who is a typical teenager who has many friends. Connie enjoys things such as going to the movies and going out with her friends. Connie's life seems normal as Oates describes the usual events that take place in this story. Then, just as everyth
The stories written by O'Connor and Oates have various ways in which they relate to each other. Oates borrows the writing style of O'Connor to produce an exceptional short story that inspires its readers. Both O'Connor and Oates take characters and describe the events of their everyday lives. Both authors write the stories so that they will begin like any other story, depicting a typical day in the life of a normal character. Then just as everything seems ordinary, the unexpected happens. Both of these writers make good use of showing the reader how, although everything seems normal, the situation can turn tragic for a possibility of reasons. The characters in both of these stories had some negative qualities that may have contributed to their fate. The similarities in both stories enhance the overall quality of the story and retains the reader's interest. Oates, Joyce Carol. Literary Culture: Reading and writing Literary Arguments. "Where Are You
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Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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