Sympathy For The Devil?
The Rolling Stones once sang, “Please to meet you, hope you guess my name, but what’s puzzling you is the nature of my game.” On a recent trip home from Macon, this song was playing on the radio. I was reminded of the story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates. Although Oates wrote the story after listening to Bob Dylan’s song “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.”(Davidson) I couldn’t help thinking how much the Rolling Stones song “Sympathy For The Devil” fit the story. Connie was fifteen and pretty. Her mother was always comparing her to her older sister June who was very plain to look at. June always helped around the house and had a job at the school to help her parents pay the bills. Connie spent most of her time admiring herself and daydreaming about boys. Connie and her friend would go into town with her friend’s father. They would tell him they were going to the movies but very seldom did. They spent most of their time at the town’s drive- thru restaurant searching for boys. One night, while with a male friend, she saw a strange boy staring at her. She pretended that she wasn’t interested in him but she couldn’t stop looking at him. One Sunday her family went to a ba
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Approximate Word count = 1156
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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