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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
As the story begins the author describes Connie as a beautiful girl. He shows up at her house the very next day and talks to her and tries to lure her. Also, when the family is traveling in the car, the grandmother begins to tell her stories. When the Bailey and the rest of the family decides to go to Florida, the grandmother silently opposes this idea. The next thing they know, tragedy strikes and the event of the story take a turn for the worse. The characters in these stories are driven to wander into places where they should not be. In Oates' story, Connie's vain and manipulative ways lead to her downfall. Although both of these stories begin by portraying somewhat normal characters in common situations, the plots of the stories travel down a downward path of misfortune.
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