Essays Tagged: "Charles Schmid"

"Where are you going, Where have you been" by Joyce Carol Oates vs. the Smooth Talk movie when dealing with minor characters.

n Dream may have been prompted by these magazines" being the Life, Time and Newsweek articles about Charles Schmid (413). One other argument about this story came from Christina Marsden Gillis' articl ...

(7 pages) 240 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates.

t story with such a theme. "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" is based on the serial killer Charles Schmid, who was also known as the Pied Piper of Tucson. Charles Schmid was sentenced to deat ... en by Bob Dylan, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue." Themes from the song, as well as the true story of Charles Schmid, are clearly evident in the story, as well as references to the effect of music on th ...

(9 pages) 398 1 4.6 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Joyce Carol Oates

u going? Where have you been?" for Bob Dylan. The story however is really about the man named Charles Schmid. He is known as the Pied Piper of Tucson. He killed three girls and is suspected of h ... took place in Connie's' life that led to her abduction by Arnold Friend. Arnold Friend represented Charles Schmid. Joyce Carol Oates wondered what it would take for a girl to be picked up by such a s ...

(8 pages) 14 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Temptation by an Evil Spirit: "Where are you Going, Where Have You Been," written by Joyce Carol Oates

ates had in mind, the one on whom her character Arnold Friend is modeled, was twenty-three-year-old Charles Schmid of Tucson, Arizona. Schmid had been charged with the murders of three teen-age girls, ...

(6 pages) 64 0 3.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Oates

Piper of Tucson" written about a real-life psychopathic killer. The Pied Piper, whose real name was Charles Schmid (Smitty, for short), seduced teenage girls in the same way Arnold Friend did in the s ...

(6 pages) 18 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American