e entire story. Although the author never refers to Friend as evil, in his actions, it is all too obvious. The fact that he gets a young fifteen-year-old girl to go with him proves that even his evilness has no boundaries. It is almost as if the author, Joyce Carol Oates, wants to make a point with this story. Oates creates a teenage girl who is always up to no good, and constantly wanting more than she has. She then brings this “devil” into the story almost as if to carry the girl off to hell. In conclusion, the main character, Arnold Friend (An Old Fiend), represents the devil and how he can appear to be something that he is not, in order to do his evil deeds....
