Transformation Depicted In Joyce Carol Oates Where Is Here

Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where is Here” transformation scares readers because friendly goes from being interesting to alienated. This is effective In the night of Halloween , my friends and I decided to go to a scary maze at an amusement park. When we got our tickets and walked inside , people with chainsaws started to chase us around. We screamed at the top of our lungs and ran back indoors. Once we got into the maze, there was a crazy nurse waiting for us and inviting us to go into the maze. Eventually , we tried to turn back around but they wouldn’t let us. The night quickly transformed from one of fun to an exciting frightening event. Transformation obviously create fear. This can be seen in the following three stories as well. Oates's “ Where Is Here, “ Arthur Tress’ “Dream Collector” and Julio Cortazar’s “House Taken Over” uses transformation of an ordinary person and an ordinary setting to show us how easily circumstances can change. because it causes readers to question their own fear. One example is

It is effective because it shows what the kids fear in their terrifying dreams . For instance, in “ Photo 3: Young Hooded Figure, New York City, 1971”(84). This proves how the little boy is with a stranger in the middle of an unknown pathway. On the contrary in , “Photo 6: Boy in Burnt-Out Furniture Store, Newark, 1969”(86). This is obviously a big change because in photo 6 the dream looks more realistic than photo 3. Therefore, transformation was effective because it went from magic realism to being realistic.
In Julio Cortazar’s short story, “House Taken Over” demonstrates transformation because it goes from a quiet setting to an unusual setting. It is effective because having the setting transform from radiant to unusual makes people enjoy fear because in the story , when unexpected noises occur it makes the person more interrogated. For