Smooth Talk

polish up Talk is a film adapted from the unforesightful tale Where argon you exit? Where have you been? by the author Joyce hum Oates. The laconic study was first published on 1966 while the film was released on 1985. The wiz Connie in the brusk layer was a fifteen year previous(a) young lady who has devil sides of herself one side if for her nucleotide and the distinguishable is for outside her home or anywhere else aside from home. Connies child named June is the opposite of her. While June is cosmos praised by her m otherwise which is also different from Connie, Connie on the other hand was a young daughter who enjoys the conjunction of her girl fri curiositys. To adhereher with her girl friends, they enjoy watching movie or have a walk to shopping plaza.In the short story written by Joyce Carol Oates, Connies denotation was described as a young girl who is concern with the way she looks. Her quality was have-to doe with in her physical appearances and gestu res and not so much of her attitude and feelings. It was explicit in the short story when Joyce Oates describes Connies quick, nervous giggling habit of craning her recognize to glance into mirrors or checking other peoples faces to make trustworthy her own was all right (Joyce Carol Oates. 1966).The vulnerability of Connies consultation was very present in the story when Arnold Friends enters the read and forces her to come with her. Arnold Friend is described as a suspicious unusual whom she saw once and suddenly knows almost everything about her and her family. Connie at a very young age was susceptible to Arnold Friend who wanted her to obviously go out and have a ride with him. Her extension in the short story define a debile young girl who faces a man she doesnt even know and mocks her up until she get loose of everything on her mind. Joyce Oates was precise about Connies vulnerability when she describes howConnie unable to help tries to let go of Arnold Friend sav e vulnerably ends up with his arms. Indeed, the short story was in fact a manifestation of how powerless Connie was in terms of her handling Arnold Friends attitude towards her. Connie could have had do aboutthing but with her vulnerability as a young girl she gives up something of herself.On the other hand, Smooth Talk visually presented the short story to film. Connies portion was evidently showed in the film as a young fifteen year old girl who flirts around with boys and loves to canvass the shopping malls with her friends. Connies character was expanded in the film, adding up some new things that were not mentioned in the short story. Nonetheless, Connies being baseless and flirt was still evidently in the film. Her suspicious stranger was more(prenominal) powerful in the film seducing her with his smooth-talking way.In the film, Arnold Friends character involves sexual desire for Connie and his character was full of aggressiveness to seduce Connie. Connie on the other ha nd, is a young girl who is silly and flirtatious with other guys but come one Sunday morning when she was left completely at home and was confronted with the suspicious stranger, Connies vulnerability was evidently showed. Her character as a young girl who has two sides of herself was helplessly unsocial and afraid, trying to overcome Arnold Friends seduces. While she was trying to shape out what to do and how to let loose of the stranger, the smooth-talking man tries to seduce her and consistently tries to win her.Part of the film was entirely focused on the role on which Connie was confronted by the stranger just like in the short story. Though there were some minimalchanges in the film that wasnt mentioned in the short story, Smooth Talk by Tom boodle gave judge to Joyce Oatess Where are you? Where have you been?. Connies character in the short story was more innocent than her character in the film. Although it was the same, her character in the film portrayed by Laura Dern was lavishly and lovingly coarse-textured. (Joyce Carol Oates. 2007)Basically, the mere fact that a short story is being read while the film was being watched evidently showed that Connies character of vulnerability was formulated both in the short story and in the film. It was clearly defined and translated in the sort story how Connies weak character gave her the risk of giving herself up for Arnold Friend. While in the film, both Connie and Arnolds characters were emerged consistently as described in the short story. The vulnerability of Connie in the film is just somewhat the same in the short story. But Connies being nave of the things that happens around her was clearly stipulate in the short story.Nevertheless, Smooth Talk and Where are you? Where are you going? is both a masterpiece in there own rights and abilities. The two is not only about the reality of a teenager development up in a harsh world outside her home but also it imparted to us the idea of some issues that r uns inside a family or inside home that most of us take for granted.The version was visually presented well from the short story and just the same, both gave the justice on its own. Connies character provides us the imagination of how innocent and gratuitous spirited she was as a young girl that in the end lose herself to a man she doesnt even know but who knows her very well. There lies the mystery or the story by Joyce Carol Oates.Works CitedOates, Joyce Carol. Where are you going? Where have you been?. Celestial Timepiece A Joyce Carol Oates Home Page. Joyce Carol Oates. 12 July 2007. University of san Francisco. 24 July 2007. http//jco.usfca.edu/works/wgoing/text.html.Brussat, Frederic and bloody shame Ann. Film Review. Spirituality and Practices Resource for Spiritual Journals. Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. 2007. 24 July 2007. www.spiritualityandpractice.com.