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1、Americanshortstorymasterpieces—passage14JoyceCarolOatesb.1938OneofOates'sinspirationsforthisstorywasaLifemagazinefeatureonthe"PiedPiperofTucson,"aserialkillerwhoseducedandmurderedteenagedgirls.WhatattractedOatestothestorywasthatagroupofteenagersknewabouttheman,b
2、utthekiller'sinexplicablecharmpreventedthemfromtellinganyone.Shedescribedherfirstdraftofthestory—whichshecalled“DeathandtheMaiden”—as“realisticallegory.”Inrevision,Oateseliminatedany"suggestionthat‘ArnoldFriend’hasseducedandmurderedotheryounggirls,oreventhathene
3、cessarilyintendstomurderConnie."Alsogonewasheroriginalattractiontothestory:agroupofteenagerswhoknewwhatFriendwasupto.Whatisleftisa“shallow,vain,silly,hopeful,doomed”younggirlwhoiscapable,nonetheless,"ofanunexpectedgestureofheroismatthestory'send....Wedon'tknowth
4、enatureofhersacrifice,"Oatessays,“onlythatsheisgenerousenoughtomakeit.”WhereAreYouGoing,WhereHaveYouBeen?forBobDylan[Folkandrocksingerandsongwriter(1941-).Oateshassaidthattheideaforthisstorycametoherafterlisteningtohissong"It'sAllOverNow,BabyBlue."]1.HernamewasC
5、onnie.Shewasfifteenandshehadaquick,nervousgigglinghabitofcraninghernecktoglanceintomirrorsorcheckingotherpeople'sfacestomakesureherownwasallright.Hermother,whonoticedeverythingandkneweverythingandwhohadn'tmuchreasonanylongertolookatherownface,alwaysscoldedConnie
6、aboutit."Stopgawking（呆视）atyourself.Whoareyou?Youthinkyou'resopretty?"shewouldsay.Conniewouldraisehereyebrowsatthesefamiliaroldcomplaintsandlookrightthroughhermother,intoashadowyvisionofherselfasshewasrightatthatmoment:sheknewshewasprettyandthatwaseverything.Herm
7、otherhadbeenprettyoncetoo,ifyoucouldbelievethoseoldsnapshotsinthealbum,butnowherlooksweregoneandthatwaswhyshewasalwaysafterConnie.2."Whydon’tyoukeepyourroomcleanlikeyoursister?How'veyougotyourhairfixed—whatthehellstinks?Hairspray?Youdon'tseeyoursisterusingthatju
8、nk."3.HersisterJunewastwenty-fourandstilllivedathome.ShewasasecretaryinthehighschoolConnieattended,andifthatwasn'tbadenough—withherinthesamebuilding—shewassoplainandc
