Smooth Talk Movie And Book Comparison Essay

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The short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates and the film “Smooth Talk” directed by Joyce Chopra, both had some similarities and differences. The characterization between the story and the film had resemblances, but not enough for the two to match. The short story is known as a psychological horror story. After watching the film, I believe that the psychological impression was lost because of the differences found which includes the way Arnold Friend was described and the focal points in the short story and the book. The characterization used in the story and in the film where closely resembled. The characterization of Connie is a girl who is into her looks in the text, “She was fifteen and she had a quick, nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people's faces to make sure her own was all right” (Oates 651). Also, Connie’s mother would constantly criticize her for always looking at herself in mirrors. In the text, “Her mother, who noticed everything and knew everything and who hadn't much reason any longer to look at her own face, always scolded Connie about it” (Oates 651). Similarly, in the film Connie is seen many times looking at herself in the …show more content…
Connie liked the way he was dressed, which was the way all of them dressed: tight faded jeans stuffed into black, scuffed boots, a belt that pulled his waist in and showed how lean he was, and a white pull-over shirt that was a little soiled and showed the hard small muscles of his arms and shoulders. He looked as if he probably did hard work, lifting and carrying things. Even his neck looked muscular. And his face was a familiar face, somehow: the jaw and chin and cheeks slightly darkened because he hadn't shaved for a day or two, and the nose long and hawklike, sniffing as if she were a treat he was going to gobble up and it was all a joke (Oates
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