Oates Life
The town Oates was born in?
What is Lockport, New York
What element includes internal conflicts?
What is Alienation and Loneliness
The main conflict?
What is Zachery's actions and society's reaction led to his suicide
The number of novels written.
At what age did Oates begin her writing?
What is Fourteen
What element includes distant or toxic relationships?
What is family conflicts
What does the setting (a 1950s small town) contribute to the story’s tone and themes?
What is society's culture and norms
Oates favorite pet?
What are cats
Which family member encouraged Oates to write?
What is her grandmother
Element is included in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
What is judgmental/alienation from parents parents
What does the story reveal about Sunny’s self-perception versus how others perceive her?
What is, people see her as energetic and bright, while she views herself as having little value
Oates' favorite sport?
What is boxing
The tragic incident that inspired most of her writings?
What is her father's suicide
Element is included in "Life After High School"?
What is internilised conflicts
How is Barbara affected by Tobias’s reveal at the end of the story?
What is Barbara now has closure for what happened to Zachery
The colleges Oates taught at?
What is Princeton, the University of Detroit, the University of Windsor, and the University of California, Berkeley
The first award Oates received?
What is the Mademoiselle College Fiction Award
Element in "The Scarf"?
What is distant parents and attempt of redemption
What role did Tobias play in the story?
What is close to Zachery and finally gives Barbara closure
A style of writing she has written under?
What is pseudonyms?