Be a Friend
a convertible jalopy painted gold
What is Arnold Friend's car
The place where Connie and all the other teenie boppers go to hear the latest hits
What is the hamburger restaurant?
Described as the opposite of Connie, plain, chunky, and steady
Who is June?
A symbol for Connie's vanity
What is a mirror?
her looks
What Connie cares about most?
The man who carries a transistor radio and offers to rip the phone cord out of the wall
Who is Ellie Oscar?
The sacred building that the hamburger joint and its music are compared to
What is a church?
When he came home he wanted supper and he read the newspaper at supper and after supper he went to bed.
Who is Connie's father?
Carries a power to seduce and entrance
What is music?
What Connie may be experience in the last half of the story
What is a dream?
The real life serial killer Arnold Friend is based off of
Who is Charles Schmid?
lilting, singsong, melancholy
How Arnold Friend's voice is described
Used to be be pretty, but now just scolds
Who is Connie's mother?
Insects that appear near rotting flesh and, perhaps, a symbol for death
What are flies?
Connie's head is filled with these
What are trashy daydreams?
33, 19, 17
What is Arnold's "secret code?"
His radio program plays all the hits, record after record of hard, fast, shrieking songs.
Who is Bobby King?
What is the reason Connie's mother prefers June / the reason Connie's mother hates her?
Could very well be a symbol of death...or a symbol for the devil
Who is Arnold Friend?
The last mirror Connie gazed into
What are Arnold Friend's metallic and mirrored sunglasses?
Like chips of broken glass that catch the light in an amiable way
What are Arnold Friend's eyes
This Bob Dylan song inspired Joyce Carol Oates to write the story
What is "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue?"
The place they all avoid
What is church?
The threshold or barrier Connie must cross to enter the more dangerous, adult world
What is the highway?
The sign Arnold gives Connie
What is an X?