Reasons for Arnold Friend being the Devil In “Where are you going, Where have you been?” the devil is masquerading as Arnold Friend, or that he is at least one of the devil’s messengers. All the evidence during the corse of the story helps to support this fact. One could see with all of the supernatural things that Friend did, such as predict where and where Connie’s entire family was and what they …showed first 75 words of 1469 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1469 total…can see through Friend’s physical appearance ,the fact that he may have used black-magic to seduce and manipulate Connie, and the fact that Ellie could possibly be his minion should suggest that he is just the Devil masquerading as a human. Seeing that Joyce Carol Oates’ story was based on the exploits of Charles Schmid it is likely that he should be the Devil. Evidently, in Oates writing she points out that he is.