Joyce Carol Oates, “Where is Here ?”transformation frights readers because the setting of the story goes from being a normal evening to a night of abnormal people and angst. This is effective because it causes the readers to question their own thoughts and feel uncertainty which leads to fear. One example of the setting being normal is, “ It was evening, the sun going down and mother preparing dinner.” (68). This shows the beginning of the transformation, …show more content…
It is effective because the reader feels safe and secure because the environment in the story,so when the transformation begins and changes the reader feels fear and unsafe. For example, “ We liked the house, it was old and spacious it kept the memories of great grandparents, our grandfather, our parents and the whole of childhood” (37). This is showing the normal environment, giving the reader security and reassurance. On the contrary, “They’ve taken over the back part, not wanting to look back you could here the noises still muffled but louder, just behind us. They’ve taken over.” (40,41). The story had a major flip because in the beginning of the story it was everyday life, then transformed into terror and panic. Therefore transformation is effective because the environment in the story has a major change which causes the reader to feel insecure and