Where Are You Going, Where Have you Been?: Mindblowing?

      The story we most recently read was Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Okay, perhaps the story wasn't toally mindblowing. In fact, I found it one of the stranger ones I've ever read. And I've read a lot of strange stories. We all read the story, all had the discussion. We all know what the story was about. I just find it frankly odd that we were able to pick out the religious allusions. I had to google the story the night before to even suggest to my own group that perhaps the character Arnold Friend was the Devil. I was aware that the name sounded like Arch Fiend, but I had no idea that meant Satan. I also didn't know that the title may have meant something religious. Actually the title came almost verbatum from the Bible. I didn't even pick up on the three 24's until Mr. Mullins pointed it out. Quick math told me this was also a reference to the Devil's number (which I will not say, nor type because of religious superstition). I need to work on picking out important details like that if I'm going to survive this class. Dang. Despite this downfall of mine, I found that last in-class discussing more or less riveting, so that's a plus.