Arnold Friends' Secret Code
...d has raped or killed. This story is based on a Life magazine story that is about a serial rapist and killer that is known as ?oThe Pied Piper of Tucson?. In an article about ?oThe Pied Piper of Tucson?, titled Secrets in the Sand by Katherine Ramsland it states ?oLife printed an ominous photo of the desert landscape where three girls had disappeared? (Ramsland). This lends some truth to my suspicion being there are there missing girls and three numbers or ?oages? on the side of the jalopy. The second theory of what the secret code numbers may mean come from a college discussion group where it has been discovered that the numbers 33, 19, and 17 add up to 69. ?oMy literature teacher said that the numbers added up to 69, and that we could take from that what we pleased. She said it might represent the dark side of sexuality, which Arnold Friend represented himself? (Murry). Another opinion on the numbers totaling 69 is this one, ?oI really don?Tt think Joyce Carol Oates would ?orepresent the dark side of sexuality? by anything as banal and childish as the number 69. At most she might use this as a pointer to illustrate the level of sophistication of his idea of sexuality or its dark side? (Engeldinger) The third idea of what Arnold Friends code may mean comes from the bible. ?o By counting backwards, the 33rd section of Judges, chapter 19, verse 17 says ?o and the old man lifted up his eyes and saw the wayfarer in the street of the city; and the old man said to him, where are you going? And whence do you come? (KJC NI...