The story Three Girls by Joyce Carol Oates left me very confused. The last line threw me completely. "That magical evening of Marilyn Monroe, when I kissed you for the first time." Who is she talking about? Is she repeating the story of what happened to her at a younger age to a loved one? The only thing that she speaks passionate about in this story is poetry. And yet she keeps referring to someone as "you" throughout the whole story. I really dont understand what the writer was trying to express in this story. The descriptive plot was gave me a great picture of the setting in my head but the story itself did not make much sense to me.