Where are you going, Where have you been? By: Joyce Carol Oates

I did not like this at all.
It started off as some typical teenage girl rebelling against all the people she was supposed to love. She snuck around and went places and hung out with people who she liked to be with but knew that she shouldn't be with. When Arnold showed up she was even flirting with him, she didn't know who he was but he knew a lot about her. There were certain things that indicated that something wasn't right at first and after awhile it just became clear that he was going to do her harm. When she realized what was happening i think she handled the situation very poorly which frustrated me. She just gave up. But there is something else behind all the craziness which is that even though she neglects her family, she really loves them. If she had not been so afraid of loving her family then maybe she wouldn't have gone to that drive in and seen Arnold and she would've gone to the BBQ instead of getting kidnapped. She brought some of this upon her but the fact that Arnold is insane and loves her is something she cannot help. She could've prevented this from happening in many ways though.

If i were to choose a song the first thing that comes to mine is one by Lana del rey titled, "This is what makes us girls"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=941DmatcK8M
This song comes to mind when i read about the drive-in they go to instead of the movies. In the song Lana talks about being a young beautiful girl and going out at night and hearing men whistle to them but they "Don't like those guys" Lana describes exactly what Oates talks about when Connie and Betty like how it feels to ignore the boys who call out to them. How the girls love the attention and the picture perfect scenes when they are with boys but when it really comes down to it, this isnt what they want. I think it describes what Connie is on the outside perfectly.