The short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates is a fictional story, but I believe that it could be realistic. There are times that young girls can get themselves into situations they cannot escape. Connie tries to appear older and wiser than she is, and her head is filled with daydreams and music that give her ideas of romance and love. Connie rejects the role of the daughter, sister and “nice” girl to cultivate her sexual persona, which only came out when she was away from home. When she is at home, her sexuality goes into hiding. “Everything about her had two sides it, one for home and one for anywhere that was not home.” She was never the same person she pretended to be at home. She dressed and acted
