Arnold Friend In Where Are You Going Where Have You Been

In the story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” there is a girl named Connie that is always being compared to her sister by her mom. She is always being nagged by her mom to be more like her sister because she is a child that doesn’t really listen to her mom. Connie is also a girl who wants to grow up fast but without all the responsibilities. Connie does things like say she’s going to the mall but goes over to the local diner to hand out with boys and do things with them. There is one of the parking lots of the dinners, she draws the attention of a man that goes by the name of Arnold Friend. After this meeting, it leads to Arnold Friend to finding Connie and doing things to her in a bizarre second meeting. The reasons that Arnold Friend targeted are because of these characteristics: she is pretty and shallow, she is a young girl, and she wants to grow up fast or act grown up. …show more content…
Connie being a teenage girl she always focuses on looks and thinks that looks are all that matters at this age. Connie knew she was pretty and only focused on that so much that even her mother knew that was what she focuses on;” She was fifteen and she had a quick, nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people's faces to make sure her own was all right. Her mother, who noticed everything and knew everything and who hadn't much reason any longer to look at her own face, always scolded Connie about it. "Stop gawking at yourself. Who are you? You think you're so pretty?" she would say (para 1, line 1-6).” Because she spent so much time trying to look good this lead Arnold Friend to notice