Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Connie a fifteen-year-old girl, is preoccupied with her appearance. Her mother desires her beauty, as one day she was young and beautiful too. Connie’s mother urges her to be neat and responsible like her older sister, June. June who is twenty-four works as a secretary at Connie’s high school. She saves money, helps their parents with cleaning, not to mention her maturity, whereas Connie spends her time daydreaming. June was good for one particular thing; June goes out with her friends, so that allows Connie to go out as well. At times they did go shopping; other times they went across the highway to a drive-in restaurant and meets boys. One night a boy name Eddie invites Connie to eat dinner with
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Connie would spend her days avoiding her mother’s questions and dreaming about the boys she meets. One Sunday, her family leaves her at home while they go to a family barbecue. Connie sits out back in the lawn chair watching them leave. After a while she decides to go back inside. She is startled by the noise of a car coming up her driveway. From the window she sees that is a gold convertible, and she grows afraid. The man grins and begins talking to her. Connie does her best to not show any interest. His name is Arnold Friend, writing next to him it’s a man whom Arnold introduces as his friend Ellie. Arnold asks Connie to get in the car, but she says she has things to do, which is only an excuse for him to go away. As Connie continently tells him to leave she grows dizziness and fear at the same time. Arnold tells her many unusual things; like where her parents are and how he knows everything about her. She is both horrified and fascinated by his descriptions of her life. Arnold threatens her, telling her that if she doesn’t come out of the house, he’ll do something terrible to her family when they arrive. Connie runs to the door and grabs the telephone. Arnold threatens her once more. Promising her he
Connie would spend her days avoiding her mother’s questions and dreaming about the boys she meets. One Sunday, her family leaves her at home while they go to a family barbecue. Connie sits out back in the lawn chair watching them leave. After a while she decides to go back inside. She is startled by the noise of a car coming up her driveway. From the window she sees that is a gold convertible, and she grows afraid. The man grins and begins talking to her. Connie does her best to not show any interest. His name is Arnold Friend, writing next to him it’s a man whom Arnold introduces as his friend Ellie. Arnold asks Connie to get in the car, but she says she has things to do, which is only an excuse for him to go away. As Connie continently tells him to leave she grows dizziness and fear at the same time. Arnold tells her many unusual things; like where her parents are and how he knows everything about her. She is both horrified and fascinated by his descriptions of her life. Arnold threatens her, telling her that if she doesn’t come out of the house, he’ll do something terrible to her family when they arrive. Connie runs to the door and grabs the telephone. Arnold threatens her once more. Promising her he