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Durazo 1
Fabian Durazo
Mrs. Jacobson
English IV
7 January, 2016

Where are you where have you been essay Where are you going, where have you been is based off the serial killer Charles Smitty. The intro to the story is about a fifteen year old, Connie and her life. Connie is a vain young girl that has family tension. Her mother is envious for her flaunting herself in appearance. She has a social like any other teenage girl. After a usual trip to the restaurant Connie hangs out with a boy named eddie. While with him a strange man stands by watching and mouths, "I'm gonna get ya baby." After her family leaves her alone to go to a Barbecue, two strange men drive to her house. Connie talks to the first named Arnold Friend. He tries to persuade her to take a ride with him. With constant refusal Connie threatens to call the police. Mr friend threatens back to harm
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The song that connects them most is its all over now baby blue by Bob Dylan. In his song when he says, "You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast. Yonder stands your orphan with his gun" Arnold says a number of several things that
Durazo 2 have a direct correlation to this song. For starters he says, "My sweet little blue eyed girl." This is a direct correlation because "baby blue" in the song refers to a description of Connie through Arnold friends quote. He also says, "That's a good girl. Now come outside." This has a connection to the song because in the song it says, "You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast." Arnold telling Connie to come outside is basically told through the song It's all over now baby blue. Now that we know there is a correlation between the song it's all over now baby blue, we can also find a correlation between this short story and "Lost in a fairyland without a

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