Summary Of The Short Story 'Are You Going, Where Have You Been?'

n the short story " Where (1)are you going , Where have you been ? " . , Joyce Carol Oates creates a story of a young girl stuck in arrested development . A young girl named Connie is stuck in a fantasy and refuses to see things in the correct light . Connie is a girl (2)who is full of herself . She has no respect for people (3)who is in charge of her and she does what she wants . She decides to do what she wants and takes her journey (4)in life alone . Sometimes a person will create illusions (5)in their mind to escape someone or something . Furthermore she puts on a mask to make herself seem older . Due to Connie being blinded (6)with herself she cannot see how dangerous the real world really is when your left to yourself . However her true …show more content…
You won't want that . " (7 ) . Now she finally realized this no longer a game , she is really in danger . The attention she so desperately needed ended up turning against her . Life started to hit her " she was hollow with what had been (12)fear but what was now just an emptiness " (9 ) . Reality caught up to her , she thought about not seeing her mother anymore and the bed she sleeps in . This was a journey of life she thought she would never have to cross . Arnold car is significant because it is gold but underneath it is a mess . Just like Arnold on the outside you would think he is a nice gentlemen but on the inside he is a totally different person . Connie journey trying to be independent was not as easy as she thought it would be . This experience how (13)taken her out of her fantasy world whether she wanted to or not . She wanted to play the role of a grown woman but her mind wasn't up to that (14)level yet . Her encounter with Arnold has definitely changed how she views the world now . Sometime life has to knock you off your feet to humble a person . This was the Journey (15)connie had to face