Connie that she better take a ride with him or else he will wait for her family to come home and ³they¹re all going to get it.² (Oates 1019). Not wanting anything to happen to her family, Connie eventually gives in and goes beyond the threshold of her door and into Arnold¹s realm. Many people feel that it is Connie¹s compulsive sex drive that destroys her in the end.(Rubin 42). It is true that Connie has an inquisitive fascination with sex as do most pubescent young adults, but is not this that forces to go with Arnold. Yes, Connie is an adolescent but is probably more scared than fascinated with this man. Connie had always dreamed of love and how it would always be just like in the movies and songs, but this was different. Arnold made Connie
