Joyce Carol Oates Where Are You Going, Where

In Joyce Carol Oates’ Where are you going, where have you been? we see a fifteen-year-old female narrator who is so oppressed by her family environment and small-town existence that, coupled with the coercive threat of Arnold and Ellie, she is unable to protect herself against Arnold’s abduction. There are three reasons Connie goes with Arnold: she longs for more than her oppressive environment gives her, Arnold threatens her family, and Ellie remains an able and willing threat of force.

We see that Connie yearns for more than her plain, simple family and small-town existence provide her with. She is the only pretty one in the family and her mother rides her constantly about her vanity, her chores, and a host of other issues large and trivial. Connie’s psyche

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Approximate Word count = 559
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page)

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