Oates’ “Where are you going, where have you been?” Oates’ “Where are you going, where have you been?” is very descriptive and reads like a movie in one’s mind. Every event, every sound, every scene is crystal clear. Like every good book (or short story in this case) the characters become our friends and we come to understand them as we understand the people we know best in our lives. We feel the feelings …showed first 75 words of 1288 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1288 total…life. Connie is a normal character that most people can identify with and encompasses Oates’ theme of American obsession with love. She shows us through Connie that the evil and violence in the world is inescapable. Works Cited Chaffier, Nicole. “Joyce Carol Oates.” Klutztown University Literature Database. 11 May 1997. http://www.kutztown.edu/faculty/reagan/oates.html “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Short Stories for Students. Volume 1. p. 257-276. Gale Publishing, Detroit Michigan. 1997.