... is a musically induced fantasy world. Connie's innocence and self-centeredness ultimately leads to the gateway for a sinister person, Arnold to take advantage of her. In her short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" Oates uses symbols such as color imagery and music, and Connie's familiar world to illustrate how Connie is caught between two worlds: adolescence, understood to be ... something physical, in this case it is Arnold Friend's name written in not just any black letters but in tar-like letters. Arnold's name is written in "tar-like black letters" to signify that Arn...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate