... have come to fifteen-year-old Connie in the form of a "boy with shaggy black hair, in a convertible jalopy painted gold" (Oates 1225) in Joyce Carol Oates" short story "Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?" The boy, who readers learn is named Arnold Friend, comes to the ... seen in stalkers. Friend also makes a brief mentioning of Connie's neighbor who recently died. "Hey, you know that old woman down the road?" (Oates 1235), he asks. This could be interpreted as an indirect implication that he is the one who has ended this woman's life. While some readers say ... life in "uncontrol...

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• Grade Level: High School