Summary Of Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"

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that Arnold talks of could
possibly even have a sexual connotation that Connie does not pick up on
because she is so young and blind to the world of sexual pleasures that
Arnold lives in. Oates chooses words too carefully to show that Arnold is
a devious snake. Connie sees Arnold many times as an evil character and
letting the reader know by describing Arnold as a "pumpkin, except it wore
sunglasses." (Oates 1013). In this passage Connie relates Arnold to a
Halloween figure and in the same quote refers to Arnold as "it". At other
times Oates describes Arnold's eyes as evil. "He grinned so broadly his
eyes became slits and she saw how thick the lashes were, thick and black as
if painted with a black tar-like material." (Oates 1015). It is apparent
that Oates uses descriptions such as these to illustrate an unhuman quality
in a human form. Another interesting word choice that Oates uses is when
Arnold is talking perversely to Connie and she comes back with "People
don't talk ...

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