ASSIGNMENT

Based on "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates, please provide, in 150 words or less for each, answers for the following:

1. What role does music play in this story?

2. Explain the significance of the title.

3. Who is Arnold Friend and what is his significance in the story?

4. To what degree does Connie exercise free will at the end of the story?

5. Is Joyce Carol Oates' portrayal of Connie sympathetic?

6. What is the significance of the line, "…and they don't know one thing about you and never did and honey you're better than them because not one of them would have done this for you."

7. How do comments like "the words meant something to her that she did not yet know," foreshadow how the story will end?

8. Connie comments that "everything about her had two sides to it…" what are examples of this two-sidedness in her?

9. What function does June, Connie's sister, play in the story?