Teaching Research With Joyce Carol Oates’s "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

Story Study: “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”

Text: Read Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" and answer questions.1. At what specific points in the story do your expectations about "where you are going" change? Why and how? How might these shifts in your expectations relate to Connie's?2. To what extent is the major conflict in Oates' story external (between Connie and Arnold, Connie and her family, Connie and her social environment)? Why might she act as she does at the story's end?3. Both Connie and Arnold Friend