Characters of Arnold Fiend and Connie from “Where are you going, where have you been”

Fifteen-year-old Connie exhibits confusing, often superficial behavior typical of the teenage girl facing difficult transition from girlhood to womanhood. She is self-centered, rebellious, vain, and deceitful. She is caught between her roles as the daughter, friend, sister, and object of sexual desire, uncertain of which one represents real her: “Everything about her had two sides to it, one for home and one for anywhere that was not home.” She is deeply romantic, as shown by her awareness of popular song lyrics, but she is interested more in ...