“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is Joyce Carol Oates’s most anthologized story – published in a high percentage of college literature texts. As she’s a prolific author, having producing hundreds of short stories and dozens of novels, explain why you think this particular story grabs the reader so – what do we relate to or feel that makes it such a hit with critics and readers alike?
The story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" increase it's suspense by using gradual language. On the other hand, religion is also tackled in one of the part of the story. However, it does not bring Connie salvation or protection. In some circumstances, I think that critics and readers love to see the way Connie transforms from acting like a matured woman to child-like girl. In addition, Arnold adds a very interesting character in the story that seems to have a role of an antagonist sent by the devil while religion does not help Connie at all for safety because she seems like an atheist who does not believe. In this case, the whole subject in the story is a worth of the critiques time to read because of it's mixed issued from personal to religious issues. Readers can also gain an interest to the story because of the characters like Connie who plays a dual role in the story.
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While I agree with you that religion plays a large role in keeping the readers interest, I also found that I related quite a bit with the characters of the story and that helped to keep me reading the story. The story also has a pretty strong suspense aspect that keeps you involved.
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