Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? ('Where are you going, where have you been?') Is a story by Joyce Carol Oates, collected in numerous anthologies. Oates was inspired by three murders committed by Charles Schmid in Tucson, Arizona, which were narrated by Don Moser in an article published in Life magazine on March 4, 1966. Oates dedicated the story to Bob Dylan, who wrote it after hearing the story. song of this one "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue".

The story, with quite a few changes, was taken to the cinema in 1985 with the title of Smooth Talk, with Laura Dern and Treat Williams as protagonists. Argument

The main character in the history of Oates is Connie, a beautiful girl of 15 years. While his parents are away, at a barbecue with his aunt, two men stand in front of his house and call Connie. The driver, Arnold Friend, tells Connie that he is eighteen years old and has come to take her away. Connie does not know the man and is slow to understand that Friend is much older than he says. As Connie refuses to accompany him, he presses until he forces Connie to leave with him. The story ends with Connie leaving the porch; the fate that awaits you is in doubt. Themes

Arnold Friend has often been seen as an image of Satan. As Oates writes, her stretched face looks like a mask and the odd position of her boots suggests a goat hoof or a false leg.

Joyce Carol Oates in Internet Movie Database (in English)

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