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About the Author

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Joyce Carol Oates was born in 1938. As a child growing up in Lockport, New York, her preparation for her future career began early. Before […]

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Overview

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Joyce Carol Oates was inspired to write “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” after reading an account in Life magazine of a charismatic […]

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Setting

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This story was first published by the literary journal Epoch in 1966 and was included in Oates’s 1970 short story collection, The Wheel of Love. […]

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Literary Qualities

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The first line of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”- “Her name was Connie”-signals that the story will be told by a third-person […]

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Social Sensitivity

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Interest in equal rights for women was a subject of great controversy during the early years of Oates’s career leading up to “Where Are You […]

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Ideas and Topics for Discussion

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Topics for Discussion 1. Read the 1966 Life magazine article, “The Pied Piper of Tucson,” which inspired Oates’s story, and compare the fictional and journalistic […]

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Related Titles and Adaptations

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Daphne du Maurier’s classic gothic novel Rebecca (1938) is a tale about the psychological manipulation of a young bride by her wealthy, troubled husband, Max […]

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Themes and Characters

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The tale of an insecure, romantic teenage girl drawn into a situation of foreboding violence, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” presents several […]