Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Family Quotes Page 2
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| Quote #4 [Her] sister was so plain and chunky and steady that Connie had to hear her praised all the time – by her mother and her mother's sisters. (3) |
As in the second quote above, there's an opportunity for friendship within the family, here between Connie and her sister, that is lost in their rivalry and hostility.
| Quote #5 Their father was away at work most of the time. [...] He didn't bother talking much to them. (3) |
Connie's father is virtually invisible and mute. Lacking a real relationship with him, her only interactions with males will be with the boys she meets at the drive-in.
| Quote #6 The father of Connie's best girl friend drove the girls three miles to town [...] and when he came to pick them up again at eleven he never bothered to ask what they had done. (5) |
Like Connie's father, Connie's friend's father is detached and uninvolved. He even seems to enable the girls' misbehavior by driving them to the plaza.
