Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Freedom and Confinement Quotes Page 1
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| Quote #1 Connie couldn't do a thing, her mind was all filled with trashy daydreams. (3) |
Connie is paralyzed by daydreams fueled by "trashy" films and songs. This looks ahead to the paralyzing terror she suffers when Arnold accosts her at her home.
| Quote #2 Connie had long dark blond hair that drew anyone's eye to it. [...] Everything about her had two sides to it, one for home and one for anywhere that was not at home. (5) |
Home is a kind of prison for Connie, associated with the dreary lives of her mother and her sister. Outside the home lies the promise of some kind of freedom.
| Quote #3 It was as if the idea of going for a ride somewhere, to someplace was a new idea to him. (55) |
There's an echo here of the great American road trip – typified by such works as Jack Kerouac's On the Road – where the road is associated with freedom from conventional mores. Of course, Arnold gives the road trip a sinister twist here.
