Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Characters

Signs that a guy might be trouble:The first words out of his mouth are "Gonna get you, baby."He stuffs his boots so that he looks taller, even though it makes him walk like a drunken pirate. He ha...

A familiar teenage story: Connie and her mother don't get along. Connie's mother never seems to speak kindly to or of Connie, and Connie doesn't think too highly of her mother either:Connie's moth...

June is Connie's boring older sister. Connie's mother is always comparing the two, with Connie inevitably ending up short:[Her] sister was so plain and chunky and steady that Connie had to hear h...

Betty is just "Connie's best friend" for much of the story; we only find out her name from Arnold, who is trying to build his credibility with Connie by naming her friends. All we know about Betty...

Arnold's companion, Ellie spends most of his time in the car listening to a transistor radio. His great dramatic moment is when he offers to pull Connie's telephone cord out, at which point Arnold...