Question

what do you think connie fate symbolized in terms of the 60's and her coming of age during the sexual revolution

Answer 1

In "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates, Connie represents the many drastic changes America was experiencing. Connie, like many women in that time period, were dealing with the movement of women's sexual liberation, feeling undervalued at home with their family, and were questioning their role in society. Her fate represents the unknown, of not knowing what will become of women as they are taken away by this new social revolution, and how society may prey on how vunerable they are during the change.