The Rolling Stones once sang, "Please to meet you, hope you guess my name, but what's puzzling you is the nature of my game." On a recent trip home from Macon, this song was playing on the radio. I was reminded of the story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates. Although Oates wrote the story after listening to Bob Dylan's song "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue."(Davidson) I couldn't help thinking how much the Rolling Stones song "Sympathy For The Devil" fit the story.
             Connie was fifteen and pretty. Her mother was always comparing her to her older sister June who was very plain to look at. June always helped around the house and had a job at the school to help her parents pay the bills. Connie spent most of her time admiring herself and daydreaming about boys. Connie and her friend would go into town with her friend's father. They would tell him they were going to the movies but very seldom did. They spent most of their time at the town's drive- thru restaurant searching for boys.
             One night, while with a male friend, she saw a strange boy staring at her. She pretended that she wasn't interested in him but she couldn't stop looking at him. One Sunday her family went to a barbeque at her aunt's house. Connie had washed her hair and decided to let it dry in the sun. She dozed off and when she awoke she went inside the house to escape the heat. While in her room she listened to the radio until she heard a car coming down the driveway. Connie knew that this couldn't be her family because they had not been gone very long. When she looked out the window she saw a strange car pulling into the yard. It was the boy who she had been staring at a few nights ago. His name was Arnold Friend. Arnold also had someone with him named Ellie Oscar.
             Arnold asked Connie if she would like to go for a ride with them an
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