“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” made me a bit uncomfortable while reading it. I would have to say that the theme for this story would have to be about family. This would be because family played a rather large role in the story. Although Connie had been rather critical towards her family and did not like them much, she did care about them to some degree. Knowing that Connie cares about her family, Arnold Friend threatened them to scare her. He acted as if he had eyes and ears everywhere, knew what they were doing and when, and would harm them should she disobey him. This allowed him to manipulate Connie enough that she, eventually, willingly left with Arnold Friend. In my eyes, this speaks volumes because if Connie did not care