"Where are you going, Where have you been" by Joyce Carol Oates vs. the Smooth Talk movie when dealing with minor characters.

The Minor Portion of
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"
The story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been", by Joyce Carol Oates, has been discussed by many critics who try to interpret the story the way the author intended. In Larry Rubin's article, "Oates's 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been'," he states that the story is "Connie's scary encounter with Arnold as a dream-vision or "daymare" - one in which Connie's intense desire for total sexual experience runs headlong into her innate fear of such experience" (58). On the other hand, Tom Quirk's article "A Source for 'Wh…