"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
By Joyce Carol Oates

A short story titled "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" tells a tale of an adolescent girl who suffers consequences of growing up in the unsupportive environment and the society preoccupied by the media. It is considered to be the most famous work of Joyce Carol Oates, an American writer, the winner of many significant literary awards and a two- time candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The story was first published in the fall of 1966. It is dedicated "to Bob Dylan", as though, after having heard Dylan's song "It's all over now, Baby Blue" Oates got inspiration for the story. She was also influenced by the article about Charles Schmid, a twenty- three year old serial killer from Tucson, Arizona, known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson", and by the old legends and folk songs of Death and the Maiden.
The story, narrated by a third- person observer, is set in a quiet town in the USA, and......

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Title: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
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