ANALYZING WHERE ARE YOU GOING, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
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Theory 1: Connie's encounter with Arnold Friend is just a figment of her restless imagination, or dream.
Summary: Arnold friend is a montage of all of the things that Connie fears and desires from boys. He is a presence of evil in the form of something familiar to Connie. He is in the form of the one thing that is constantly on her mindboys. I am a firm believer in the dream theory because one, I feel that a lot of the things that Connie experiences are situations that occur most commonly in dreams. For example Connie being in a trance like state when summoned by Arnold. Also, the fact that Connie was falling asleep around the time of Arnolds arrival could explain his actual arrival, and the dream theory.
Article 6: Rubin, "Oates's where are you going."
Quote: "On another level, the psychological level, she points out that Arnold is "the incarnation of Connie's unconscious erotic desires and dreams, but in uncontrollable nightmare form." (Pg...