Describe the main character in Where Are Going, Where Have You Been? Is she flat or round? Is she representative or individual? In the beginning, the family and town seem as ordinary people. What makes the setting and the people at the beginning of the story seem so ordinary? What kind of ordinary person does Connie seem to be? When do you notice the first hints of something extraordinary? Is there an antagonist protagonist relationship in this story? Why or why not? What and how do you learn more about Connie? What and how do you learn about the treatment of Connie by her family? How does Connie become an obsessive preoccupation with the stranger? How does the plot slowly change and shift? How does its meaning change or evolve as the central theme in the story? What are some major stages? What is the symbolic contrast between the stranger and the ordinary townspeople? Can Connie s action at the end of the story seem as a betrayal of her family? What, for you, is the symbolic meaning of the way the story ends? Can the ending be read as a kind of warning? Why or why not?