Attraction In 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been'

The Perfect Imperfect Attraction. The eyes, the heart, the brain all play an important role on attraction, but neurons communicate that sudden interest towards something or someone in the brain. Humans’ emotions are very complex because sometimes one cannot explain why and how they like or are attracted to someone. Thus, making it difficult to say that all people are attracted to the same thing. People might feel an attraction toward a similar thing, but the attraction is often determined differently in each individual because each individual thinks and expresses differently. For example, Personality, looks, attitude, good sense of humor are some of the common characteristics that some individuals are attracted to and consider in future partners.
In the story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Oates, the audience explores the story of Connie, a normal teenage girl, who meets Arnold Friend, a seemingly harmless character at first, but we later come to find out that he has been stalking her and Arnold
This is also a representation of how he is able to “function is various social arrangements” because at first when he saw Connie at the drive-in theater, he did not hesitate to say that he will be coming for her and now that he is with her, he did not give up and kept a conversation going with Connie all this time. The evidence of this can also be seen in Personality and Individual Differences study which states, “Psychopathy is further associated with superficial charm” (Carter, Campbell, Muncer 58). This evidence goes stand in hand with the way that Arnold is showed his charm towards Connie. Connie then is prone to like Arnold even more because “Women may be responding to DT men’s ability to ‘sell themselves’” (Carter, Campbell, Muncer 60). Arnold is “selling” himself towards Connie since he is opening up as an emotional person after all. Thus, making Connie more vulnerable to liking him. It also shows how smart Arnold is because he “sells” himself in a ways that he knows is going to work because at the end he ends up taking Connie. By selling himself thought his charming ways, Arnold is makes Connie fall for