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Essay / An analysis of Oates Where are you going, where have you...
« Connie's best friend's father drove the girls the three miles to town and left them at a center shopping mall so they could walk through the stores or go to the movies, and when he came back to pick them up at eleven o'clock, he never bothered to ask them what they had done. Because he never asked her where they were going or had gone, Connie and her friends felt like they had the freedom to do almost anything, like go "shopping or go to the movies," but sometimes they crossed the line. highway, quickly dodged a busy road, into a drive-in restaurant where older kids were hanging out. Connie's father can also be seen as part of the reason why she felt the way she did. “Their father was at work most of the time and when he came home he wanted to have dinner and he would read the newspaper during dinner and after dinner he would go to bed. He didn't bother to talk to them much. » This lack of communication and attitude from Connie's father shows the lack of interest he has in improving his life as well as the type of father he really is. To prevent such feelings and actions, a parent can communicate with their teen about what the teen considers important in their life, such as sports, school, or social events...