Where are you going, Where have you been?

This story honestly creeped me out, but I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it because it gave me that feeling of worry and fear for this girl and for me personally I love stories or movies that can do that. All I was thinking it that I hope she doesn't go outside and please don't open that door. The fact that this character "Arnold Friend" knew everything about her and everything about where her family was made me have goose bumps. I like the mystery of not knowing if he was real or not also. At some points in the story like when he would be talking to Ellie or the way she described him at the door I would think he was real. But then at other times like when she would describe his voice saying it sounded like the one that was on the radio or when she described that something Arnold said sounded like song lyrics she had heard I began to believe that he really wasn't real and the sun was getting to Connie's head. But that's what I seemed to like about the story. The fact that you really didn't know if Arnold was actually there or not. I think the title has a lot to do with this story and the theme in general. In my mind the question "Where are you going" is one of the questions that little voice in your head asks you before you make a bad like Connie was going to do. "Where have you been" is a question you ask someone who has been out of it or in a day dream type state. In my opinion the very general theme is to trust your gut feeling. If you have a feeling something is off then go with that feeling and don't let other people or things distract you from that feeling.