"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? is possibly one of the more depressing stories that I have read. It didn't seem so depressing at first, I just thought the girl wasn't the brightest for following some 40-year old man into his car. I mean, come on. Girl + male stranger will never result in love. Try pain and suffering. However, after going over it in class, I realized that she had been raped in her own home. That's just sick. Home is commonly thought of as a safe haven from the rest of the world.
At first a simple story about an unlucky girl, with a few readings, it can be turned into a religious representation. The old man is clearly painted as the devil, while the girl is seen as humanity as a whole. This leads to some disturbing thoughts. Does that mean all humans pretend to be tough when they're outside? And if this was a biblical reference, why is humanity abandoned?
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