Where are you going? Where have you been?

I thought this story was really unnerving, and really REALLY creepy. I thought the writing was good, and very creative, but i just didn't like this story. I almost hated the way that Oates portrayed Connie. I didn't like how she was portrayed as powerless towards the end of the story, and I didn't like the light the author cast on her in the beginning. The way that she reacted to Arnold was just absolutely stupid. There were like 9 signs in the first like 18 seconds they were talking that Arnold was really creepy and someone who she shouldn't be dealing with. If your like a 16/17 year old girl, and you realize a creepy guy whose hitting on, named Arnold, is around 30, that is the moment when you stop talking, and start HAUL ASSING YOUR WAY OUT OF THERE. It really bugged me how she didn't take any action towards trying to stop Arnold until the very end, and even when she did, all she did was scream at a phone, and fall down. When I first read it i thought that Arnold had like gone in and stabbed her (because it said her back was wet and she fell on the ground) but then I figured out that Oates had just portrayed Connie as an incapable, not very bright, or understanding girl. I know this is going to sound weird, but I would have liked to seen like a fight scene. I would have liked to see Connie stand up to Arnold and at the very least make SOME serious attempt to make him leave her alone. I also didn't like how Connie was portrayed both by her parents, and by her actions with her parents. It made her seem even more like an incapable person, and it also tried to justify the reason why she acts the way she does.

A song that i think describes this story very well is a song called Water Fountain by tune yard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-KulvW2TUQ
The reason for this is because the song starts of in a sort of happy peaceful and joyful way, but if you listen to the lyrics it's actually really strange and sorta creepy, and it gets constantly weirder and more disturbing throughout the course of the song, EXACTLY like the story.