Everybody undergoes transitions in their lives. Some transitions aren’t as big such as finishing a semester of school. Other times transitions can be huge such as growing from youth and entering adulthood. In Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", the author depicts the challenge faced between the innocence of childhood and the uncertainty of adulthood through her character Connie.
Throughout the story Connie wants to be seen as older and more mature than she actually is even though she still acts like a child. Her childish behavior is seen when she is “craning her neck to glance in mirrors or checking other people’s faces to make sure her own was all right” (Oates 126). When Connie does this, it shows that she is insecure about