Where are you going, where have you been?

So I just read the Connie story.... wow. The sense of innocent fear runs rampent throughout the text,and yet, you know deep down that this is how 15 yr. old girls are... innocent, but they dont want to be. They think they have control over their lives, when they really have no idea. While reading the story, you just keep crying out to yourself "CALL THE COPS!!" or "LOCK THE DOOR! DO SOMETHING!!" but with her mind so full of shock and fear, you can tell that she has no idea to do, or how to do it.
You begin to feel sorry for Connie, because she is the representation of every girl on the news you have seen go missing, or found dead, or raped, or assaulted. To come to the realization that monsters like Arnold Friend are alive and , for lack of a better word, well in the world.. is horrific. And they will always be there... lurking. Hunting. Searching. And they will always find what they are looking for, cuz their prey never changes, and is alwasy abundand.
Im thinking this reading hit me a little hard cause I just went and watched "The Lovely Bones", which is a story of a 14 yr old girl who is murdered... and its hard to get over stories like that that you see all the time... so ya. Blogging to say my thoughts on the subject matter. I have more thoughts in my head, but ill save them for another blog time...