I need a summary of the character Arnold Friend in the story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates.

Arnold Friend is described in a way that makes him seem creepy and pathetic. He hangs around places where teenagers go, possibly because he is targeting young girls. Connie thinks he must be much older than she is, possibly thirty; she also noticed he might be wearing shoes designed to make him appear taller, which hints at his lack of self-confidence. This detail also might explain why he targets young girls, since his self-consciousness about...

Arnold Friend is described in a way that makes him seem creepy and pathetic. He hangs around places where teenagers go, possibly because he is targeting young girls. Connie thinks he must be much older than she is, possibly thirty; she also noticed he might be wearing shoes designed to make him appear taller, which hints at his lack of self-confidence. This detail also might explain why he targets young girls, since his self-consciousness about his height may indicate he can't manage to connect sexually with women closer to his own age.

He has been watching Connie for a while and knows her friends' names, where they go and where her family is as well as what they look like. In modern parlance we'd call him a "stalker." He is clearly a predator, whose single-minded purpose is to seduce Connie, whether with his compliments and manipulative words (he says he is her lover, calls her pretty, and describes how close they will be if she lets him do what he wants), or by intimidation (he says he and his friend Ellie won't leave unless she comes out of her house). He is persuasive and aggressive, but does not use actual physical force. It seems to be a point of pride with him that he manages to talk Connie into coming with him, instead of resorting to physical violence. In this way he perpetuates a fantasy that Connie a willing participant, and not a victim, which hints at his narcissism and delusions of grandeur.