Arnold says to her, “'The place where you came from ain't there any more, and where you had in mind to go is cancelled out,"denying both the past and the future and implying that what she knows now will be eternal, another eternal present state.
What does place mean in this context, and how is connie’s identity destined by it?
- The present is conspicuously absent from the story's title
- yet it is the only state of mind and state of existence with which Connie appears to be in touch
- it is the only part of the human condition and human experience that she understands
- Despite the use of the past tense, the story reveals Connie's location.
- Connie is always in the moment, with no regard for how she got there or where it will take her. For her, the past is hazy, and the future is unimportant.
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