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… Connie had a voice and sense of humor for at home, and a different one when she was out with friends. This apparent duplicity within her own character, and her lack of sincerity and honesty comes back to hurt her in this problematic way. This of course does raise a complicated theme of: did Connie ask for it? This is a highly controversial question, and for a long time since this story was written, people have made the argument that through her behavior, and through her vanity asked for the Arnold Friend manifestations to come into her life. Since, that notion has shifted to an amenable view thus, giving Connie a victimized role as such that she is just a young girl and just because she is sort of naive, does not grant permission for the occurrences that