Where are you going where have you been Theme

I think the theme of this story is the fantasized world that Connie created with her excursions into town to meet up with boys. I feel like she was lost from reality and was acting older because it felt like fun. But her encounter with the dangerous Arnold friend revealed that behind her sexy clothes, big hair, and makeup is a scared little girl trying to find herself. Her portrayal as someone older and more sophisticated backfired on her tremendously in a very dangerous way. This fantasy that she lived in was a release from the criticizing voice of her mother and the shadow that her unattractive sister cast with her mother's approval of her and not Connie. Although Connie dealt with it by saying that she was very pretty. I think in the end this lack of confidence made her turn into someone she was not.