Who is Connie from The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories and what is their importance?

Connie is the main character in the story, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?. She is depicted as a typical young girl: pretty, lively, with a lot of friends, who does not always get along with her mother. Over the course of the story, however, Conie is tempted by the outside world must confront her fears in the form of Arnold Friend.