Where are you Going‚ Where have you been? Is a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. The story involves a 15 year old girl named Connie that is rebelling against her mother’s whishes. Connie often rides with her friends to a shopping plaza to hang out and meet other people. One evening while she is out with her friends she leaves with a boy named Eddie. On the way to Eddie’s car she sees a stranger in a convertible that tells her “Gonna get you‚ baby”. Then one Sunday after missing church Connie’s
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Change is No Modern society has many standards that people follow and accept: shake hands when meeting someone‚ do not pick nose in public‚ and bathe on a regular basis. Norms are just a few of the many different social needs in the world today. Abnormalities throw people through a loophole‚ cause confusion amongst each other‚ and contrast uniformity. Psychopaths lead to the death of individuals that conform to the standard and have no remorse for the action. They disrupt the flow of progress and
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Assignment: Reading Journal 2 Course: ENG 1120(F) Literature and Composition 1 As I read the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ I noticed that there are two stories taking place that would lead me to anticipate different future events. From the beginning of the story‚ the main character‚ Connie‚ shows to be a lazy‚ stylish girl who is trying‚ unlike her sister June‚ to be independent of family life in favor of breaking through sexual maturity and independence. Knowing about
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What famous place would you like to visit? Use reasons and details to support your answer. If I had the chance to visit one famous place‚ it would be Paris. Paris is a must see place. I have not had the chance to visit it before‚ therefore it is my dream destination. However‚ some might think visiting this capital is an ordinary thing and could happen. Personally‚ it is more than a possible thing. I would like to visit the Eiffel Tower which is one of the famous landmarks in France. I want
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school system should be built according to students’ needs as I said. The school systems are not the same. The curriculum should not be the same one that is taught all over the country because students are classified to different cultures and races; they do not belong to the same country of origin. This means that the curriculums and educators’ methods should be varied for the sake of students. One way or strategy of teaching fits some races‚ but it does not fit other
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The decline of the societal and cultural values during 1960s can be seen through Joyce Carol Oates’‚ “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?” The story‚ which narrates the fatal destiny of fifteen year old Connie‚ shows the rise of a pop-culture/music guided society‚ it also shows the rise of the sexual revolution and the disregard for women‚ and the negligence of parents at the time. In the story the devil is represented by ARNOLD FRIEND‚ who at the end of the story seduces Connie into her own
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and the procedures you would follow. Emergency situation The procedure that should be followed … Fire Phone the fire brigade. Ask the children calmly to line up. Take them quickly and calmly to your designated area. Stay with your class at all times Make sure you have all the children by checking the register. Wait for the all clear of your Fire Marshall Security incident (Intruder) Greet Intruder politely‚ introduce yourself and ask the purpose of the visit. Ensure you have a member of
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The short story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?‚” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is a tale about a teenage girl making the journey from her known world into something she has never experienced before. The main character lives the normal teenage life listening to the latest music and going out with her friends to the mall. “They must have been familiar sights‚ walking around the shopping plaza in their shorts and flat ballerina slippers that always scuffed the sidewalk” (753). One night with her
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The essay was about Tony Hawk “do what you love” is about how he never let what anyone said stop him from doing something he loved. That even when people talked about how skating boarding had a bad stereotype even those over the years skating has gained more mainstream. It talks about how Hawk has been skating professionally for over twenty four years and that he has overcome people telling him that he won’t ever make it in the skating world. And how he prove to himself and everyone that said he
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