The protagonist of Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is a vain and stubborn girl named Connie. Fifteen years old‚ she believes beauty is everything and is nothing short of rebellious‚ maintaining two different personas: one for at home with her family and one for going out with her friends. One night out with her girl friends‚ Connie spots a young man watching her. He promises to come get her. The next day‚ the man comes to Connie’s house‚ keeping his word‚ and spends
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Journal 10 (Special Issue of Tourism & Hospitality): 45-53‚ 2010 ISSN 1818-4952 © IDOSI Publications‚ 2010 Investigating Service Quality Provided by Resort Operators: The Case of Lake Kenyir in Malaysia Faiz Abd Rahman‚ Nor’Aini Yusof‚ Mohd Yahaya Mohd Daud and Zulkifli Osman School of Housing‚ Building and Planning‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ 11800 Penang‚ Malaysia Abstract: The main objective of this article is to determine whether tourists regard the product and services provided in an ecotourism
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Nightmare or Reality? Joyce Carol Oates creates an inquisitive plot that causes the reader to question events in the story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” She develops this story featuring a girl named Connie‚ who has an encounter with a boy at a restaurant that she doesn’t know. “He wagged a finger and laughed and said‚ “Gonna get you‚ baby‚” and Connie turned away…” (Oates 210). Startled Connie only saw this boy once that night‚ but the story goes on‚ and a few days later he comes
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are a part of school curriculum. This has been introduced in schools and colleges for the overall development of the students. This makes expressive skills and managing skills also important for us. It is also important to develop communication skills in relationships. What deserves more attention is that most of us do not feel confident to make presentations and speeches. But realizing the importance of these skills in modern day life‚ most good schools have made it a regular part of their curriculum
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The Two Sides of Connie ‘Narrative details in ’ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ The story ’ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ is about the fifteen year old Connie who is a girl struggling with her sexuality. The girl tries to be an adult and attractive‚ but at the same time‚ she hides her sexual side from her family. These two sides cannot remain separate from each other at all times and collide with each other‚ which this short story depicts. The main idea in this short story
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What Are You Proud Of? By: Mulki Abshir Certain things happen in your life that you never forget; sometimes they’re happy moments‚ other times sad moments and sometimes they’re even powerful moments like when it’s your turn to be bullied. I’ve always thought that when your friends or you get bullied‚ by ignoring the bully would make them leave you alone but I realized it just makes things worse. It was 3rd grade in Elementary School‚ a year that I realized something important. So far
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What Are You Proud Of? By: Mulki Abshir Certain things happen in your life that you never forget; sometimes they’re happy moments‚ other times sad moments and sometimes they’re even powerful moments like when it’s your turn to be bullied. I’ve always thought that when your friends or you get bullied‚ by ignoring the bully would make them leave you alone but I realized it just makes things worse. It was 3rd grade in Elementary School‚ a year that I realized something important. So far
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are hiding in the “Secret Annexe‚” the Van Daans live with them also. Anne draws a map in the book to show you a layout of the “Secret Annexe.” It’s pretty large‚ although with eight people living there‚ it’s quite crowded. The plot for the story was for Anne and her family to hide from the Germans until the war was over. Hiding was hard for the Franks and Van Daans since they had to be extremely quiet when using things and living in the “Secret Annexe.” Those families hid there for 25
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What do you mean by Data Center Services? Data Center Services is an umbrella term used to describe services which create‚ execute‚ enhance or maintain a data center for an organization. Basically‚ data center services include all the facilities related to IT components and activities. It can involve software‚ hardware‚ personnel and processes. Types of Data Centers Enterprise Data Centers Previously‚ enterprises built their own data centers on their own sites. However‚ building private data centers
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are on a very deep level. The way we interact with others affects relationships. To sum up what I’m saying the way we act affects our relationships and causes some to be made and some to be changed or even lost. This theme is present in the stories “What‚ of This Goldfish‚ Would You Wish?”‚ “The Wife’s Story”‚ and “My So-Called Enemy” as they all have to do with the way relationships affect us. In the short story “What‚ of This Goldfish‚ Would You Wish?” by Etgar Keret the main character Sergei acts
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