In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” the author uses clothes as a symbol to reveal our protagonist and antagonist individualities. Connie who is our protagonist is a fifteen-year-old girl who has the habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors. Connie wears a pullover jersey blouse that looked one way when she is home and another way when she is away‚ in where she wears shorts. In the text‚ it states that “They must have been familiar sights walking around the shopping plaza in their
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(30) Mr. Clifford 20 March 2013 What You See‚ Is Not Always What You Get When you hear the word janitor‚ obviously nothing glamorous comes to mind. All we think about is scrubbing toilets or mopping floors‚ basically cleaning up after other people who most of the time show no appreciation. When asked what comes to mind when you hear the word janitor‚ some people would say someone who is poor and not well educated. Not very many people
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HOW TO BE YOURSELF 1. Find yourself and define yourself on your terms Yet‚ you can’t be yourself if you don’t know‚ understand yourself first. It should be your primary goal to find this out. Find the time to dwell upon what you value and take time to consider what makes up the essence of who you are. As part of this‚ contemplate your life and choices. Try to think about what kinds of things you would or wouldn’t like to do‚ and act accordingly;
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Have you ever been in a situation where you had to take a stand for yourself or someone else? A lot of people face racial injustice every day. It is right to take a stand when facing racial injustice or inequality. Always remember‚ no matter what happens‚ there is always a right way to stand up and overcome anything negative. Sometimes‚ people speak out against injustice and change happens immediately. Other times‚ they cannot see the ripple effect their actions may have on future generations. Chief
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Society‚ parents‚ friends‚ teachers‚ and media‚ are encouraging individuals to "be yourself." Initially the idea of being yourself seems only natural‚ maybe even unavoidable. In order to be yourself‚ one must first know exactly what their "self" is. Based on biological criteria‚ the first characteristic of our "self" is given to us at birth----our sex. We are given our sexual identity‚ female or male‚ and expected to have the same gender identity. Males should be male‚ and females should be
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in state public college paid around $24‚000 for the 2016-2017 school year (“What’s the Price”). Likewise‚ how many people do get to “open the door to a world of opportunity” like Dan Rather said‚ by actually getting a college degree? The US Census Bureau in 2014 found that 68% of people in the United States have not earned a bachelor’s degree (Fiedler). With tuition rates on the rise‚ people have considered whether a free four-year college education
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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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adults head off to college to gain the skills they will need later in life. How do these young adults gain these skills? By copying peoples’ answers‚ stealing tests‚ and all this texting in we do in high school i guess that just helps us read and spell‚ but then again does it is because the saying "i don’t know" is now spelled "IDK". This is definitely how their parents want their hard-earned money to be spent. Why do we go to college anyway? It’s not like we actually learn anything. We go so that
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How to Be the Change You Want To See A lot of people associate change as a negative outcome but really change can be great. It’s all about your attitude toward the change. Before the change can take place‚ we have to start fresh by getting rid of old baggage and stuff. Let’s shred everything negative from your life so we can start over. Look in the mirror and write down what you see and what you want to change? Not necessary your facial features but your life. Steps for creating a change
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that not everything in the world is the way it was thought to be‚ the world crumbles into pieces‚ but how does it happen? Joyce Carol Oates portrays an amazing detailed moment of theft of chastity‚ or at least what is left of it‚ in "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been?" With symbolic imagery‚ major bibliomancy‚ and extreme personal conflict Oates easily manages to get her point across of the complete loss of innocence. A constant image that is brought to the reader’s creative thoughts is colors
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