To a large degree‚ the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year‚ and what may or may not happen tomorrow‚ the present moment is where you are -- always． Without question‚ many of us have mastered the neurotic art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things -- all at once. We allow past problems and future concerns to dominate our present moments‚ so much so that we end
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A Sense of Bill Bradley In John McPhee’s “A Sense of Where You Are” (1965)‚ he explains how Bill Bradley is a role model to many. He is the single greatest basketball player in Princeton’s school history. He leads the team to the Final Four in 1965. Beyond basketball‚ Bill’s hard working‚ unselfish‚ and responsible attitude made him much more than just a great basketball player‚ for they make him a great man. Bill Bradley is very disciplined and extremely hard working. Bill Bradley may have
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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 to her house where she learns that the boy’s name is “Arnold Friend.” She
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The story‚ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates is truly littered with conventions of Psychoanalysis. Freud developed a list of defense mechanisms used by the human subconscious in order to deal with issues too intense for the conscious mind. These strategies of the psyche are translated into symbols scattered throughout this work. These symbols are expressed through the characters of Connie‚ and Arnold Friend. The first convention is denial. Denial is when the subconscious
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In Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” Arnold Friend‚ a conniving antagonist‚ charms a naive teenager named Connie into believing he will rescue her from her inattentive family. However‚ at the story’s climax‚ Connie fears for her life yet cannot resist Arnold’s temptations. Although details of Friend’s appearance‚ speech‚ and actions should warn Connie of his evil intentions‚ through Oates’s portrayal of Friend as a devil-figure‚ Connie is easily “conned” foreshadowing
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famous hill resort in the country. This highland paradise still retains much of the charm of an English village. Being a primarily agricultural domain‚ you will find an abundance of vegetables and fruits farms here. Cameron Highlands is also the leading producer of flowers and tea in Malaysia. Be prepared for a lovely sight of extraordinary flowers you won’t see flourishing elsewhere in Malaysia! Located on the Titiwangsa Range at about 1500 metres above sea-level‚ the temperature here can drop to 16
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There are many similarities between the short stories "A&P" and "Where are you going‚ Where have you been?" most notably their characters. Both stories contain a female protagonist‚ and a male antagonist‚ whose confrontations start out relatively normal‚ and progress to more and more surreal and twisted endings. Their main characters‚ Sammy and Connie‚ are shockingly similar‚ and yet strangely different‚ one a 15 year old wishing to be older and beautiful‚ the other An eighteen year old boy from
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Joyce Carol Oates’ short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is the haunting saga of a fifteen year old girl’s moral struggles that has resonated with readers since the story’s initial publication. Arnold Friend is a mystery of a character; his origins and nature have been debated time and time again. The real answer is that there is no real answer‚ and Arnold Friend is a character with a nature entirely up to the individual interpretation of any one reader. It can certainly be agreed
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Content Marketing MetriCs A Field Guide to the Four Types of Too often‚ content marketers tell themselves that they can’t accurately measure their results‚ or a tactic isn’t measurable‚ or that they don’t feel comfortable measuring content. These are defeatist statements‚ hanging over your content marketing like a dark cloud. If you find yourself falling into this camp‚ don’t fret: You still have time to get on the right track. This eBook will cover the four types of metrics that help marketers
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People say home is where the heart is‚ and although I do think that is somewhat true‚ I feel that it’s not the home that makes the family‚ but the family that make the home. I recently realized just how content I was with family when I had a family reunion in a small cabin in Idaho. Although there was over fifteen of us in a 5 bedroom cabin‚ it didn’t matter because whether we were lounging around‚ fishing‚ or hiking we were together doing what God had intended for us to do. I guess many people
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