instructor. This is an expensive and time-consuming habit‚ but I view it as part of my responsibility as a gun owner. It is true that my work as a writer has added to my security concerns somewhat‚ but my involvement with guns goes back decades. I have always wanted to be able to protect myself
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Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is about a 15 year old girl named Connie. Connie is the dark blond haired girl who catches all the attention and knows she looks good. The story is somewhat journalistic in the sense that there are few extreme stylistic flourishes or complicated sentence structures. Oates’s spare style allows the images in the story to stand out in realistic coherence‚ in a way that makes one feel they have some unexplainable importance. “There’s your sister in a blue
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as a cliché in daily life. This momentous disease took place in medieval England‚ and was one of the worst natural disasters in history. Although‚ at the time‚ it may not have been known how it was being brought over‚ it could have been dealt with more effectively. Fewer people would have died‚ if more effective measures had been taken. The outbreak location of the Black Death has numerous possibilities. The first recorded occurrence was in the early 1300s when it swept through China‚ cutting its
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people views in innocence is freedom from sin‚ moral wrong‚ or guilt through lack of knowledge of evil. At some point in everyone’s life they will eventually lose there innocence‚ it just depends on the choices they have made. In Joyce Carol Oates “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” She uses characterization and imagery to show how Connie is dealing with the loss of her innocence Oates characterization of Arnold Friend shows how Connie’s perspective of Arnold and his looks leads to the deception
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seem to think of any danger that might arise from the car. Any aware person would lock the door and have the phone ready to call the police but not this girl. This girl is easily lured into a trap and taken away from everything she loved. This girl is the protagonist‚ Connie‚ from Joyce Carol Oates short story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been.” Rather than heed the gut feeling most readers have at this moment in the story‚ Connie ignorantly emerges from her house and engages the stranger‚ Arnold
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Describe an afternoon at the bus station (SPM 97) It was two o’clock in the afternoon. I was heading towards the bus station with Mohan after Mrs Wong’s extra class. The sun was beating mercilessly on my back and I could feel my sweat trickling down my spine. I have often wished that my mother would allow me to ride a motorcycle to school. She says that I am not ready but we both know that she is terrified that a car would knock me down. When I reached the bus station‚ it was nearly empty except for
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It could be argued how realistic it is to claim that for some given reasons the Cold War could have been avoided; what is sure is that if there are were any major events that if avoided‚ would have evaded the creation of the cold war these are numerous. Now I want you to reread this and ask yourself if it’s easily understood. Some of the foremost events that could be taken into consideration are Churchill’s Iron Speech and Truman’s 1947 address to congress. However‚ in a wider context‚ ideological
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” should not be read through a fantasy/allegorical lens‚ but through a lens of reality. Reading it through the former limits the potency of the story. Everything that takes place in the story is believable‚ and in fact‚ many details of the story are based on real events. Arnold Friend is based on Charles Schmid‚ a real life serial killer who was responsible for the murder of three young girls. Schmid was arrested in 1965 for the rape and murder of Allen Rowe;
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Hydroelectric Generating Station Sustainability is the capacity to maintain. Hydroelectricity is a highly sustainable way of generating electicity. With many advantages‚ hydroelectricity will carry us sustainably‚ meeting our needs for many‚ many years to come. Economically hydroelectric stations are extremely sustainable. Generally speaking it costs anywere from $100 Million dollars to $400 Million dollars to build one station‚ depending of size. The largest dam in the world (The
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“Train Stations and Barrooms” Being faced with difficult decisions is a major obstacle in the lives of adults. After conversing‚ many of these decisions are resolved in a favorable outcome that works for both adults. In “Hills like White Elephants‚” the two adults‚ an American man and the girl‚ discuss a major issue in their lives. This controversy pertains to a potential operation the woman may choose to undergo. The train station and the barroom emphasizes what is being discussed between the two
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