fight‚ people tend to protect themselves before protecting a stranger. Stanley Milgram put a study together to prove that Germans are more likely to be obedient to authority then American are. The study was called “If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger‚ Would You? Probably.” Milgram explains the character aspects of why people listen to authority and why they afraid not to. Social structure and the organization of society have a powerful affect on people. Milgrams set out to New Haven to start
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In her short story‚ “Where are you going where have you been?” Joyce Carol Oates describes the emotional ride of a fifteen year old girl‚ on the verge of becoming an adult and losing her innocence of mind and body along the way. She has a difficult time growing up and developing her own personality as they would have her react to her circumstances.“Everything about her bad two side to it‚ one for Home and one for anywhere that was not Home.” Connie feels that the best attribute that a girl can have
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“Where are you Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Oates and “Castle Nowhere” by Woolson offer a strong basis for comparison and contrast in terms of canonical and non-canonical texts through characterization‚ genre/tone‚ setting‚ themes‚ and symbolism. While many of the obvious differences reside in concrete categories like setting‚ genre/tone‚ and characterization‚ there are alluring similarities in theme and symbolism that can allow the reader to conclude the canonization of “Where are you Going‚ Where
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can’t teach everything online‚ nor should we try.” (Why Are So Many Students Still Failing Online”). Even if you don’t fully agree with Jenkins‚ he does offer some “common ground”. He states that online learning and courses should have its limitations. Who would seek out doctors that had all of their training through an online learning program? So what are the limitations? Where do you draw the line for online learning? Jenkins thought he had drawn the line at an online public speaking class.
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Joyce Carol 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
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In this essay I will review the question of how the Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down exemplifies the techniques of ethnographic research that we have studied in class. Also I will consider the question if there are ways in which Fadiman could have improved her methods to be a better anthropologist. In the essay I will look at the specific methods and techniques that Fadiman utilized. I will discuss where she conducted her research and also cover how she conducted her fieldwork. I suggest Anthropological
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Wrong Impressions The short story‚ “Where Are You going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates explains how a young girl was struggling to find herself. Oates writes about a girl named Connie who was 16 years old and was lost in a world of fantasy. Connie had a split personality/image while at home and when she was out with her friends. Living in a world of fantasy‚ Connie would ignore her family by tuning them out and being distant. Connie would constantly be in front of the mirror admiring
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Respect Your Body and Image In the introduction to‚ “Veiled Intentions: Don’t Judge a Muslim Girl by Her Covering”‚ Maysan Haydar gives a story as to why she first began covering. Specifically‚ Haydar argues that appearance is misjudged all over the world. As she puts it‚ “At the heart of my veiling is my personal freedom.” Although some people believe in being wanted only for looks‚ Haydar insists that there is no value in being assessed by an image. In sum then‚ her view is that veiling makes
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Last semester I read the book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman for one of my social work classes. This book is closely related to the chapter we covered this week on immigrants and refugees. This topic definitely piqued my interest. The book provided me with a descriptive overview of the life of a refugee from their perspective‚ while our textbook provided me with the knowledge base that is needed to assist this population. From a local perspective‚ I could never grasp the
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USUALLY OUR INTENTION IS TO COMMIT AN ACTION THAT PLEASES OTHERS‚ HOWEVER SOMETIMES OUR TIMING OR THOUGHTS MAKES THE AIM UNACHIEVED‚ AND OUR ENDLESS EFFORTS END IN FAILURE. ONE SUCH INCIDENT HAPPENED WITH ME AS WELL‚ WHEN ALL MY EFFORTS TO PLEASE MY DEAREST AUNT ENDED IN FAILURE. I HAD THIS AUNT WHO WAS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART‚ AND SHE USED TO BUY ME PRETTY TOYS AND READ ME BEDTIME STORIES WHEN I WENT TO DUBAI. WHEN I HEARD THAT SHE WAS COMING TO PAKISTAN TO MEET US I HAD GONE CRAZY WITH EXCITEMENT
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