Response Essay – “The Best Girlfriend You Never Had” Pam Houston’s “The Best Girlfriend You Never Had” tells the tale of a girl who wants nothing more than to be with someone who is in love with another. This story was chosen due to its relation to the many conflicts and lessons that I myself have learned throughout life thus far. The protagonist seems to strive for the unattainable‚ which I feel many of us have dealt with in our lives one way or another. I have learned that too much effort in
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Where are you going‚ Where have you been? This is a horrifying and haunting story that shows a girl who resulted in an awful situation. She rejects the role of being a daughter‚ sister‚ and a nice girl to refine her sexual personality. She has an obsession with her looks‚ loves to hang out with her friends and flirts with boys older than her. This award directly goes to Connie which is the main character of the book called‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol. Connie is
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Juliet takes her own life near the end of the play. Friar Lawrence’s involvement is directly responsible for the death of Juliet. He makes not just one‚ but three mistakes that all lead to Juliet’s death. He gave a poison to Juliet. He trusted someone else to deliver a critical letter to Romeo. Also‚ he fled when Juliet was in the most danger at the sepulcher. Had he not made these three grave mistakes‚ Juliet might not have died. Friar Lawrence made the most danger mistake‚ when he trusted
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Act 1 scene i Analysis Shakespeare begins his play with a pair of dueling brothers‚ an amendment of his source material—Thomas Lodge’s popular prose romance‚ Rosalynde—that allows him to establish‚ with great economy‚ the corrupt nature of so-called civilized life. Oliver’s mistreatment of his brother spurs Orlando to journey into the curative Forest of Ardenne as surely as Frederick’s actions did his own brother Duke Senior‚ which immediately locates the play in the pastoral tradition: those wounded
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Joyce Carol Oates’s short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” focuses on the seemingly typical life of a teenage girl‚ Connie. The character irony is found in the fact that a teenage girl in the 1960’s struggled with the same issues teenagers battle with in present society. Connie‚ the main character‚ fights with her parents‚ does not want to be like her older sister‚ and thinks very highly of herself. As a teenage girl typically believes‚ Connie imagines she is the center of attention
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college but I knew as long as I had them I could do it. Pops was the first person I told that I was a college student now. He hugged me all day and told me he was proud of me. Later that night when I got alone I cried. For once I felt like I had someone on my side to help me make it. They are the best. Mom took a little ill and that hurt me. Her in pain didn’t think that could happen because she is so strong. Worrying is one thing that I do because I love her so much. She pushes me all the way. Times
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I like sports I played on an after school football team. My team won 4 out of 6 games. I’ve been through alot of hard. I lost my best friend last year. I like dogs i have 2 pitbulls and my favorite color is blue. I succeeded at a couple of things. One thing is i made it through elementary school without getting into a serious fight and football. I play football at the park with my brother sometimes and i’m always playing xbox. I have 3 brothers 2 are older than me and 1 is younger. My favorite memory
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Connie in “Where are you going‚ Where have you been”‚ has a lot of underlying mental issues. Joyce Carol Oates created the perfect character to receive psychoanalytic criticism. The relationships Connie forms with her family‚ friends‚ and outsiders are all affected by Connie’s issues which come to consume her future. One of Connie’s biggest faults was the recognition of her beauty. She “knew she was pretty and that was everything” (Oates 1). This constant checking of herself in mirrors to make
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only affecting our moods‚ it is also hindering our health. During the cycles of sleep‚ NREM and REM‚ our body is secreting many important hormones that affect growth‚ regulate energy‚ control metabolism and endocrine functions‚ and more. While you are sleeping your body is secreting growth hormones‚ hormones involved in reproduction and puberty‚ and lastly what many Americans need to know‚ hormones that influence appetite and weight! Of course there are other factors in our
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What can someone accomplish in 20 years? Someone could possibly research a disease and come up with a cure for it in 20 years. Someone else could possibly get an education from kindergarten to college in 20 years. Frederick Douglass spent 20 years as a slave. He spent 20 years doing work against his own will‚ and he had no control of his own life. After being a slave for 20 years‚ Douglass was able to escape and become a leader in the abolitionist movement. Frederick Douglass was able to escape slavery
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