The story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates shows the reader the self-created illusion that the main character Connie has created in order to better understand herself. Connie’s reality is altered as she has this dream that has manifested due to her desire for attention from others. Throughout the story there are many occurrences that support the idea that the entire story is a dream that was made up by Connie’s subconscious. Throughout the story‚ Arnold mentions many
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Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? Innocent‚ young‚ naïve; this is how Connie was at her age of fifteen. She liked the attention boys gave her and how it made her feel. A man named Arnold Friend‚ whose much older than her‚ has stalked Connie and wants to convince her to go for a ride in his car. Connie doesn’t notice the man’s older features and this causes her young mind to contemplate going with Arnold in his car. Connie is more conflicted with herself‚ she battles to make the right choices
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APL&C-Period 1 21 August 2012 You Also Have the Right to Tell a Bigot What You Think By Leonard Pitts S Who is the speaker? Who is the voice that tells the story? The speaker is a syndicated columnist‚ a writer versed in and paid for expressing his opinion in an interesting‚ thought-provoking way. He is educated yet down to earth and not a bombastic or over-inflated or even lover of elevated lexicon or writing style. He is representative of the majority of educated US citizens. O
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I have seen a lot of romantic movies. Valentine’s Day and 500 days of Summer are my favorite movies. There are many differences between them. In this essay‚ I will present about the main differences between two these movies. 500 days of Summer is a movie appreciated about the content and the storytelling. It provides a story about love of Tom Hansen who was in love with a girl called Summer. One of main characters is Summer Finn. After a distressing shock of family‚ she no longer believes
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I lay down and waited for the soothing blanket of sleep shroud me. A few seconds later the anticipated blackness of slumber settled in… Suddenly‚ the deafening noise of the alarm clock woke me up with a startling jolt. It seemed as though I had fallen asleep mere seconds ago and as I groggily looked around something did not seem right. The room looked the same as it did before I went to sleep. In the bright orange light that seemed to come from hell’s keep itself‚ shown through the flimsy curtains
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This If You Have Ever Been Lost In a Toxic Person by Andrea Davis You probably felt desperate. You probably wondered if you would ever get back your normal self again. If you’d ever be the person that you used to be. And even though you saw the red flags‚ for some ungodly reason‚ you stayed. Love shouldn’t you hurt more than it heals you‚ but something inside you just couldn’t let it go. You held onto every last bit of false hope he gave you. You hoped and prayed that he was the person you thought
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Slide 2: Poem‚ Had You Not Had you not hinted It would be appropriate For me to kiss you Beneath the silver moon‚ I may have avoided you And Prufrocked myself through life— Singing nothing but an etherized song. Had you not suggested Spring was a good season For us to make love‚ I might have buried myself In a library trying to find why Henry James’ delicate wound Kept him on the sidelines‚ While the match played out Before his fearful eyes. Had you not intimated I had but precious
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What has been a significant experience in your life and what have you taken from it?Surrounded by thousands of stars‚ complete silence‚ and spectacular mountains‚ I stood atop a village in Thailand fifteen miles south of the Burmese border awestruck by nature’s beauty and power. Immediately‚ I realized that there was more to life than knowledge and understanding. The world isn’t to be taken granted‚ and I don’t plan to sit on the sidelines as the world passes me by. Ministry to Burmese refugees
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Every person experiences changes in his life. Some of these changes are small such as the passing from one grade to another in school. Other changes are more dramatic‚ such as the transition from childhood to adulthood. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" the author goes into depth of the transition from being a carefree‚ innocent child to the complexity and uncertainty of the future when one becomes an adult. The message begins even before the story itself actually
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Fantasy versus Reality in Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates has a constant theme of reality and fantasy running parallel for 15 year old Connie. This short story begins with a description of Connie’s vain personality. The narrator describes her as pretty and self-centered (Oates 421). To emphasize her selfishness‚ Connie is contrasted with her sister‚ June‚ who is chubby‚ plain‚ and well-behaved. Connie’s mother always praises
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