In Joyce Carol Oates’ “‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ and Smooth Talk: Short Story into Film‚” Oates writes that Connie “An innocent young girl is seduced by way of her own vanity” and that “she confuses death for erotic romance” (419). Oates clearly defines her point when Connie first discovers Arnold Friend at the drive in diner. She catches Friend staring at her with a big smile and Connie “slit her eyes at him and turned away‚ but she couldn’t help looking back” (409). The fact
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The dramatic irony of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” conveys the tone of warning about temptation. Connie’s situation is that she does not feel appreciated at home and uses her looks and actions to get attention and appreciation from boys even if it is short-term. She is self-conscious about her looks and is constantly worried about how other people perceive her. Friend’s fantasy is that Connie will willingly go with him and be his “lover” (605) even before he officially met her. The
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Oates’s story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" places Connie‚ a typical teenager‚ in this situation. Throughout the story‚ occasionally using religious undertones‚ Connie’s language of a typical teenager gradually changes‚ from calm and somewhat curious to nervous and terrified. Early in the story on a Sunday morning‚ Connie’s family leaves to go to a family barbeque down the street. Connie is left by herself and chooses to wash her hair instead of going to church. When she hears
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Sameness and difference does not matter if there is belonging Belonging is a key in managing effective relationships. When you belong somewhere or amongst a group of people‚ sameness or difference does not come into play as you are considered an equal. Nevertheless there should be somewhat sameness between the entire groups‚ so that there is a common similarity that connects the entire group together. Though the very notion that there could exist a place where difference does not count may seem
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Project Rationale This project (Medical Records System with Mobile Support) was designed and developed to easily facilitates and monitors the patients records. This project will help the clinic to speed up the process of patient monitoring and searching patient’s records. This aims to solve the minor problems identified en every process encountered by the personnel-in-charge from monitoring and searching patient’s information. The developers have come up with a solution to make the clinic’s manual
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Connie’s Paradigm In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” we follow the main character Connie as she faces an inner transformation. The author introduces Connie as a vain and inexperienced adolescent who seems to daydream about things she doesn’t quite understand as she has more of a naive idea of what adulthood is all about. She takes pleasure in having control over everyone and everything around her. These ideas as well as her security are shaken when the
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other religions both Christianity and Confucianism teach and promote peace. Both Christianity and Confucianism teach about Heaven as where you go in the afterlife. Both religions also have a golden rule. This rule in Christianity is to treat others as you wish to be treated and in Confucianism it is what you do not wish for yourself do not do to others. Both of these translations mean treat others the way you want to be treated. Christianity and Confucianism preach to respect your parents as one of
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In her essay‚ Where are you going‚ Where have you been‚ Joyce Carol Oates‚ underscores the importance of communication to develop her story. Both the presence and absence of communication are utilized in the evolution of Oates’ purpose. The author relates each of her subjects to archetypal characters in order to firmly cast them into a category. Through careful consideration of detail‚ Oates’ offers a particular understanding of Connie’s relationship with her parents and the world around Connie.
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of labor? Provide a rationale for your answer. Other statistic that could have been used to describe labor active labor ‚ pre labor ‚ complications‚ group b strep‚ c sections or medical interventions since some mothers do not experience labor because of medically managed births for high risk moms or infants for co morbidity etc. 4. Were the distributions of scores similar for the experimental and control groups for the length of labor? Provide a rationale for your answer. The distribution
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up without fathers often struggle with feelings of low self-esteem and unworthiness.” (OWN) In this instance though it was a young lady who had been affected in the short-story‚ “Where Are You Going‚
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