Her wet back felt like it was touching something like leather‚ maybe a car seat she thought. The sound of the blasting V8 engine reassured her that she was. Arnold Friend was driving while listening to a Bobby King program but his metallic shades couldn’t give a hint whether he liked it or not. Just then Arnold turned his head and saw who just woke up. “Mornin’ honey” he said in his usual deep tone. She had to turn away because the glasses reflected the sunset right into her eyes and it was that moment
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In Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” many critics argue whether the character of Arnold Friend‚ clearly the story’s antagonist‚ represents biblical Satan himself or a psychopathic stalker. Indeed‚ Arnold Friend could be an allegorical devil figure‚ the protagonist who lures Connie into riding off with him in his car‚ or‚ in the contrary‚ far more a grotesque portrait of a psychopathic killer masquerading as a teenager. However‚ he has all the traditional‚ sinister traits
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(Oates 318). Suggests Arnold knows he is an outsider‚ and does not quite blend in like a human. He is a narcissist and believes Connie supposed to cater to his needs. He thinks his presence is too good and the house does not deserve it‚ hinting why bother to think about stepping in that house where I do not belong. While asking himself‚ why do I have to in and get you? When there is no need for him to lift a finger because it is Connie‚ who has to come out to him. “but just for you to come out to
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You Been?" critics argue whether the character of Arnold Friend‚ clearly the story ’s antagonist‚ represents Satan in the story. Indeed‚ Arnold Friend is an allegorical devil figure for the main reason that he tempts Connie‚ the protagonist‚ into riding off with him in his car. Oates characterizes Arnold Friend at first glance as "a boy with shaggy‚ black hair‚ in a convertible jalopy painted gold"(581). She lets the reader know that Arnold is not a teenager when Connie begins to notice the
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Benedict Arnold was highly regarded as America’s greatest Revolutionary general. Due to his high rank on the battlefield it seemed most unlikely that Arnold would retreat to the other side. "Arnold has betrayed us. Whom can we trust now?" asked George Washington who felt that no one could be trusted once Arnold had betrayed his country of which he had shown so much love for. Arnold had been a die-hard patriot who at the Boston Massacre asked if the Americans were asleep‚ waiting to be robbed of their
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Word choice‚ denotation and connotation Word choice refers to the poet’s poetic diction. In Dover Beach’‚ Matthew Arnold uses formal diction. He chose his words carefully. When he says that the world does not give us love’‚ he means that the world lacks imagination and can know very little about time past‚ which is crystallized in ancient literature like a leaf in amber‚ knowledge of which is an essential precondition for love. He does not mean that love does not exist‚ but that it comes only
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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Arnold Schwarzenegger was born on July 30‚1947‚ in Thal‚ Austria. His parents were Aurelia and Gustav Schwarzenegger‚ and his older brother was Meinhard‚ who was liked better than Arnold by his father. Arnold’s family believes he inherited his physique from Karl Schwarzenegger‚ Arnold’s grandfather. Arnold’s father was the head of the German military police during the war years in Belgium. Gustav was legendary for his strict discipline toward Arnold and Meinhard. For example
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Shouldice Hospital ? Shouldice Hospital Limited is an 89 bed healthcare facility located in the suburbs of Toronto‚ Canada. The 17‚000 square foot facility is housed on a sprawling 130 acre estate and specializes in repairing external abdominal hernias. Currently‚ 7‚600 surgeries are performed each year on patients from all across the United States and Canada. Founded by Dr. Earle Shouldice circa 1940‚ the organization enjoys a reputation for effectively using a unique surgical technique to repair
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GLOSSARY OF TECHNIQUES USED TO CREATE MEANING Active voice/passive voice Writing that uses the forms of verbs which create a direct relationship between the subject and the object. Active voice is lively and more direct. Eg. ‘We had fun’ is written in the active voice; ‘Fun was had’ is written in the passive voice. Alliteration The repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. It is used to produce sound that adds to the atmosphere or mood of the words‚ or perhaps
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Discuss how Arnold uses the Sea as a metaphor to show his growing concern for the faithlessness of man. In Dover Beach‚ Matthew Arnold describes an evening he spent with his lover. The picturesque sights and sounds around him remind him of the pathetic state of man. Arnold was agnostic at the time he wrote the poem and his despair and disillusionment towards religion is highlighted through the poem. He shows the reader how the coming of Scientific reasoning brought about through Imperialism‚ Darwinism
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