Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have you been?” is a coming-of-age short story that depicts the virtually invisible barrier between adolescence and adulthood. Connie is a feisty fifteen-year-old girl that doesn’t intend to ride in the backseat for the duration of her younger years‚ unlike her older sister June‚ who her mother tends to favor throughout most of the story. Her mother causes most of the friction in the house between the two‚ mainly because “[e]verything about [Connie]
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or that he is just the mere imagination of a salacious daydream in a young girl’s mind. In Joyce Carol Oates acclaimed short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ a 15-year-old girl named Connie‚ with ever growing feelings of attraction toward the opposite sex‚ has a vexing encounter with a middle-aged man who goes by the name Arnold Friend. You can’t talk about Arnold Friend‚ his train of thought‚ and intentions without talking about and understanding Connie’s character. In the story
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You Live and You Learn Marriage is not always what you expect it to be. In today’s society‚ marriage is taken lightly and it doesn’t always end in‚ “happily ever after.” In the essay “Second Marriage”‚ the writer describes her learning experience with her first marriage and how she applied what she learned to her second marriage. The message that’s conveyed in the essay is that in marriage‚ it’s not only important to grow together as a couple‚ but also grow as individual people to strengthen the
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First of all‚ I must comment on the fact that this was a beautifully constructed essay. Like the letter Einstein wrote too Miss Wright‚ it flowed like water‚ with smooth and fluid transitions from topic to topic. His main focus was the basic building block of all matter: the tiny atom and how it makes YOU. Those simple particles‚ bonded together in such a unique way that it can only create one individual: You. The author says‚ "To begin with‚ for you to be here now trillions of drifting atoms had
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Bob thought about this “Why are you asking me this question‚ are you unhappy?” “No. I am not unhappy‚ I love you and the kids and we are doing well. But…” Tia told Bob about Jane and how it had triggered her own thoughts on her life‚ on their lives. Bob thought about this question‚ He was in his forties‚ reasonably successful‚ the clock ran his life‚ this was true and he admired Jane’s husband for keeping a specific time for his wife. Bob had never thought about it and he sensed that Tia disapproved
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I write this essay now as I prepare for my exams‚ just like any other student. The end of my life as a high school student is slowly creeping around the corner. Thinking far back I ponder as to where and how I would want to see myself in the future. I know that the choices that I will make from this point on will determine my future. College is a different world‚ a different place‚ or so they say. The days that will pass me by when I enter that world hereon in will be a challenge that I will accept
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it is true that food plays a very vital role in maintaining proper health as well as preventing/curing diseases‚ for some‚ food can also be used to fill emotional voids. Other people are forced into specific dietary restrictions based on auto-immune intolerances‚ or other health-related problems‚ while others may simply choose not to eat certain food products based on their moral or religious beliefs. Whichever way you look at it‚ whether you’re a health fanatic/fitness buff‚ someone struggling
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What characteristics do you posses that would serve you well as a camp counselor? I believe I hold the characteristics of a terrific leader‚ someone who is always focused on what she is doing‚ someone who has integrity and is inspirational. I also completed leadership training and hold a certificate of leadership. I am overly patient and always positive. 2. What would the ideal experience of camp be? To me‚ the ideal camp experience would be for these girls not only have a fun time and build
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What should you do if you are being backbited ? All of us always want to be congratulated by other people. But what if you suddenly being bakbited ? what should you do? Firstly‚ who can backbite you in this world?It could be anyone such as your jealously neighborhood when you seem to be better than her child. It also can be one of the girl at class when she thinks that you expressed your intelligent too much. Or the girl at the extra class always looks at you with an annoyed eyes
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“Run into a store‚ ask what year it is. When someone answer‚ yell “It worked!” and run out cheering”. This is a popular joke about time machine I’ve read in a funny website. It can’t be denied that for people who enjoy imagining crazy things like me‚ the idea of “being capable of travel purposefully and selectively through time” sounds exceedingly marvelous and tempting. I’m so excited at the prospect of being able to travel through time that I find myself wondering hazily whether I should go back
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