Will you please be quiet‚ please? Raymond Carver Chapter Summaries “Fat” A waitress serves a fat man and is moved by the experience. “Neighbors” A couple house-sitting for neighbors are gradually taking over their neighbors’ lives. They begin to enjoy the feeling of voyeurism and begin to hope: One says‚ “Maybe they won’t come back.” “The Idea” A couple spies on a man who spies on his own wife from his garden. “They’re Not your Husband” Details an out of work salesman´s response to the
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Our Identity is shaped by our relationships Good morning/afternoon everyone‚ my name is Jessica Holmes and I’m coming from the VCAA education department. I’m here today to talk to you about how‚ “our identity is shaped by our relationships”. When I say relationships‚ I don’t just mean boyfriend/girlfriend relationship‚ I’m also talking about family‚ friends and other relationships. I’m talking about identity since it’s your context writing theme for year 12. Our family is huge in determining
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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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Teenagers in general are often stereotyped into one general category: unruly‚ uncaring‚ and self-absorbed. In the short story “Where are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates plays on this stereotype. She uses imagery and point of view to direct the reader’s attention to the teenage girl psyche‚ selfish‚ whimsical‚ and longing for attention and affection‚ and how this stereotypical psyche can be distorted and controlled. The protagonist of the story‚ Connie‚ is a vain‚ “typical”
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Explore the ways in which these characteristics interact to create a dynamic‚ living religion A religion or religious system is a dynamic‚ living reality. While it can be identified and studied through characteristics such as rituals and sacred texts‚ it is in essence a living thing‚ which is given expression through all its characteristics. As dynamic‚ living realities‚ religions help provide meaning for those who follow them. It is not possible for any religion to exist with doctrines‚ but
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When Should We Trust Our Senses to Give Us the Truth? Sight‚ smell‚ sound‚ taste‚ and touch make up the five senses that we have all become very familiar with. We have been able to depend on your senses for years. The question I pose is; when can we trust our senses to give us the truth? An account of what “true” means does not have to tell us what is true‚ nor tell us how we could find out what is true‚ therefore we must wonder if our senses can give us the truth. It is first important to
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should we live our lives? This question is the most confusing question that many of people lost there lives trying to answer. Many philosophers‚ sociologists and thinkers consumed many years trying to put theories‚ concepts‚ and norms to guide others to the most efficient way to live. One thing I had discovered is that life is easier than many people think you should have to open your eyes and start to enjoy life‚ instead of trying to explain it. This book will not be a guide or a path for others to
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Languages Shape Lives Learning new languages may shape our ways of talking and thinking. Also every language to another has many different ways in how we communicate with other people who speak the language we have learned. In “How Does Our Language Shape the Way We Think?” Lera Boroditsky explains how a new language can affect the way we are thinking. The new language (second language) is one of the most important things that can change the way of thinking. Most of people who speak more than one language
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throw people through a loophole‚ cause confusion amongst each other‚ and contrast uniformity. Psychopaths lead to the death of individuals that conform to the standard and have no remorse for the action. They disrupt the flow of progress and end the life of another with no penalty of law. Psychopaths work to change how society thinks as a norm‚ such as a psychopath in “Cask of Amontillado‚” “The Lottery‚” and “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” “Cask of Amontillado” shows how a calm person can
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The Men we carry in our Minds It is men who get to be the President and the politicians‚ it is men who get to be the CEO’s‚ it is men who all the joys and pleasures of life are given. This is what the women say‚ they say men have all the advantages of life that it is so much easier for them to get ahead‚ that it is unfair that they can work prominent positions of work‚ while the women are reduced to child raising and homemaking. Do the women of Scott Sander’s essay "Gender and Identity"
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