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    "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" Music is one of the symbols mentioned in this story. The author mentions the music played in everywhere in the story. The author says that "The Music was always in the background". The music comes from restaurants‚ homes and cars. Music symbolizes the feeling and the emotions of the characters. For example‚ music for Connie is a pattern for romantic relationship. When she is happy‚ she hears music in everywhere. On the other hand‚ when she is sad‚ she couldn’t

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    What have been the main developments in strike activity in Britain over the last 35 years? Strike activity is a form of industrial action that can occur in the workplace once conflict has risen. It is a complete stoppage of work by a group of employees and its aim is to express a grievance or to enforce a demand. (Dundon‚ Rowlinson‚ 2011) Employees will usually use a strike as a last resort to deal with issues in the workplace; workers are not able to perform a strike without a stringent process

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    Soundsuit By Nick Cave

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    Nick Cave: Soundsuit‚ 2012 “Wow! This is beautiful”‚ I thought to myself seeing Nick Cave’s artwork titled Soundsuit. I loved each detail about the artwork at first sight‚ from the different rectangular patterns poised together to the glamorous shine it gives‚ standing at a human like shape. Looking at the Soundsuit gives me a higher level fancy feeling. This artwork reminds me of a cartoon character. This sculpture was precise with details and made me wonder what was the sculptures meaning‚ what

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    Going Where Have You Been?” presents many themes and symbols to the reader. One that jumped out at me while reading the story was the overall feeling of innocence. Joyce Carol Oates shows us innocence from the very beginning of the story to the end where Connie loses self-control and power. From the first paragraph of the story we learn that Connie is a young fifteen year old who longs for attention and acceptance. I was able to relate to the story better when I paused and remembered what it was like

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    acceptable in one’s heart‚ the best. In “You Should Have Been a Boy‚” Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s determination to make her father proud‚ drove her to do what most women of her time never did: earn a higher education or speak out against injustice. In the essay‚ “Superman and Me‚” Sherman Alexie’s unrelenting passion for reading allowed him to turn a blind eye to the ridicule that his peers endowed upon him and helped him push pass the limitations that had been placed on his people. Malcolm X describes in

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    left behind by the other people of their same age; they try to keep up with the latest fashion trends so they would not look like a loser. “Fashion is a form of imitation and so of social equalization‚ but paradoxically‚ in changing incessantly‚ it differentiates one time from another and one social stratum to another.” (G. Simmel‚ 1957). From this quote from Simmel’s book entitled The American Journal of Sociology‚ We would recognize the meaning of fashion as “changing through times” as well as

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    About Nick Joaquin

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    About Nick Joaquin Nicomedes Marquez Joaquin (May 4‚ 1917–April 29‚ 2004) was a Filipino writer‚ historian and journalist‚ best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila. Joaquin was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature. He is considered the most important Filipino writer in English‚ and the third most important overall‚ after José Rizal and Claro M. Recto. Biograph Early

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    Nick describes himself as “honest” but in the final chapter Jordan Baker disagrees’. To what extent does Fitzgerald portray Nick as honest? Assess whether the reader is supposed to believe that Nick is “honest”? The ‘honest’ narrator Nick is far from truthful. Created as a pseudo-alias to reflect Fitzgerald’s own ideals‚ Nick represents a slightly more sober and realistic view of the grossly decadent world he lives is. Although this may not be entirely free of bias‚ the character is level-headed

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    Biography of Nick Joaquin

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    Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín‚ or Nick Joaquín was born in Paco District Paco‚ Manila. He dropped out of high school and did odd jobs on Manila’s waterfront and elsewhere. He taught himself by reading widely at the National Library of the Philippines and the library of his father‚ Leocadio Joaquín‚ who had been a lawyer and a colonel in the Philippine Revolution. This developed further his interest in writing. His mother was named Salome Marquez Joaquin. Joaquín was first published in the literary section

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    Luke discusses that the first church was devoted to the teachings of the apostles‚ fellowship with other believers‚ prayer‚ and breaking of the bread. Within the church‚ there were many acts and wonders that left the people in awe. They came together as the body of Christ to serve the poor‚ attended the temple daily‚ and praised the Lord for all He had done. The first church in Acts reveals a perfect picture of what the modern church should look like today. Although times have changed and we are no

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