Fiction Analysis Where are you going‚ Where have you been? The story is based in 1960s American suburbs and is told through the eyes of a teenager named Connie. The theme of the story revolves around Connie and her feelings as it is basically told through the eyes of a teenager. The reader is first introduced to the main character Connie and the theme of innocence is established. The first parts of the essay tell us how Connie does not get along with her mother or her sister. It is shown in some
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Why I Hate Birthdays American Author Zane Gray once stated “I hate birthdays.” Perhaps he said this because he has had a bad experience with birthdays. Maybe he simply doesn’t like celebrating something as frivolous as a birthday. Personally‚ I concur with Mr. Gray’s statement‚ I too‚ hate birthdays. Even though the vast majority of the population enjoy their birthday and most likely consider it their favorite holiday‚ birthdays do not appeal to me however because of‚ my past natal day experiences
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“[Connie] had a quick‚ nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people’s faces to make sure her own was all right.” (1) In the story “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” the author Joyce Carol Oates‚ deliberately shows us the level of innocence of the protagonist Connie‚ as well as the similar features an inexperienced young girl who lived in 1966 compares to those of a young girl who is raised in our era. Young teenage girls in 1966 are no different
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A Halloween party Halloween is celebrated on 31st October; according to scholars it’s a feast to celebrate the memory of the dead. Halloween falls on the evening before the Christian holy days of All Hallows’ Day. It is celebrated on 1st November in honor of the saints (both known and unknown). October is a time for scaring and being scared. It is a time for Halloween parties. A great Halloween party needs great decorations‚ great costumes‚ and great food. Decorations are an important feature
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Weinberger’s article makes many interesting points about the character of Arnold Friend in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been”- the main idea being that Arnold represents Connie’s “other self”. According to the article‚ this can be observed in how Connie and Arnold are opposites in both appearance and behavior‚ and Arnold’s purpose is to induct Connie into adulthood. I disagree with the idea that Arnold is Connie. While the article gathered a lot of good evidence to support this claim‚ I
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For my sixth birthday party‚ my parents bestowed upon me the most fascinating‚ thought-provoking‚ inspirational gift that a six-year-old could possibly receive: a magician to perform at my house for me and my friends.. Shortly after the show the magician granted me with a “magic kit”: a book with instructions on how to perform easy tricks and the props needed to execute them. Five minutes of tinkering stretched into five hours‚ and I was amazed with the sensation of departing from the role of the
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A very famous playwright‚ novelist‚ essayist‚ poet and epigrammatist wrote the story entitled "The Birthday of the Infanta". This story by genre is partly short story and partly fairy-tale. The story told the readers about a little Dwarf‚ who was ugly‚ hunchbacked‚ monster‚ but did not realize it by himself. And one day he looked in the invisible wall of clear water and saw his own reflection. He could not ever imagine that he is so ugly‚ so deterrent. Dwarf’s little heart could not bear such shock
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I would like to tell you about an achievement that had impact on me‚ is learning English language. I that that would be easy but I figured that is very hard to learn a new language‚ learning English helped me a lot. I can understand better movies‚ songs even people speaking in English‚ and knowing this language is going to help me to have a better education in university‚ and in English course I made a new friends. Now I can understand much more English. Knowing English helped me a lot‚ now when
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My Ultimate Birthday Surprise I had gone to spend the week with my cousin‚ Brandon‚ and his wife‚ Jennie the summer of my sixteenth birthday. I had no idea that Brandon had the most thoughtful and extravagant birthday gift I could ever imagine. Brandon had‚ without his wife’s knowledge‚ set up an appointment for Jennie and me to go skydiving. I had always wondered if I would ever have the courage to jump out of an airplane at 13‚000 feet in the air. Skydiving had always been a dream of mine
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My Seventieth Birthday Speech “The seventieth birthday! It is the time of life when you arrive at a new and awful dignity; when you throw aside the decent reserves which have oppressed you for a generation and have stand unafraid and unabashed upon your seven-terraced summit and look down and teach-unrebuked. You can tell the world how you got there.” Mark Twain Good afternoon family and friends‚ I am privileged to be here today to celebrate with you my seventieth birthday. Today is a day I
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