Joyce’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” In the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” Joyce Oates portrays Connie as a beautiful young woman that is being coerced by a man‚ whom she doesn’t know‚ to come outside and go for a ride in his car. Who is this man that calls himself Arnold Friend? What does he represent? Looking at the things that Arnold Friend says and does will help to discover who he is. Oates equips Friend with many characteristics that make him appear to be
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Would You Rather Have 14 Fingers Or 16 Toes? It’s not too rare for humans to be born with extra fingers or toes. The condition of having extra fingers or toes is known as polydactyly. It is a congenital disorder‚ which means that a baby would be born with polydactyly‚ and did not develop the disorder after he or she was born‚ and there are several reasons why people may have supernumerary fingers or toes. Polydactyly may also occur in other animals too‚ including dogs‚ chickens‚ mice and cats
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You Think GD Would Have Given you Hair Like That if He Loved You? by Deborah Stoll‚ Just reading the titled you can grasp the discrimination. It grabs your attention‚ like how can you tell that to a person‚ God loves everyone. It is appalling how some people treat each other for being different. The way this woman maltreats this nine-year-old as if she is the devil because Jewish or as Miss Sherry believes not leading a good Christian life‚ its outrageous. From all the text I read‚ this one grabs
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WHAT EXPERIENCE DO YOU HAVE THAT YOU BELIEVE WILL MAKE YOU A SUCCESSFUL POST UNIVERSITY STUDENT My name is Leona Woolfe‚ I was born and raised in Jamaica Queens New York. My siblings and I were in the foster care system‚ at that time abuse was happening to children unfortunately a lot of issues were swept under the rug‚ we would just be moved again to another home until the age of 17 for me when we were let out of the system but the mental damage had already affected my family and it was left
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about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home...." The first quote is from “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates. It is in reference to Connie‚ who is a teenager. She is no longer a girl‚ yet she is not a woman. She would leave home she looking one way and arrive at her destination another way. 2. She would have been a good woman . . . if it had been someone there to shoot her every minute of her life." The second quote is from
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opportunity‚ and responsibility to give something back by becoming more" says Anthony Robbins. If we take the opportunity we are given and we achieve it then with responsibility we choose to have what we want for a good life. To be able to provide my family and myself with sincerity and dedication‚ by being ambitious‚ committed‚ focused‚ and whole hearted. And how I go about doing that is to be hard working and determined in everything I do. How I’m doing that is by going to school to focus on my career
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You Have No Reason for Cloning Humans Think of walking down the street in thirty years and running into an exact replica of yourself. Is it your twin? No‚ you do not have a twin; it is your clone. Your biological makeup could have been cloned as an embryo and raised separately as an experiment. I bet many of you have seen Star Wars‚ Jurassic Park or many of the other movies that describe cloning. Most of what you see in these movies is false. What you do not know is if that cloning could be
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Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates about an average fifteen year old girl who is not unlike many other girls her age‚ she is self-absorbed‚ and has a “Nervous giggling habit of craning her neck and glancing into the mirror‚ or checking other people’s face’s to make sure her own was all right.”(Oates‚ 388) The story takes place in Middle America. Oates wrote “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” in
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The dramatic irony of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” conveys the tone of warning about temptation. Connie’s situation is that she does not feel appreciated at home and uses her looks and actions to get attention and appreciation from boys even if it is short-term. She is self-conscious about her looks and is constantly worried about how other people perceive her. Friend’s fantasy is that Connie will willingly go with him and be his “lover” (605) even before he officially met her. The
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You Have The Right To Remain Equal Do you consider yourself equal to your opposite gender? Of course‚ by law men and women are entitled to have equal rights‚ although our public actions show otherwise. When is it okay to divide gender roles? Perhaps when playing a competitive sport. Why? Is it the different capability men and women have? Is it fair to judge women? No‚ especially when the female gender is being picked on harshly. Various cultures depict equality based on their customs‚ however women
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