Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “An Ancient Gesture” describes hardships of both men and women‚ while showing women’s hardships aren’t as appreciated. The poem tells of Penelope’s story and how she waits for Odysseus’s return. Her twenty-year wait for her husband would be an extreme hardship for anyone in the same position. While most people would think Odysseus‚ who also went through extreme hardships‚ had empathy for Penelope‚ he just didn’t understand the pain she had endured for twenty years. Odysseus
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In Christine Lee’s “A Trend Taken Too Far：The Reality of Real TV‚” she goes on the note that Survivor has opened a new page of reality television. It succeeds in attracting and keeping viewer’s attention and interest. Christine explains that the reality shows which were developed after Survivor are dull. In order to pull the viewer into the show and meet people’s curiosity and gossip‚ some reality shows utilize sensationalism‚ such as sex‚ horror‚ and violence‚ others use a large cash
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Michael Gordon Mr. Rafalowski English 1010 28 October 2014 The Hunger Games book and movie are great. Well‚ if you have seen them you clearly see that the movie and the book’s plots are relatively similar‚ but there are a few differences between the movie and the book. Although they bear some seeming variances‚ the similarities between the Hunger Games book and the Hunger Games movie are pronounced. To begin‚ the Hunger Games movie is a very interesting movie that is modified in order
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Chang-rae lee‚ in A Gesture Life‚ pictures a Japanese immigrant named Franklin Hata. Hata have been seeking assimilation into the American society. To become part of the society‚ Hata tries to become the perfect citizen in the society‚ a "mascot" who everyone knows and respects. To further his assimilation‚ he tries to complete the picture of a whole and healthy family as many ideal Americans. Through adapting Sunny‚ Hata wants to assimilate through a parental figure. Through parental figure that
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In‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates shares a story about a fifteen-year-old girl named Connie who encounters Arnold Friend‚ a predator whose first words to Connie are‚ “Gonna get you‚ baby” (Oates). One day‚ while Connie is home alone‚ she receives an unexpected visitor from the mysterious boy she saw the other night while hanging out
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Romulus‚ My father Chapter 6 The chapter describes Christine and Mitru’s relationship as they decide to live with each other in Melbourne. Christine’s asthma becomes severe‚ as well as having mental problems such as hallucination‚ leading to electric shock treatment. Mitru tries very hard to keep the family‚ Christine and the baby Suzan‚ together by having two jobs‚ however faces difficulties due to Christine’s reluctant behaviour to take care of the children and the household. During the chapter
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advance our mentality. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been." Connie‚ a young teen is faced with a life changing experience‚ forcing her to transform from a young teen to a young adult. In John Updike’s "A & P" Sammy chooses to put himself in a tight situation only to loose his job‚ trying to be heroic to three young girls and failed‚ as a result of his child-like decision. "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" is an exceptional example of a coming-of-age story
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Debrionna Mulhall Jennifer Schaller English 1102 Sec. 53 10 October 2014 Peeling Back The Label “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. This popular short story made its debut in 1966. Dependent upon the interpreter‚ this short story may seem to be based upon many different themes‚ although my goal is to focus on analyzing the author’s use of stylistic devices such as a recognizable setting‚ and symbolism that Oates has effectively implemented in
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In the future‚ when your children ask you what you have done in life that you feel must most of proud of. What will you answer be? In my life‚ I overcame many obstacles‚ achieved more success and had defeats. Up to now‚ I do not care about what I do best. Once‚ my children asked me what I have done in life that I feel must most of proud of‚ I recognized that I have not thought about it before. But I know some things that I never forget and I always feel proud of it because I did it well. That is
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- � PAGE �1� - Park � PAGE �1� "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been" Vanity can be exposed as one ’s greatest weakness. "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been"‚ a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ describes Connie ’s misconception of beauty as her only value‚ and also the ways in which Arnold Friend‚ a potential rapist and murderer‚ manipulates and takes advantage of Connie ’s vanity. Connie is a fifteen year old girl who knows the extent to which her beauty can be used to her
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