Wrong Impressions The short story‚ “Where Are You going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates explains how a young girl was struggling to find herself. Oates writes about a girl named Connie who was 16 years old and was lost in a world of fantasy. Connie had a split personality/image while at home and when she was out with her friends. Living in a world of fantasy‚ Connie would ignore her family by tuning them out and being distant. Connie would constantly be in front of the mirror admiring
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Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is about a 15 year old girl named Connie. Connie is the dark blond haired girl who catches all the attention and knows she looks good. The story is somewhat journalistic in the sense that there are few extreme stylistic flourishes or complicated sentence structures. Oates’s spare style allows the images in the story to stand out in realistic coherence‚ in a way that makes one feel they have some unexplainable importance. “There’s your sister
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1. Explanation of the Problem The Challenger explosion which took place on January 28th‚ 1986 included several elements that contributed to the failure of the O-ring and subsequent explosion of the shuttle. The result was the death of 7 astronauts‚ the loss of the shuttle‚ and a 32-month halt of the space program while an investigation was conducted. The main cause of the problem seems to be that O-rings on the solid rocket boosters were not designed to work in the cold temperatures that was apparent
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this liberty‚ the identity of an individual isn’t limited to one set of characteristics as many external and internal situations either influence the cognitive decision making complex of humans. In the short story‚ "Where are you going‚ where have you been?" by Joyce Carol Oates‚ reveals through the characterization of Connie and her settings the duality of human beings. Also‚ using symbols and patterns to strongly put emphasis on how the underdeveloped mind of adolescents make way for impressions
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Some of the greatest revolutions of change have been the product of peaceful protest. Peaceful resistance impacts society in a positive manner by showing participation by the people and not indifference or apathy. It encourages the changing of ideas and not the destruction of them. Violence is an easier manner in which to get your point across but it does not last and endangers everyone. It creates a strong resistance against that idea‚ and only encourages more bloodshed as the victim becomes the
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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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people views in innocence is freedom from sin‚ moral wrong‚ or guilt through lack of knowledge of evil. At some point in everyone’s life they will eventually lose there innocence‚ it just depends on the choices they have made. In Joyce Carol Oates “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” She uses characterization and imagery to show how Connie is dealing with the loss of her innocence Oates characterization of Arnold Friend shows how Connie’s perspective of Arnold and his looks leads to the deception
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1) Introduction: The purpose of this report is to review how psychological theories have been used in beer commercials and how effective they have been in garnering our attention. The two beer commercials are: 1) Heineken 2) Carlsberg A Brief Description Of The Two Commercials: Heineken This commercial is about a staged show‚ where not-so-pleasant looking people are singing horribly‚ to the extent that it annoys the viewer. The commercial starts with a tagline that says: “It seems some
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The American Civil war was fought between the North and the South from 1861 through 1865. Many people have different views on the civil war but why was it really fought? Why were the differences of one country not solved without war? What were the main causes? Who was responsible for the deaths of over six hundred thousand American lives? How could the civil war been avoided? These questions would differ depending on who you asked. The American Civil war was fought over many different reason and
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people’s homes beneath floorboards‚ or behind walls so that way they would have a safe place to eat and sleep until it was clear enough to move onto the next house that participated in the Underground Railroad (Crew). Slaves would continue going from house to house every chance they got‚ hoping they would not get caught and that they would eventually make it back up to a slave free state. Although many awful things could happen to the families of the people that helped the slaves go through the
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