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    character‚ Connie‚ in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is depicted as a self-centered‚ condescending‚ insecure fifteen year old girl growing into a woman. Connie comes off as a troubled young girl who consistently uses her sexuality for attention but at the same time is afraid of intimacy. This is said be due to her fractured relationships with her family; her frequent excursions with older boys that appeared to not have any interest after the first encounter with them

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    Should students have to wear uniforms? YES OR NO……. YES……… You wake up and you ponder on what you should wear what shoes to put on‚ and what color will look nice on you. It’s hard if you think about it‚ when deciding what to wear in the morning you usually have to wake up early or set it out from the night before .Well that doesn’t have to be‚ you know why? Because uniforms should be mandatory in school. Uniforms are so helpful you don’t need to wake up early or set anything out at night. When

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    This poem significantly conveys the idea of corruption – both physical and emotional. The writer makes it more personal by using the first person in the first two stanzas‚ thus the experience becomes more appealing to the reader. The writer also describes the street that he wanders through as ‘charter’d’ which are legal documents of some form. This suggests the idea that London is autocratic; therefore it is corrupted in that sense. He applies a sorrowful atmosphere. As he walks‚ he describes the

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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

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    Friend. In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Joyce Carol Oates used the interaction between her two main character‚ to reveal the internal fear and conflict of a fifteen year old girl maturing into a young woman. Oates chooses narrate her story in the third person giving us a glimpse in to Connie’s thoughts‚ her lonely isolation form her family‚ and her daydreams of boys and love songs. Connie’s negative‚ always nagging mother makes her fear growing up and being miserable

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    The character in “where are you going‚ where have you been?” Connie is affected by the role she plays in modern society. Fifteen year old Connie has the confusing‚ often exterior behavior typical of those girls who are facing the difficult transition from girlhood to womanhood in the 1960s. She is caught between her roles as daughter‚ friend‚ sister‚ and object of sexual desire‚ uncertain of which represents her real self. The sixties were the age of youth‚ young people wanted change. The changes

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    Always Running In the novel “Always Running”‚ by Luis R. Rodriguez‚ the author is the main character. He explains his life story to show others how he overcame many challenges that brought him down. Over all‚ the author achieves his purpose to reach out to his audience on an emotional level. I think he does a great job in emotionally touching his audience. The novel begins with Rodriguez dedication his story to all adolescents that were once in his place. Rodriguez finds himself lost at one point

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    Apple Inc. In 2012 What‚ historically‚ have been Apple’s competitive advantage? Initially‚ Job’s motive was to offer the first easy-to –use computer to the market. He managed it and Apple Computer knew its first success in 1977 with the Apple II. It’s the first personal computer sold in a large scale‚ and whom use were democratized‚ in particular in education sector. In 1978‚ this two years old company had already sparked a real revolution in the computer industry. The next notable revolution

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    In Joyce Carol Oates’ “‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ and Smooth Talk: Short Story into Film‚” Oates writes that Connie “An innocent young girl is seduced by way of her own vanity” and that “she confuses death for erotic romance” (419). Oates clearly defines her point when Connie first discovers Arnold Friend at the drive in diner. She catches Friend staring at her with a big smile and Connie “slit her eyes at him and turned away‚ but she couldn’t help looking back” (409). The fact

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    Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ is one of Joyce Carol Oates best short stories. Oates shows the reader what it is like to take things for granted and make mistakes through the main character‚ Connie. Throughout this story‚ Connie finds her identity and grows as a woman. In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ Joyce Carol Oates shows us the struggle of a young woman dealing with her family‚ sexuality‚ and common mistakes that can be made

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