The ambiguous resolutions of Where Are You Going Where Have You Been and The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed is a coincidence that I found quite strange. In Where Are You Going Where Have You Been‚ the author doesn’t tell us what happens to Connie after Arnold Friend forces her to go with him. Does she die? Does she Live? Similarly‚ the Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed‚ the answer as to how Casandra will manage to overcome her friend’s sudden death and her life’s struggles remains to be open to
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Group Discussion | October 29 2012 | John Cheok‚ Wai Wai and Sin Ping | Sorry‚ If your name are typed wrongly and please voice out if you have any problem. TQ | John: Well‚ we shall discuss our task given to us by Ms. Low today. So do you have anything to bring up? WW: Sorry for the interruption‚ but I did not pay attention during English class last week. Do you mind to explain what are we supposed to discuss? John: Everyone in the class is divided into groups and we are supposed to discuss
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brown hair‚ and her eyes of similar colour creating a wonderful blend‚ that was finally contrasted by a full-toothed smile‚ with teeth kept really quite well. Dressed in red‚ it was easy to attract attention‚ but she never had. Why should that night have been different? Founded by Salaster Lowseck‚ Axinthia was a rather small‚ poor place‚ deep in the south west of Draconia‚ the
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” should not be read through a fantasy/allegorical lens‚ but through a lens of reality. Reading it through the former limits the potency of the story. Everything that takes place in the story is believable‚ and in fact‚ many details of the story are based on real events. Arnold Friend is based on Charles Schmid‚ a real life serial killer who was responsible for the murder of three young girls. Schmid was arrested in 1965 for the rape and murder of Allen Rowe;
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Out of all of the pros and cons of violent video games‚ some cons could actually be avoided by parents looking at game ratings that are provided by a system called ESRB. According to the Best Buy Geek Squad‚ ESRB is a non-profit‚ self-regulatory organization established in 1994 by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). ESRB rates games so that they go to the person of a certain maturity as well as age. Sadly‚ some parents do not care of what games they buy for their children. On the first
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The main plot of the poem “To His Coy Mistress” is about a guy that tries to pick up a girl for the night. The poem is told in the guy’s point view. This helps the reader get into his mind and better understand his thoughts. As the poem progresses‚ we see that the guy develops his words more and more until he eventually seems very desperate. In the first stanza he starts flirting with her and trying to get her attention. He starts to tell her that he could be with her forever. For example‚ in lines
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reason to go there‚ challenges and trials in route‚ reason to go there. Its all about motivation‚ and the reason for going on a journey isn’t what it was really about. Chapter 2: When you share a meal with others it kind of bonds you‚ it means yall have something in common and thats why yall are with each other. You learn more about the people you share that meal with and some of the best moments can happen over a meal. The breakfast club came to mind‚ even though it really wasnt over a meal. It was
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and women and girls. For the latter “intimacy is the fabric of relationships‚ and talk is the thread from which it is woven…So a woman expects her husband to be a new and improved version of a best friend” “(Tannen 9)”. Men and boys on the other hand have bonds “based less on talking and more on doing things together. Since they don’t assume talk is the cement that binds a relationship‚ men don’t know what kind of talk women want and they don’t miss it when it’s not there” “(Tannen 10)”. Men and women
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In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Connie is trying really hard to be an adult. Part of being an adult for her‚ involves having men be sexually attracted to her. However‚ there is just one problem. Connie is still a teenager‚ therefore she remains dependent on adults and her family. Despite the constraints of still being a child for all intents and purposes‚ Connie does her best to assert her independence and being adult. Connie actually works pretty hard on trying to show that she
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world chooses to hide the wickedness of mankind‚ while the world of fiction chooses to highlight it. In the stories “The Overcoat” by Nikolai Gogol‚ “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez‚ and “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ especially highlight the time the horrible aspects of man. Each one highlighting the corruption of man in their own unique way. The social hierarchy is a key part to the wickedness of mankind. This is a major part of the
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