In Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” Arnold Friend‚ a conniving antagonist‚ charms a naive teenager named Connie into believing he will rescue her from her inattentive family. However‚ at the story’s climax‚ Connie fears for her life yet cannot resist Arnold’s temptations. Although details of Friend’s appearance‚ speech‚ and actions should warn Connie of his evil intentions‚ through Oates’s portrayal of Friend as a devil-figure‚ Connie is easily “conned” foreshadowing
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Great Depression DBQ Historical Context: The Great Depression in the United States started in 1929 when the stock market crashed. The depression last over ten years and had long-term social‚ economic‚ and political effects on American society. Task: Using information from the documents and your knowledge of United States history and government‚ answer the questions that follow each document in Part A. Using your answers from Part A you will write an essay (Part B) in which you will be able to:
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penetrate the facial care industry in a specific market segment for its new product. Long-term: To be one of the leading distributors of facial care industry in the next 5 years. VIII. SWOT Analysis IX. Alternative Courses of Action 1. Look for an icon who is in the same league with "Ate Vi" to endorse the product. 2. Engage in promotion and advertising using different media. Promote/ Tri-media 3. Perform intensive researches to further improve and innovate the product in line with
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Historical Context Historians estimate that when Columbus first landed in the large Caribbean island of Hispaniola (today’s Haiti and Dominican Republic) there were over one million natives living on that one island alone. Thirty years after the Spanish had arrived‚ the native population numbered fewer than 20‚000. Only two percent of the original number of natives still remained. This experience was repeated again and again as European settlers and their descendents spread throughout North and
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Dollar General SWOT Dollar General Corp. is a chain of variety stores operating in 35 U.S. states. The chain operates over 9‚000 stores and its headquarters is located in Goodlettsville‚ TennesseeStrengths Strengths Unlike its competitors‚ Dollar General place new stores within the communities. Dollar General feels that filling the role of the “neighborhood store” is a big part of its success. In some cases‚ stores are within a few city blocks of each other. Dollar General typically serves communities
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Joyce Carol Oates’ short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is the haunting saga of a fifteen year old girl’s moral struggles that has resonated with readers since the story’s initial publication. Arnold Friend is a mystery of a character; his origins and nature have been debated time and time again. The real answer is that there is no real answer‚ and Arnold Friend is a character with a nature entirely up to the individual interpretation of any one reader. It can certainly be agreed
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The story‚ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates is truly littered with conventions of Psychoanalysis. Freud developed a list of defense mechanisms used by the human subconscious in order to deal with issues too intense for the conscious mind. These strategies of the psyche are translated into symbols scattered throughout this work. These symbols are expressed through the characters of Connie‚ and Arnold Friend. The first convention is denial. Denial is when the subconscious
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Is Your Freedom Worth It? December‚ that year‚ was more than cold and bitter‚ it was deadly‚ and the soldiers all knew it the minute they saw the meager food and medicine supplies they were given. On top of that‚ the soldiers decision to stay and re-enlist or to go home was drawing near‚ so they had to make the decision‚ would they stay‚ or would they go? In December of 1778‚ George Washington and his troops built the camp of Valley Forge (18 miles away from Philadelphia) in order to stay on the
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I´ll put the kettle on The thing what people really enjoy during travelling to other countries is watching and experiencing the culture. Many people know the British culture for its tea drinking. But only a few know that the preparation of tea will tell something about your lawyer in society. From the way you prepare your tea and the number of spoons of sugar you put in your tea‚ the British can trace your status. While in other countries tea drinking is seen as a social gathering and a way of
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YOU MUST RUN VERY FAST TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE To begin with I would like to say that the topic of the essay may be thought as a great metaphor for life. If we ask how much time and energy do we spend just to hold on things and go outside the status quo it will be an honest question. From the one side we can say that the majority of time we spend each day is spent running just to stay in the same place. To continue with I can say that the percentage of the day spent on our growth seems to be very
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