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    psychologist named Jennifer Baumgartner wrote a book called “You Are What You Wear: What Your Clothes Reveal About You.” In this book‚ Jennifer shows that a person’s wardrobe can reflect several psychological problems a person may have. She is also able to connect a person’s clothing to their behavior. Countless people can determine just the same when paying enough attention. A person’s clothing can reveal a wide range of personality traits from functionality to diligence‚ or even to sentimentality.

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    “[Connie] had a quick‚ nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people’s faces to make sure her own was all right.” (1) In the story “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” the author Joyce Carol Oates‚ deliberately shows us the level of innocence of the protagonist Connie‚ as well as the similar features an inexperienced young girl who lived in 1966 compares to those of a young girl who is raised in our era. Young teenage girls in 1966 are no different

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    What Have I Learned About Life When a person is born there is a really no end to the learning that occurs from that point forward. There are the learning basics that occur from birth to about eleven years old but after that it’s mostly just learning on your own. Parents do what they can to lead us in the right direction but ultimately it is our own decisions that determine the path of our lives. In my lifetime I personally have made a lot of mistakes and have learned a lot of lessons over the years

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    to think of any danger that might arise from the car. Any aware person would lock the door and have the phone ready to call the police but not this girl. This girl is easily lured into a trap and taken away from everything she loved. This girl is the protagonist‚ Connie‚ from Joyce Carol Oates short story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been.” Rather than heed the gut feeling most readers have at this moment in the story‚ Connie ignorantly emerges from her house and engages the stranger‚ Arnold

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    2014 Mackinder Rhetorical Analysis “Do you know what you are getting yourself into?”(L.5) Stated by Matt Theissen‚ the author of the song‚ “Getting Into You‚” and also lead vocalist of the Christian rock band‚ Relient K. Relient K was formed in 1998 in Canton‚ Ohio. “Getting Into You” was published on March 11‚ 2003. ((www.wikipedia.org). Relient_K) The purpose of this rhetorical analysis is to present the meaning behind the argument of “Getting Into You‚” by Relient K. If we examine the text including

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    Lurvin Magana-Calles Heidi Kozlowski English 1B September 28‚ 2014 Where Are you Going‚ Where HaveYou Been? Analysis “Where Are you Going‚ Where Have You Been? Is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates about a fifteen year old girl’s that lives a dual life for self-importance‚ an unforgiving desire for irresponsibility‚ yet doubtfulness to leave the security of family and the comfort ‘of sleeping on her bed again’ ( Oates 77) . Connie is a young girl that likes listening to music ‘that made everything

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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

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    Water Pollution: What You Can’t See Can Hurt You By Kristie Brown Most people have the idea that American waterways are more polluted now than ever in the past‚ but in some ways‚ this just isn’t true. Prior to the passing of the Clean Water Act of 1972‚ point source pollution was actually much worse than it is today. This refers to the type of pollution that enters our rivers through direct drainage pipes‚ and the problem has been visibly decreased all over the country. This may seem like

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    In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ the main character‚ Connie‚ is on the brink of adulthood and is experimenting with the sexual freedom that comes with it. On the weekends‚ Connie and her friend go to the mall or the diner and pursue older boys with which they will slip into dark alleys or cars. One night‚ when leaving the diner to go hang out with a boy‚ a man in a gold convertible catches Connie’s eye and says to her‚ “Gonna get you‚ baby”. Later in the story‚ Connie is tanning outside

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    Everything Straight What is something that you show without much thought? There a lot of facial expressions that a person can make. Some seem more common and the more subtle differences are lost in different traditions and cultures‚ but the most universal facial expression with same meaning across all culture is indicated by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth or simply‚ a smile. I smile knowing that smiling changes my mood. According to psychologists if you smile for a minute‚ no

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