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    advance our mentality. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been." Connie‚ a young teen is faced with a life changing experience‚ forcing her to transform from a young teen to a young adult. In John Updike’s "A & P" Sammy chooses to put himself in a tight situation only to loose his job‚ trying to be heroic to three young girls and failed‚ as a result of his child-like decision. "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" is an exceptional example of a coming-of-age

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    grades Change And The World Changes For You • Home Page» • Miscellaneous Research Papers Change And The World Changes For You CHANGE AND THE WORLD CHANGES FOR YOU! The famous social worker THE MAHATMA of our country said a famous adage "BE THE CHANGE THAT YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD" for us to adhere. Change is not going to come if we wait for some other person‚ or if we are waiting for some other time we are the ones for whom we were waiting for‚ we are the change that we seek

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    to Make Someone like You You may wonder why someone is always able to turn the spotlight on themselves and make others under their charm. Are they born to be attractive? Or do they have magic power to remain popular? Actually‚ attention can be shifted to the word “LIKE” itself. It consists of four parts‚ “L” representing “listener”‚ “I” coming to “interaction”‚ “K” referring to “kindness” and “E” standing for “excuse”‚ which are qualities of great significance to make someone fond of you. To make

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    HACC Library The HACC online library seems somewhat temperamental to navigate for me at least. Although‚ I was able to find the articles in question but not without notable time consumed as well as frustration traverse the site. Subsequently‚ sometimes inquiries are effectively accomplished in person. Easterly’s article takes the approach in dealing with ‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ to be somewhat of a mythical with underlying evil tone. The story of an attractive adolescent girl

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    to the victim‚ we might see all sorts of different scenarios play out. Although Joyce Carol Oates’s‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” was inspired by real life events and reports of a serial rapist murderer‚ it can also be read as a coming of age story in which we see the victim‚ Connie‚ mature and evolve tremendously from the beginning to the end of the story because of the situation she unfortunately finds

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    Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2011‚ Vol. 16‚ No. 1‚ 80 –94 © 2011 American Psychological Association 1076-8998/11/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0021708 I Know What You Did: The Effects of Interpersonal Deviance on Bystanders Merideth Ferguson Baylor University Bruce Barry Vanderbilt University Using social information processing theory‚ we explore how interpersonally directed deviance affects work group members who observe or are aware of these insidious behaviors. In a field study

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    One’s philosophy on life can be defining. In the novel “Brighten the Corner Where You Are” by Fred Chappell‚ the reader is introduced to the character Joe Robert Kirkman and the philosophy that his son‚ the narrator‚ tries to show the reader. This philosophy is that of an optimist. Joe Robert sees life as the full spectrum of good and bad. Joe Robert seems to like to stick to the safe and understood but pushes the boundaries of speaking the truth and enlightenment. It could be understood that

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    True Meaning “Everything about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home”(1369)‚ this 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

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    A lesson that can be found in this novel is that relationships are never perfect‚ and there will always be some sort of problem along the way. You’ll never to be alone because you will have friends to help you go through that problem. In the novel‚ Someone Like You‚ by Sarah Dessen there are two best friends who had relationships that goes down hill. Scarlett dates a boy named Michael‚ and she ends up pregnant. Then Michael dies in a motorcycle accident. Scarlett’s best friend‚ Halley‚ somehow follows

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    The short story ”Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” explores feminist ideals about oppressive men who take advantage of women. The story tells about a young girl named Connie who acts and dresses as though she is a mature young woman‚ but she shows her true age of fifteen when an older man‚ Arthur Friend‚ takes advantage of her using fear and threats of violence against her family. The story calls into question whether or not Connie is truly and independent woman‚ but one can clearly see

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