Have you ever had a nightmare that is so realistic it speeds up your heart rate and takes your very breath away? In Joyce Carol Oates’s 1966 “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ she tells a story of a teenager by the name of Connie. Connie has a fate of being kidnapped by a strange man that seems to know everything about her. Connie is a typical adolescent with a vivid imagination and a difficult‚ unstructured home. She is at a delicate time in her life of transitioning to find her “own”
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that any task is like a child’s play to us. When she is around we can be rest assured that everything will be fine. There is so much anyone can learn from her. She is polite at the same time firm. She is very soft at the same time tough inside. For all that she is I not only admire her but also envy her. I wish I had the same kind of patience‚ capability of handling any situation‚ compassion‚ more than everything the rapport she enjoys with everyone in the family. I wish I will be like her and earn
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In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ the major external almost most of the story. At the beginning‚ the narrator introduces Connie’s family‚ her mother‚ her father and her sister June. He describes a little bit of the relationship between Connie and his family and as I comprehend as I read the story‚ Connie has bad relationship with her family. Arnold Friend and his friend are characters that initiate the main conflict of the story. During the story‚ we can identify
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novels are graphic and many of them depict death. In her short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Oates tells the story of Connie‚ a fifteen year old girl. Like in many of her previous novels Connie dies‚ or the reader is led to believe she does. Oates was inspired by Bob Dylan’s song “ It’s All Over Now‚ Baby Blue”‚ Charles Schmid‚ and from the book of Judges chapter 19 verse 17 in the Bible. While Joyce Carol Oates had many inspirations for writing this story‚ one of the most dominant
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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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In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" and Estrella Alfon’s "Servant Girl‚ firm actions brought by male characters caused women to reveal their true nature. Rosa‚ from Estrella Alfon’s Servant girl is a very humble lady who is consciously aware of two men having interest in her. First is the cochero‚ whom he calls Angel‚ is the man who lived in her fantasies after their encounter and second is Sancho‚ the other guy‚ is her admirer who seems to possess the the opposite trait
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Where do you fit politically? Before starting this assignment I have always thought that I would be in a party that had nothing really to do with Republicans or Democrats. Why should I relate to something that in my opinion always either has a strong left or right brain about something that could easily be just in the middle. Since 2004 I have been able to vote for whomever I felt could be the President of the United States and since then I have tried to vote for people like Cynthia McKinney (Green
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thin shoulders rigid with excitement‚ and listened to the music that made everything so good: the music was always in the background like music at a church serve‚ it was something to depend on.” This paragraph in the short-story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ is a look into how the author Joyce Carol Oates views adolescent values. She parallels religion and religious practices with the main character’s Saturday nights. Oates carefully designed this paragraph to illustrate a social
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Que: 1:- Outline and assess TWO communication theories/models‚ which would help meet the communication requirements at the Government Disability Workshop. Ans: - Communication theories are best way to know human behavior. In other words communication theories explains systematic way about the nature of the communication process‚ certainly‚ And theories can do more better than summarize. Other functions of theories are to focus attention on particular concepts‚ clarify observations‚ predict communication
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Even though he was my friend‚ I had to prove he was wrong. Being a part of whole grade students’ council is about true mind‚ fabulous thought that will help our school‚ and care‚ not money nor present. You can’t be a true representative of school if you don’t have any good ideas and are just going just brag about what you achieved. This all started on one normal day. We were eating ice cream together and‚ suddenly‚ Ben (Jae-young) asked me a question. “Tom‚ are you going to run for our school council
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