Who would you be if you have never experienced sadness? Would you be who you are today? I don’t believe you would. You see‚ emotional balance plays a big role in enhancing your experiences. You must have equal parts of joy and sorrow in order to live a balanced life. Without it‚ you would have no way to learn from your mistakes. Having an ebullient attitude will always lead you to a better life. However‚ in order to know what ebullience is‚ we must be capable of learning from our bad experiences
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Teenagers in general are often stereotyped into one general category: unruly‚ uncaring‚ and self-absorbed. In the short story “Where are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates plays on this stereotype. She uses imagery and point of view to direct the reader’s attention to the teenage girl psyche‚ selfish‚ whimsical‚ and longing for attention and affection‚ and how this stereotypical psyche can be distorted and controlled. The protagonist of the story‚ Connie‚ is a vain‚ “typical”
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Be Careful What You Wish For Anything that is too much is harmful. The main character in "Where are you going‚ Where have you been?" Connie‚ faces the end conclusion of her shallow ways when she is approached by evil in human form. She had an excess of self-confidence. This self-confidence leads to a false sense of security and bad reputation. Connie also had a large amount of bad choices. She would do her best to impress boys with her looks; eventually she impressed the wrong guy. This
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conducted in a laboratory which had five conditions‚ each participant only experienced one of the conditions. The first experiment consisted of 7 films of tragic accidents which were presented to each group in no specific order‚ the films ranged from 5 to 30 seconds. After each of the films the participants were asked to describe the accident as if they were witness’. The participants were then asked specific questions this included the question ‘About how fast were the cars going when
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What’s one thing you are most proud of? “You can get what you want or you just get old” I don’t know where I get this quote but it’s haunting me You know what you really want and please notice passion won’t stay forever My dream is only traveling‚ to anywhere new to see my beautiful country with my limited years You will think I’m a dreamer‚ and yes I’m a dreamer When I was a kid‚ my family has a big picture of Uncle Ho. I’m so proud of this I told myself one day I will come to Hanoi capital to visit
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Weinberger’s article makes many interesting points about the character of Arnold Friend in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been”- the main idea being that Arnold represents Connie’s “other self”. According to the article‚ this can be observed in how Connie and Arnold are opposites in both appearance and behavior‚ and Arnold’s purpose is to induct Connie into adulthood. I disagree with the idea that Arnold is Connie. While the article gathered a lot of good evidence to support this claim‚ I
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I would like to tell you about an achievement that had impact on me‚ is learning English language. I that that would be easy but I figured that is very hard to learn a new language‚ learning English helped me a lot. I can understand better movies‚ songs even people speaking in English‚ and knowing this language is going to help me to have a better education in university‚ and in English course I made a new friends. Now I can understand much more English. Knowing English helped me a lot‚ now when
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“In light of what you have learned about City Road‚ describe some of the inequalities on a street which you know.” Very much like City Road‚ the street which I observed for comparison‚ Concord High Street‚ is a mixture of consumer outlets and places in which the local population socialise‚ during the day and later on on a night. Concord High Street is part of what is locally understood to be ‘Old’ Washington‚ i.e. the original small village that once stood here amongst the coal mines‚ as opposed
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A MEMORABLE DAY IN MY LIFE It was the first day of September. My result of S.S.C. was to be declared on that day. I had been waiting for the day with anxiety and curiosity. I got up at six O’clock. I .took bath and prayed to God to grant my success. I was somewhat uneasy and restless. My mind was swinging between hope and fear. It was a strange stage of anxiety and expectation. I was not sure what was lotted for me. My parents had high expectation of me. At one moment I was sure that I would
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The word schizophrenia literally translates to “to split (schizein) the mind (phren)”. It is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder characterized by abnormalities in the perception of expression of reality. There are several signs and symptoms‚ which makes diagnosis of this disorder easier. Firstly‚ a schizophrenic usually will suffer from delusions and hallucinations. The central feature of schizophrenia is distortions of cognitions that put the individual ‘out of touch with
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