In the 1960s‚ when Oates wrote “Where Are You Going . . . ‚” a social revolution was happening. American women were asserting their rights and independence from men‚ and they were claiming their sexuality in a way they had never done before. One frequently discussed topic was adolescence and the struggles and anxieties that many young girls endured as they lost their sexual innocence and became adult women. Feeling undervalued in their homes and relationships with men‚ women questioned their role
Premium Joyce Carol Oates Protagonist
Dayrel Whittaker Mr. Grayshirt English III 3 April 2014 Are You Dead or Nah? “If an eye-for-an eye is good enough for God‚ then it is good enough for republicans‚” says Armstrong Williams. God believes punishment for our sins and choices is okay‚ so the republicans believe it’s necessary for capital punishment for capital crimes. There are different things that come into play when determining whether or not someone should receive capital punishment. If a criminal commits a capital then he deserves
Premium Capital punishment Crime Electric chair
Is Facebook “Good” For You? Ellie B April 10‚ 2012 Think back to 2005‚ just a mere seven years ago. MySpace was climbing the charts with 26.7 million users (MacManus‚ 2006). YouTube was just launched and gained much popularity through MySpace. Mark Zuckerburg had just created Facebook the year before and has just opened usage to high school students (Acohido‚ 2009). Nobody living in 2005 could have ever predicted the skyrocketing usage of the internet in the years to come
Free Facebook
ENG 101 (30) Mr. Clifford 20 March 2013 What You See‚ Is Not Always What You Get When you hear the word janitor‚ obviously nothing glamorous comes to mind. All we think about is scrubbing toilets or mopping floors‚ basically cleaning up after other people who most of the time show no appreciation. When asked what comes to mind when you hear the word janitor‚ some people would say someone who is poor and not well educated. Not very many
Premium Laughter Joke
hope‚ that the father would survive. I was so sad when he died. Likewise this story was very well researched. This author clearly knew a lot about hunting‚ bears‚ and the hazards of a trip in winter. This knowledge was relayed expertly‚ without information
Premium Family Mother Short story
1. In response to the request on potential liability to the sexual harassment case brought by Virginia Pollard‚ the company is vicariously liable for the conduct of its employees even though there is a sexual harassment policy in place. Virginia had become a victim of a hostile work environment supported by a supervisor with immediate authority over the employee. Pollard was working in a very stressful environment in which she (being the only female) was a minority being subjected to inappropriate
Premium Sexual harassment Harassment Abuse
Analysis for “If You Forget Me” As a world renowned poem‚ “If You Forget Me”‚ which was written by Pablo Neruda‚ can be considered as the benchmark in literary circles‚ not only because of its excellent use of language‚ but also a variety of literary devices that are included. The most obvious device that is used in this poem is metaphor. Although it seems to be as a love poem for author’s beloved‚ it can also be considered a kind of love that the author devotes to his homeland. As the background
Premium Alliteration Love Poetry
(Portfolio Task: Module 3) When you ask a patient to plantar flex a foot‚ what changes occur within the muscles involved? According to Maitland (1977)‚ the movement of foot in which ankle is bent is termed as Plantar Flexion. Posture where one stands on his/ her tiptoes or gas pedal of a vehicle is pushed‚ plantar flexion takes place. Through plantar flexion‚ ankle muscles and calf are relaxed so that they can properly work. The term “Plantar Flexion” is used to describe the movement of toe in which
Premium Knee Foot Flexion
“First Poem for You” is a poem by written by Kim Addonizio‚ an American poet. This poem “First Poem for You” is a closed-form poem but written as an English sonnet. The poem a person who loves the tattoos in his or her lover’s skin. At the same time the tattoos scares him or her by their permanence. The thoughtfulness and the depth of details expressed in this poem makes us conclude that the persona or speaker in this poem is a female. The speaker is certain about the permanence of the tattoos on
Premium Love Poetry Emotion
In the song “You learn” by Alannis Morissette‚ is a very inspirational song. In this song Morissette is talking about mistakes that people go through. From this Morissette uses many different ways to express how people can learn from these mistakes. The line “you live‚ you learn.” (Morissette‚ p.1) is very motivational to me because as time goes by you learn to gain knowledge form what accrued in the past. There was this one time when I was young and my older brother told me that I am dumb and not
Premium High school English-language films Family