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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other forms of transport‚ our society has grown greatly in past centuries however today development has been enclosed in a different definition. Development today is just another word for improvement and serves as an excuse for creating. The problem with today’s civilization is the fact that we do not grow our own concepts but basically steal other’s‚ develop a nice outer design and sell it as a new idea. In order to advance‚ there must be an incentive‚ but past technologies have returned to haunt
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He acknowledges that people had differing opinions about whether he should publish it and what he should include‚ but he decided to proceed and instructs those who aren’t interested to refrain from reading it. He then defends the style in which he has chosen to write. He argues that God often communicated by metaphor in scripture‚ and thus‚ Bunyan‚ too is justified in using this style of writing (8). He argues that he writes from a place of truth‚ and that would come through no matter the style in
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What do you want to be when you grow up? What are your plans for your future? Have you thought about college? Have you thought about a career choice? These are questions we are bombarded with on a daily basis by our parents. We shrug them off‚ telling them that we have another three years to think about college‚ careers‚ or our future. We don’t know what we want to be when we grow up‚ because we don’t even know who we are yet. Yet in a blink of an eye‚ we’re seniors and now the decisions we tried
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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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racist because they were brought up to hate a certain ethnicity‚ or they came to dislike them on their own. Either way racism is unjust and should not exist in today’s world. Unfortunately it used to be accepted in society by many people‚ but the world has come so far that petty things like racism should not occur. Racism might not seem like anything to some‚ but it is like the butterfly effect. One racist thing a person says or does affects not only one person but also ten people. In the movie Crash
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Solongo Burennemekh Marc Hamilton Management Practices 17 October 2012 FNA The world has changed in many ways over the past years‚ and it will continue to change in the future. For the last forty years‚ the world has suffered several changes both good and bad and it makes individuals have what they have today. However‚ despite of people arguments‚ the world has changed for the better. It is because of the science‚ technology‚ and the internet‚ and those factors are plays very important roles
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The short story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?‚” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is a tale about a teenage girl making the journey from her known world into something she has never experienced before. The main character lives the normal teenage life listening to the latest music and going out with her friends to the mall. “They must have been familiar sights‚ walking around the shopping plaza in their shorts and flat ballerina slippers that always scuffed the sidewalk” (753). One night with her
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Progress Report Project Title: Community Cleanup and Tree Planting Activity I. Rationale * Trees are vital to the existence and well-being of our environment. Not only do they improve the quality of the air that we breathe‚ but they are providers of food and shelter for human beings and wildlife‚ not to mention climate control. By planting trees‚ we make up for the loss we’ve caused the planet and ourselves through the destruction of forest areas over the centuries. * Community
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“Where are you going‚ where have you been” by Joyce Carol Oates In the short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” author Joyce Carol Oates depicts the main character as a fifteen year old daydreamer. Her name is Connie‚ and she is obsessed with her appearance. Connie’s mother constantly teases her about looking in the mirror and always obsessing over her looks. Connie believes her mother does this because her own looks have faded. Connie has an older sister‚ June. June is constantly
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