Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ is one of Joyce Carol Oates best short stories. Oates shows the reader what it is like to take things for granted and make mistakes through the main character‚ Connie. Throughout this story‚ Connie finds her identity and grows as a woman. In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ Joyce Carol Oates shows us the struggle of a young woman dealing with her family‚ sexuality‚ and common mistakes that can be made
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Literary Devices Allegory A form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity‚ greed‚ or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings‚ a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. Alliteration The repetition of the same sound at the beginning
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Where Have You Been?” by Oates and “Castle Nowhere” by Woolson offer a strong basis for comparison and contrast in terms of canonical and non-canonical texts through characterization‚ genre/tone‚ setting‚ themes‚ and symbolism. While many of the obvious differences reside in concrete categories like setting‚ genre/tone‚ and characterization‚ there are alluring similarities in theme and symbolism that can allow the reader to conclude the canonization of “Where are you Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is
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whole allowing them to benefit in some way from the endeavor. Good ecotourism companies make conscious choices in every aspect of their business. For instance‚ they recycle products and choose biodegradable materials whenever possible. Many countries have embraced ecotourism because of its positive effect on the country and the tourists and the local people Fact: According to the International Ecotourism Society‚ 83 percent of developing countries rely on ecotourism as their main "export‚" and it
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Arnold Palmer Hospital Case Study 1. The case study indicates that the approach to match capacity to demand utilized by Arnold Palmer Hospital must be approach (a)‚ leading demand with an incremental expansion. The reason for this is that it is evident that Arnold Palmer Hospital is attempting to acquire capacity to stay ahead of demand‚ or in other words by leading capacity‚ on account of the fact that the opening of the new 11-store hospital building will increase yearly birthing capacity
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Arnold Schoenberg was one of the greatest musical influences of the mid 20th Century. He was born on September 13‚ 1874‚ to a Jewish family in Vienna‚ Austria (Schoenberg 1). Schoenberg was a young Jewish man during World War I (WWI) living in Berlin. He was directly affected by the invasion of the Nazis. In 1933‚ he had to leave Berlin and desert his faith for Lutheranism later on taking on the faith of Judaism. At the early age of eight‚ he began violin lessons and almost immediately started
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Edgar Allan Poe used literary devices of setting to create a dark ‚threatening tone in his short story Tell‚Tale‚Heart Which are mood and atmosphere‚time‚and population. The most powerful tool that poe used was mood and atmosphere. One example was when the old man’s room blocked out all ray of light.This enhances the darkness and threatening because it makes the reader feel scared at night in their room.(pg.538:2). Another example of fear darkness that Poe used was how the murderer
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CHAPTER I RATIONALE OF THE STUDY The value of an Effective Marketing Strategy is undeniably an essential part on having a business; this would determine what are the things needed to be done in order in order to accomplish the establishment goals. According to (David Aaker‚ 2008) he defined marketing strategy as a process that can allow an organization to concentrate its resources on the optimal opportunities with the goals of increasing sales and achieving a sustainable competitive advantage
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Madame Bovary 1. Discuss the theme of social class in Madame Bovary. Is Emma a sophisticated aristocrat in a bourgeoisie prison‚ or is she simply a Middle-class girl obsessed with a richer life? In the world of the novel‚ are these distinctions meaningful? I believe that Emma is a middle class girl obsessed with a richer life. This is because Emma‚ at one point in the play in more concerned about Charle?s making money and looking good after the ?success? of Hippolytes foot operation. However‚ after
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survival of a treacherous act Arnold Friend is a strange character who has pale skin‚ eyes that appear as holes‚ hair that seems to be a wig‚ and a walk that suggests his boots are too big or that he is an amputee. He is very peculiar in that he hangs out with a bunch of minors and acts as if he was one himself. Many people in modern society who may have many characteristics such as Arnold‚ may be rejected in society. Therefore‚ one must ask how an odd man like Arnold Friend survived civilization
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