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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Connie is a young fifteen year old who cares about her sexual drive that men have toward her. “The 1960s unleashed the so called sexual revolution. It seemed more a source of comic relief and tragic nostalgic recirculation than political inspiration…” This revolution consisted of women demanding their own rights so they could become more and more independent. There were significant shifts in social attitudes‚ behaviors‚ and institutional regulations at the beginning of the 60’s and also lasted through
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The Effects Our Dependency on Technology Has on Us In the struggle to keep up with today’s ever-changing technology‚ is society paying too high a price? People seem to want things now. The internet is one of the most widely used technological advancements available‚ but are the consequences of the internet outweighing the benefits? Technology is changing the way people think‚ process information and even the way they act. People tend to want to take the easiest‚ fastest way to communicate‚ instead
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When reflecting on personal influences in my life‚ no one has had a greater impact than my father. He is and always continues to be a positive role model as a father. He always stands by my side‚ and whenever I fall down‚ he encourages me to stand up by myself and on my own feet. My dad has a huge impact on the way I become a person today. He has influenced my life by teaching me the lessons and showing me the right behaviors and wrong behaviors In the description of my father‚ it is evident that
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The event that shaped me most into the person I am today is the separation of my mum and dad as this took an extremely big toll on my little brothers and I. As the eldest child‚ understood what was going on more than them and when mum and dad would argue‚ I would take my little brothers away from the argument and stay with them until everything calmed down. When my mum left my dad‚ I began to realise everything is not as easy as it seemed. Things where a lot harder starting at a new school‚ starting
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our background and circumstances might have influenced who we are but we are responsible for who we become What I’ve Learned: ~that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life. ~that we are responsible for what we do‚ no matter how we feel. ~that either you control your attitude or it controls you. ~that sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry‚ but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel. ~that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences
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identify each of the following by author‚ title‚ and context‚ and explain what the lines mean. 1. Everything about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home...." The first quote is from “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates. It is in reference to Connie‚ who is a teenager. She is no longer a girl‚ yet she is not a woman. She would leave home she looking one way and arrive at her destination another way. 2. She would have been a good
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“You can’t change who you are. No matter how you struggle‚ some things will never change. And maybe they shouldn’t” (Thurman‚ Rob). “Identity is a powerful organizing presence in social life today” putting people into sections concerning likes and dislikes‚ culture and customs‚ separates them via social‚ economic and religious differences‚ identity makes a person‚ a person (Leve‚ Lauren). The character regarding one’s self is shaped by identity‚ how they view themselves‚ and largely how society
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There is almost no place that you can go where technology hasn’t been used. Technology affects our daily lives in everything that we do; it saves time‚ creates a world of endless learning‚ and makes traveling to halfway around the world effortless. Technology greatly reduces the time it takes to perform lives everyday tasks. Daily chores such as mowing the grass or doing the dishes have been reduced from hours to twenty minutes with the invention of the automatic dishwasher and gas powered lawn
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Technology in Education Technology has revolutionized the classroom but is not without its disadvantages--not in its use‚ but in what its use replaces. Many classrooms are being retrofitted with Smartboards and computers but they cannot replace old methods of teaching. 1. Potential o The technology available today has made a wealth of knowledge available to students‚ which offers great potential for the speed and style of learning. Information is presented in
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