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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The dramatic irony of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” conveys the tone of warning about temptation. Connie’s situation is that she does not feel appreciated at home and uses her looks and actions to get attention and appreciation from boys even if it is short-term. She is self-conscious about her looks and is constantly worried about how other people perceive her. Friend’s fantasy is that Connie will willingly go with him and be his “lover” (605) even before he officially met her. The
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The character in “where are you going‚ where have you been?” Connie is affected by the role she plays in modern society. Fifteen year old Connie has the confusing‚ often exterior behavior typical of those girls who are facing the difficult transition from girlhood to womanhood in the 1960s. She is caught between her roles as daughter‚ friend‚ sister‚ and object of sexual desire‚ uncertain of which represents her real self. The sixties were the age of youth‚ young people wanted change. The changes
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‘The coalitions education reforms have been desirable and necessary.’ (45) It could be said that the education reforms under the coalition government have been both desirable and necessary. To be desirable they would allow they system to be more efficient and enviable while to be necessary the old system would need to be proven to be ineffective and broken‚ calling for the need for a new system. Michael Gove‚ former coalition education secretary‚ made many drastic changes to the education systems
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In her essay‚ Where are you going‚ Where have you been‚ Joyce Carol Oates‚ underscores the importance of communication to develop her story. Both the presence and absence of communication are utilized in the evolution of Oates’ purpose. The author relates each of her subjects to archetypal characters in order to firmly cast them into a category. Through careful consideration of detail‚ Oates’ offers a particular understanding of Connie’s relationship with her parents and the world around Connie.
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technological and social forces. A manager’s greatest strength is that which comes from daily experience. What this paper has done is to add an analytical process that can help explore causes‚ develop and test hypotheses‚ and eventually produce new knowledge. The article tries to analyze the reasons that most managers have not yet embraced a reflective learning process. The explanation set forth by the article is that managers have always placed a higher value on action rather than on reflection
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Education) result‚ I am waiting for the offer of the scholarships and matriculation. Before the result was being announced‚ I got matriculation. I was happy that I got the offer but my mother against me because she feels that the college was too far from my hometown. But still I insisted on my decision because I was not confident enough to get any scholarship. Besides‚ there was a voice deep inside my heart that asks me to follow my own feel. Matriculation college was so different from my secondary school
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CPOA Leadership Experience Maintaining a diverse career back round assist service members in making sound leadership decisions. Each year‚ a select few Air Force Master Sergeants get the opportunity to test their leadership capabilities by attending the Chief Petty Officer Academy. The 3 classes that I will take back to my unit are Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI)‚ Strategic Thinking‚ and Wellness. Understanding the critical aspects of these 3 classes has equipped me with the tools and knowledge
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than it did harm. For reasons such as social reforms‚ quality leadership skills‚ good intentions and many more‚ the dismissal of Gough Whitlam and his crew was seemingly unreasonable and should not have resulted in the outcome produced. The Whitlam government did create and participate in scandals which undermined their public support and therefore led to the dismissal. Low economic growth became present during the world recession in the early 1970s and funding for Whitlam’s social reforms became
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People are different no matter where they come from; it’s the society that brings in change. Peace is something people look for‚ but when it comes to power it changes everything to violence. Humanity is cruel and unique in many different ways to make things change‚ that affects many from time when‚ its need of helping others. In the story “The Life You Safe May Be Your Own”‚ by Flanner O’Conner‚ as the story begins‚ and old woman and her thirty-year-old‚ mentally handicapped daughter‚ are sitting
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