drugs. At that time‚ Joyce Carol Oates created her works‚ in which she talked about ordinary everyday affairs‚ giving them a specific dark climate fueled by the second bottom. A short story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" was written in such climate. Oates addressed the problem of growing up in the 1960s. For many people this period seemed to be bliss‚ but for others it was a period full of doubts and dilemmas. The main character of this story‚
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Faulty Thinking in “What Should a Billionaire Give – and What Should You?” Peter Singer’s persuasive essay strips us bare of our selfish wants as he equates our tendency to accumulate all the stuff we don’t need with ignoring the plight of drowning children and‚ as such‚ being responsible for the death of those children. We are‚ Singer convincingly argues‚ products of our fortunate “social capital”; therefore‚ we have an obligation to those who do not have a social capital. Life is priceless. It
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Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates‚ the character Arnold Friend was based on the serial killer in which Connie was one of the many victims he had abducted. There are many possibilities on how the author intends the readers to understand it. Such as‚ it could be a dream that Connie is having‚ in all actuality it could be real; it could send a message to young women‚ or it becomes a nightmare when he comes as a demonic figure. Connie has been living this fantasy
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Making meetings work for you Do you dread meetings more than Monday mornings? Do you find them boring‚ unproductive and far too long? Meetings are central to most organizations; people need to know what their colleagues are doing and then take decisions based on shared information and opinions. How well you present yourself and your ideas‚ and how well you work with other people‚ is crucial to your career. RUNNING A MEETING Only call a meeting if you and your colleagues are quite sure about its
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“Where Are You going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates explains how a young girl was struggling to find herself. Oates writes about a girl named Connie who was 16 years old and was lost in a world of fantasy. Connie had a split personality/image while at home and when she was out with her friends. Living in a world of fantasy‚ Connie would ignore her family by tuning them out and being distant. Connie would constantly be in front of the mirror admiring herself and seemed self-centered
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Commentary on "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" 10/17/06 Joyce Carol Oates has achieved many things through her writing‚ and is recognized worldly for her short story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" This story is centered on a young teenage girl as many of her stories are. Oates as a writer is fascinated with adolescence of young females. She chooses to write about the trials and tribulations of growing up in modern society. She pries on the dark aspects of youth often
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Article Report 2 Using Katzenbach and Smith’s Article as a guide‚ what might you do if you wanted to improve team performance? What risks would you face in doing this and what would you have to be careful of? A team is "a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose‚ set of performance goals‚ and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable” [Katzenbach and Smith‚ 1993]. According to Katzenbach and Smith’s article -“Building
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"You have a runner’s body’. What exactly does this mean? Do runners have certain physical characteristics that are seen throughout various runners? I want to see whether there really is a so-called runner’s body‚ yet I am faced with a challenge. What exactly defines a runner? Someone that occasionally runs around the neighbourhood? Or someone that runs repeats or trains for a marathon on a daily basis? I decided to narrow it down to my teammates on the (track and field team. I have split the top
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and visitors are out buying baubles‚ or laughing at the antics of travelling players. Small girls cluster round a stall that displays prettily-dressed dolls. Amongst them is a prettily-dressed girl of 8 or 9 years: EPONINE. Across the road from this stall stands a shabby inn. A sign lashed to an old cart swinging in the wind reveals the inn to be ‘The Sergeant of Waterloo’. The inn is still closed despite the small crowd at the fair. MOVE IN on the frosted window of the inn‚ through which we
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are allowed the ability to exert free will and be able to make decisions for themselves that reflect their own persona. With this liberty‚ the identity of an individual isn’t limited to one set of characteristics as many external and internal situations either influence the cognitive decision making complex of humans. In the short story‚ "Where are you going‚ where have you been?" by Joyce Carol Oates‚ reveals through the characterization of Connie and her settings the duality of human beings. Also
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