Maria Bustos Instructor: Ms. Cowart English 102 February‚ 4‚ 2015 Short Story Essay #1 “Where are you going‚ Where have you been” The short story about Connie deals with the experience of a young girl that is haunted by her good looks and cryptic behaviors. Inspired by a Life article of a serial killer‚ Oates created the story to: “It was not the number of murders that intrigued me‚ but the disturbing fact that a number of teenagers –from “good” families—aided and abetted his crimes” (Oates
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the types of friends you have. When I was a little girl‚ the thing made me happy was having as many friends as possible. However; when I grow up I realize that there are many types of friends I should not get close with. According to me‚ based on how well I know friends are classified into three types are: best friend‚ hypocrite friends and pest friends. First of all is the best friend whom you can truth‚ you can share everything‚ you can rely on and whom you can call when you get in trouble. The
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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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conditions of life and labor. Overall‚ the goals of progressives were continuing social advancement‚ improvement‚ and reform. 2. Progressivism started in cities and tried to fix the inefficiency and corruption in the city government. In urban areas reform was trying to be made to the slums and the improvement of the cities. Gradually the progressivism moved to the state level where it made reforms. All of this reform ultimately led to the greater national progressivism. 3. Women were sopposed to stay in
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movie Crash‚ the characters were all very racist to each other. There were two African American men who did not like white people. They did to the white people exactly what the white couple was stereotyping them as. They proved their stereotype to be true just because they saw the white woman hold on to her husband. The white woman should not have been scared because they most likely would not have done anything. They are people just like her‚ and it was wrong of her to stereotype. The racism that she
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Professor Paige Constantino Life Is What You Make It The sound of music often serves as the backdrop of almost everything in life‚ where certain songs resonate bittersweet memories. As I express my feelings through music‚ it is evident that some songs hold much more meaning. We can all believe in a song to express our feelings‚ and that’s how I experienced and processed many of life’s changes. Some were sad and others were happy; in the end‚ I found that all I have to worry about is today. To dream
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates is a short story that brings many girl’s nightmares to life. The story is one about a young‚ naïve girl named Connie‚ and her deranged abductor‚ Arnold Friend. Oates uses the setting in Connie’s life to create a very realistic situation. Oates also uses descriptive language to create vivid images of the setting‚ charters‚ and the emotions Connie feels. By analyzing Connie’s home setting and the descriptive language Oates uses‚ we will
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Alison DiNucci “What you Pawn I Shall Redeem” 10/25/10 Jackson Jackson is a homeless Indian living in Seattle. He was given a chance to win back his grandmother’s powpow regalia. I believe that throughout the story all of Jackson’s intentions to try and get back the regalia were good‚ although it didn’t seem like it at first. What made me like Jackson was his continued effort. Also what made Jackson more likeable in the story was he used his humor to help him. Jackson is a very complex person
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What is the rule that you live by? We all live in the world of rules. I would classify all the rules into two big groups macro and micro. Macro rules are the rules that were formed by government’s institutions‚ religion‚ culture and society. Micro rules are settled by each person for himself of herself depending on the way he/she was brought up and educated. I have a few personal rules I use in my live actively. They are very simple and based on a very elementary foundation. First of them is
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short story “Where are you going and Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates one of the main things that readers find is the suspicion surrounding the character Arnold Friend. Supporting this is Friend’s words which are so impactful on Connie‚ and why she didn’t just pick up the phone and call nine-one-one to end the whole conflict in the first place. Much of the research I found was based off this question pointing out how a person would react to this scenario. From this information I pulled out
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