The ambiguous resolutions of Where Are You Going Where Have You Been and The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed is a coincidence that I found quite strange. In Where Are You Going Where Have You Been‚ the author doesn’t tell us what happens to Connie after Arnold Friend forces her to go with him. Does she die? Does she Live? Similarly‚ the Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed‚ the answer as to how Casandra will manage to overcome her friend’s sudden death and her life’s struggles remains to be open to
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short story by Joyce Carol Oates "Where are you going‚ Where have you been?" is one that has had many interpretations over there years‚ by many literary critics and readers alike‚ generating a vast list of themes and meanings to the story. Some have declared the story to be a "feminist allegory‚" while others argue that one of the main characters‚ Arnold‚ is a "savior" or "messiah figure‚" as popular figures during the 1960’s were to young girls like Connie‚ the main character. Though many interpretations
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Kanwarpal Hundal ESL writing V 02/19/2013 Three Main Effects of Divorce Divorce is end of a marriage. Divorce is legal processes that ends a relationship between two people and give them freedom start a new life with a new partner. A couple gets married to have a good‚ successful life but sometimes it doesn’t work. It can be a bad experience. Divorce is a big problem in modern era it is end of a marriage It not only ends a relationship but it also ends happiness‚ desire‚ and peace in a
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STAGES OF TEAM DEVELOPMENT The 4 stages that all teams go through are: • Forming • Storming • Norming • Performing The Forming‚ Storming‚ Norming and Performing model of group development was first proposed by Bruce Tuckman in 1965. He said that these phases are all necessary and vital for the team to grow‚ to face up to challenges‚ to tackle problems‚ to find solutions‚ to plan work‚ and to deliver results. Forming Stage 1 The team meets and learns about the opportunity and
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” should not be read through a fantasy/allegorical lens‚ but through a lens of reality. Reading it through the former limits the potency of the story. Everything that takes place in the story is believable‚ and in fact‚ many details of the story are based on real events. Arnold Friend is based on Charles Schmid‚ a real life serial killer who was responsible for the murder of three young girls. Schmid was arrested in 1965 for the rape and murder of Allen Rowe;
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Miller 1 Timothy B. Miller Prof. Nicholas Young LITR-221 June 23‚ 2013 Where Have You Been‚ Where Are You Going: A. Friend’s View. His name was Arnold Friend. He was getting older but still liked the young ladies around town. Arnold came from a broken home. His father had been in prison since right after his birth for some reason or another and his mother did her best to raise him courting a string of good-for-nothing losers who were in and out of her life faster than crap through a goose
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impairment‚ we focus solely on it. I feel that the three main attitudinal barriers that impaired service users have to face are ignorance‚ fear and inferiority. I say ignorance because in today’s society‚ we are quick to dismiss those with impairment as capable of carrying out a simple task‚ or being able to uphold a stressful job that involves a lot of hard
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Art: Representational‚ Abstract‚ and Nonrepresentational Art is a way to expression a memory‚ idea‚ and/or emotion. Art can come from the mind or you can draw it from another source such as media or nature. Art has very different meanings and attempts to get across to other in different ways. Art is virtually endless. Art can be be altered to look how the artist wants to make it appear or it can be made to look exactly as it appears in reality . It is up to the artist to make the image as they desire
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What will happen to you? Every person comes face to face at some point in life with vital decisions. Some of the decisions are minor ones‚ while others can bring turning points in life. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" she displays a particular instant in the main character’s life. This character‚ Connie was caught in the difficult transition from her youth and innocence to a doubtful future. Throughout the story Connie alternates between two very different sides
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In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ the main character‚ Connie‚ is on the brink of adulthood and is experimenting with the sexual freedom that comes with it. On the weekends‚ Connie and her friend go to the mall or the diner and pursue older boys with which they will slip into dark alleys or cars. One night‚ when leaving the diner to go hang out with a boy‚ a man in a gold convertible catches Connie’s eye and says to her‚ “Gonna get you‚ baby”. Later in the story‚ Connie is tanning outside
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