Going Where Have You Been?” In the story‚ repetition and strands of music take on a role of a character for Connie‚ offering a safe haven for a troubled girl. Throughout the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have you Been?”‚ Oates uses the element of strands and repetition of music to create a safe haven for Connie in which she can escape. The theme from a 1950’s song “It’s all Over Now‚ Baby Blue.” By Bob Dylan connects to the theme of escaping from “Where Are You Going? Where have you been?” For one
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Information Technology. Textiles and Clothing The textile and apparel sector continues to be the driving force for economic growth in both India and Pakistan. The textile and apparel sector in these countries accounts for a significant portion of traded goods‚ contributing 18.8 percent in India and 65.6 percent in Pakistan‚ of the total value of exports in FY04. Both these countries are highly dependent on the sector for creation of employment opportunities and export earnings. The dismantling of the quota
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life. A blemish in the history of the world. But what if that terrible event had never happened? I believe that World War ll could have been prevented‚ if only the League of Nations and countries like France and Britain had been harder on Germany. One thing that would have prevented World War ll is if the League of Nations had done something. Germany should have been stopped from the beginning‚ back when Adolf Hitler was still gaining power. They began to remilitarize in 1935‚ violating the Treaty
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Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is about a 15 year old girl named Connie. Connie is the dark blond haired girl who catches all the attention and knows she looks good. The story is somewhat journalistic in the sense that there are few extreme stylistic flourishes or complicated sentence structures. Oates’s spare style allows the images in the story to stand out in realistic coherence‚ in a way that makes one feel they have some unexplainable importance. “There’s your sister
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Should the government have somewhat of a access to your internet history? Should your principle be able to keep an eye on your social media? The government and schooling should be able to have access to the students and the people’s social media and internet searches because cyberbullying is a big problem that is occurring. Another reason is terrorism‚ dealing with the terrifying terrorist attack that took down the twin towers on September 9‚ 2001. The last reason is that there is such a big
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interesting points about the character of Arnold Friend in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been”- the main idea being that Arnold represents Connie’s “other self”. According to the article‚ this can be observed in how Connie and Arnold are opposites in both appearance and behavior‚ and Arnold’s purpose is to induct Connie into adulthood. I disagree with the idea that Arnold is Connie. While the article gathered a lot of good evidence to support this claim‚ I think the claim actually begins to subvert
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A Crosslinguistic‚ Cross-cultural Analysis of Metaphors in Two Italian Sign Language (LIS) Registers Russo‚ Tommaso‚ 1948Sign Language Studies‚ Volume 5‚ Number 3‚ Spring 2005‚ pp. 333-359 (Article) Published by Gallaudet University Press DOI: 10.1353/sls.2005.0009 For additional information about this article http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/sls/summary/v005/5.3russo.html Access Provided by University of Queensland at 08/03/10 11:57AM GMT TOMMASO RUSSO A Crosslinguistic‚ Crosscultural
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explores the idea of being human means to have good or bad relationships in the context of Romance and Relationships. This piece is designed to explore and explain and after reading it‚ the audience should understand that humans are made and born to have relationships‚ be those good or bad. This idea connects with “Romeo and Juliet” because throughout the play‚ many good and bad relationships have been explored by Shakespeare. As humans‚ we are able to have relationships; with our family‚ friends
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The ancient Inca government and the government of the United States of America have some things in common; while at the same time both very different. The powers possessed by the Inca monarch are similar to those of the U.S. government. However‚ Inca punishments for criminals are very different from American punishments for criminals. The Inca government had a very strong structure‚ which enabled it to last for hundreds of years. One major distinction between the two governments though‚ is that the
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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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