For this assignment‚ I interviewed one of my relatives‚ who is an 86-year-old white male of French-Canadian descent who currently resides in an apartment complex for the elderly in Manville‚ Rhode Island. He is in overall excellent health for his age and enjoys spending time with his family‚ particularly his young great-grandchildren. One of the few disadvantages to growing old that A.R. mentioned was that he is constantly having to go the funerals of friends he has known his whole life. It is always
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or prey‚ we tend to think about something like lions‚ preying on gazelles in the wildlife. Arnold Friend‚ however‚ in the story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ Arnold is not a lion preying on gazelle‚ but he is a middle-aged man that becomes predatory and preys on 15-year-old Connie. Scheming and being a predatorial is what make Arnold Friend the villainous man he is. Arnold Friend‚ is a middle-aged man that uses himself as bait to fool and befriend young Connie.
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Although there is the theory of Arnold being a serial killer‚ him being the devil is a more valid approach. The first evidence that shows how Arnold is the devil is his appearance starting from his feet. In the story‚ as Arnold starts to walk toward Connie‚ she notices that his boots do not fit him right and seem like they are stuffed to make him appear taller (Oates 329). Jane M. Barstow’s article also comments on Arnold’s feet stating: “Arnold stuffs his boots in order to appear taller and more
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Arnold Spirit “Junior” is the protagonist of our story. Funny‚ smart‚ emotional‚ poor‚ brave‚ persevering‚ all of these are traits that describe Junior. Born at the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit‚ Washington‚ Junior was expected to die during the surgery‚ but miraculously lived. However his brain suffered major brain damage during the surgery‚ which gave him 10 more teeth than usual‚ and seizures. His head was much larger than the usual‚ and his feet were that of a clown; and as you may
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My claim asserts that Arnold has experienced overwhelming positive changes. Junior’s journey had lots of ups and downs that made him realize a lot of things about life because of the conflicts he faced. Junior has become more mature throughout the story. At first‚ Junior feared white people and disliked them because of the way they treat the Indians differently. For an example‚ on page 2 says “ I had to have all ten extra teeth pulled out in one day..our white dentist think that Indians only felt
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И. В. АРНОЛЬД Лексикология современного английского языка Издание третье‚ переработанное и дополненное Допущено Министерством высшего и среднего специального образования СССР в качестве учебника для студентов институтов и факультетов иностранных языков Сканирование‚ распознавание‚ проверка: Аркадий Куракин (ark # mksat. net)‚ сен-2004. Орфография унифицирована к британской. Пропущены страницы: 50-53‚ 134-139‚ 152-161‚ 164-171‚ 201-202‚ 240-243 ББК 81.2 Англ-923 А 84
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Professor Hauth-Forgie English 102 19 February 2014 Arnold Friend or Arnold Foe ‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’‚ a short story by Joyce Carol Oates‚ takes place in the mid-sixties and revolves around two central characters‚ Connie and Arnold Friend‚ who mysteriously appears at Connie’s home and tries to coax her into coming with him before ultimately forcing her. Arnold Friend is a much debated character among critics‚ largely due to hints of inhuman abilities and his intentions
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As a poet Arnold is generally admitted to rank among the Victorians next after Tennyson and Browning. The criticism‚ partly true‚ that he was not designed by Nature to be a poet but made himself one by hard work rests on his intensely‚ and at the outset coldly‚ intellectual and moral temperament. He himself‚ in modified Puritan spirit‚ defined poetry as a criticism of life; his mind was philosophic; and in his own verse‚ inspired by Greek poetry‚ by Goethe and Wordsworth‚ he realized his definition
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1. Malcolm Gladwell’s‚ The Matthew Effect argues the opportunity in the country of Canada. The piece argues that the opportunity of the setup of ages being placed by year is unfair. Malcolm shows the example of how boy’s hockey is even subjected to this. In Canada‚ looking at the statistics of best players‚ you can see that the boys born in January‚ February‚ and March make up 40% of the country’s best hockey players. With this being said Malcolm discovers that the cutoff line for age class hockey
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A character study of Junior. Arnold Spirit Junior – is a main character of the story of Sherman Alexie The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The character‚ which the author introduces us to‚ is most probably built up on his true experiences of growing up on the Spokane Indian reservation in Wellpinit. Junior is a fourteen- year old teenager‚ who is a naturally born artist‚ a talented‚ hysterically funny and open- minded‚ smart‚ brave young man‚ yet super unsecured. Having been born with
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