Matt Merritt Professor Smith English 102 13 September 2012 Arnold Friend’s Identity in Joyce’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” In the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” Joyce Oates portrays Connie as a beautiful young woman that is being coerced by a man‚ whom she doesn’t know‚ to come outside and go for a ride in his car. Who is this man that calls himself Arnold Friend? What does he represent? Looking at the things that Arnold Friend says and does will help to discover
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‘The coalitions education reforms have been desirable and necessary.’ (45) It could be said that the education reforms under the coalition government have been both desirable and necessary. To be desirable they would allow they system to be more efficient and enviable while to be necessary the old system would need to be proven to be ineffective and broken‚ calling for the need for a new system. Michael Gove‚ former coalition education secretary‚ made many drastic changes to the education systems
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"What Rights Did Women Have" What rights do you bealive a women has compared to a man? Do you think they have just as much or less than a hard working respectable man. If you aren’t sure about your answer then continue reading about an officer of the Women’s Rights from 1848-1928. Today it is November of 1903 and there are me‚ and many other guards and police officers waiting on the landing dock of Plymouth‚ England. Around noon the steam boat appeared out of the misty
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invention of the Abortion‚ the question of whether women should be allowed to have abortions has been an incredibly controversial question; so controversial that there have in the past been bombings of abortion clinics by "Pro-Life" extremist protesters‚ and the debate is still going on. Some people believe that abortion is an abomination and a sin and should never be carried out‚ while others believe that it is a natural right of every woman to have access to an abortion if needed. On one hand
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much change has there been in rights for women? The social media leads the stereotypical thoughts that society has about women. During the early 1900’s‚ women weren’t allowed to leave their houses and were domestic servants for their husbands. They couldn’t vote at all. If they were divorced‚ they would have been treated as an outcast and have no employment and would not be able to drive. The Suffragists and Suffragettes used contrasting methods to try and get women the vote. The Suffragists
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Joyce Carol Oates’ “‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ and Smooth Talk: Short Story into Film‚” Oates writes that Connie “An innocent young girl is seduced by way of her own vanity” and that “she confuses death for erotic romance” (419). Oates clearly defines her point when Connie first discovers Arnold Friend at the drive in diner. She catches Friend staring at her with a big smile and Connie “slit her eyes at him and turned away‚ but she couldn’t help looking back” (409). The fact that
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Could the Cold War have been avoided? Discuss with reference to the key schools of thought on the origins of the Cold War. The cold war is the product of confrontation between US and USSR‚ reflected by conflicts of interests in political‚ ideological‚ military sphere and so on (Baylis et al. 2010‚ p51)‚ and it lasted nearly half century and ended up with dissolution of Soviet Union. There are so many debates about its origin and some people argue that cold war might be avoided. However this essay
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Connie’s Paradigm In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” we follow the main character Connie as she faces an inner transformation. The author introduces Connie as a vain and inexperienced adolescent who seems to daydream about things she doesn’t quite understand as she has more of a naive idea of what adulthood is all about. She takes pleasure in having control over everyone and everything around her. These ideas as well as her security are shaken when the
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The Devil’s Favorite Sin: Vanity In "Where are You Going‚ Where Have you Been?" Joyce Carol Oates uses an allegorical figure of evil to illustrate the theme of temptation. Oates alludes to hell through the character Arnold Friend‚ as the devil‚ and his victim Connie‚ who invites him in by committing one of the devil’s favorites sins: vanity. The narrator implies that Arnold Friend is Satan by giving certain clues that the reader can easily deduce. The name that Oates gives to the character
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Worst Car Accident I Have Ever Had I felt a big thud at the front of my truck‚ and at that moment I did not know what had happened. Seconds later I felt my body turning with the vehicle. I grasped the wheel really hard with both of my hands‚ while the glass shattered in to pieces. My head‚ my chest‚ and my arms were soaking in blood. My heart was beating very fast. I thought it was the end of my life. That summer day on 2004‚ I was driving back from work in the afternoon and I took the South
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