Response Essay – “The Best Girlfriend You Never Had” Pam Houston’s “The Best Girlfriend You Never Had” tells the tale of a girl who wants nothing more than to be with someone who is in love with another. This story was chosen due to its relation to the many conflicts and lessons that I myself have learned throughout life thus far. The protagonist seems to strive for the unattainable‚ which I feel many of us have dealt with in our lives one way or another. I have learned that too much effort in the
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------------------------------------------------- Five Point Someone – What not to do at IIT! From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia | This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia ’s quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (July 2010) | Five Point Someone - What not to do at IIT | The cover of Five Point Someone - What not to do at IIT by Chetan Bhagat. | Author(s) | Chetan Bhagat | Country | India | Language | English
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I Am Someone! Writing Something! “I’m Nobody! Who are You?” is a poem written by Emily Dickinson. This poem reflects the themes of conformity and rebellion as well as culture and identity in so many ways. The poem conveys the main idea of being alone‚ isolated from the society – or being “nobody” your identity. As a result Dickinson had adapted and perhaps taken pleasure into being an outsider‚ whilst she found it boring to be part of the society or to be a “somebody”. These are all various ideas
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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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"Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" Music is one of the symbols mentioned in this story. The author mentions the music played in everywhere in the story. The author says that "The Music was always in the background". The music comes from restaurants‚ homes and cars. Music symbolizes the feeling and the emotions of the characters. For example‚ music for Connie is a pattern for romantic relationship. When she is happy‚ she hears music in everywhere. On the other hand‚ when she is sad‚ she
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"Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" By Joyce Carol Oates A short story titled "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" tells a tale of an adolescent girl who suffers consequences of growing up in the unsupportive environment and the society preoccupied by the media. It is considered to be the most famous work of Joyce Carol Oates‚ an American writer‚ the winner of many significant literary awards and a two- time candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The story was first
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Someone Who Inspires Me Have you ever known someone that has made a great impact on your life or is of great importance to you? Has that someone been there through all the good and the bad situations in your life? I am so proud to say that I can answer “yes” to all those questions. The special person that I can say inspires me the most is my father. He loves me through even the roughest of storms in my life and his. When my dad has had a rough day he still comes home happy just for my family
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"You have been my friends. That in itself is a tremendous thing." - E.B. White - "I always knew that when I looked back on the times I cried I would smile. But I never knew that when I looked back on the times I smiled I would cry." "My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my desperation." - Helen Keller - "One day at a time‚ this is enough. Don’t
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confusion among the characters that leads to simple miscommunications. Arthur Miller agrees with Shakespeare that miscommunications can cause different conflicts to arise. In his 1949 play “Death of a Salesman”‚ Miller expresses the bond in a father-son relationship that is then ruined by the lack of communication skills. Willy Loman neglects Biff’s needs by threatening him to “come back here” then alarmingly says “I’ll whip you!”. Willy could have considered how Biff felt and assessed the situation
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What Obstacles have you overcome in pursuing your act? One of the biggest ones was getting married and having 2 kids at a very young age. I would never regret my kids but at 22years old having 2 kids puts a lot of weight on pursuing my dreams to become a singer/song writer because I couldn’t focus on just me anymore. I had to put my kids and husband first and that was hard for me and is still a big factor on the decisions I make for my music. Please describe a major event that has affected your
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