and self-absorbed. In the short story “Where are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates plays on this stereotype. She uses imagery and point of view to direct the reader’s attention to the teenage girl psyche‚ selfish‚ whimsical‚ and longing for attention and affection‚ and how this stereotypical psyche can be distorted and controlled. The protagonist of the story‚ Connie‚ is a vain‚ “typical” teenage girl‚ looking for attention‚ especially from the opposite sex. Constantly “…craning
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Students are raised in different environments. Some of them are rich; others are poor. The environment determines how students think‚ speak‚ dress‚ walk‚ etc. This leads us to know the fact that not all students are equal in terms of the way they living‚ speaking‚ intelligence‚ and so forth. Knowing students ethnicity‚ we know how they think and behave in the classroom by comparing them with their ancestors and how they were behaving in the classroom. Ethnicity also helps teachers to
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Race‚ Gender and Social Justice WGS 2250-62‚ Fall 2013Wednesday 7:00-9:40 am Hunziker Hall 202 | Professor Edward JankowskiDept. of Women and Gender StudiesE-mail: jankowskie@wpunj.eduOffice Hours: By appointment | Course Description This course analyzes multiple forms of social oppression and inequality based on race (and color)‚ sex (and gender)‚ sexual orientation (and identity)‚ and class in the United States. It will examine systemic aspects of social oppression in different periods and
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purity they were once born with and the moment when one realizes that not everything in the world is the way it was thought to be‚ the world crumbles into pieces‚ but how does it happen? Joyce Carol Oates portrays an amazing detailed moment of theft of chastity‚ or at least what is left of it‚ in "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been?" With symbolic imagery‚ major bibliomancy‚ and extreme personal conflict Oates easily manages to get her point across of the complete loss of innocence. A constant
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random‚ it is patterned and structured. Three important axes of global inequality are gender‚ race and ethnicity‚ and class. These inequalities are on a global scale and are found in virtually all societies. It wasn’t until relatively recently‚ however‚ that a caste system developed to include race and ethnicity among class and gender. Since imperialism and the conquest of the America’s‚ a number of social changes have occurred‚ and‚ as a result‚ the dominant groups today are not only higher in the social
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"Gattaca"‚ written and directed by Andrew Niccol‚ depicts a futuristic world of a cold society‚ where one’s resume exists in their cells and genes. Although genes play a significant part to a successful life in this world‚ the path and success of one’s life is not determined solely on DNA as demonstrated by Eugene‚ Anton and in particular‚ Vincent who clearly "exceeds his potential". Vincent Freeman is cast into society’s redundant section as being an "invalid"‚ however he overcomes this burden
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“Where are you going‚ where have you been” by Joyce Carol Oates In the short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” author Joyce Carol Oates depicts the main character as a fifteen year old daydreamer. Her name is Connie‚ and she is obsessed with her appearance. Connie’s mother constantly teases her about looking in the mirror and always obsessing over her looks. Connie believes her mother does this because her own looks have faded. Connie has an older sister‚ June. June is constantly
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The story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates shows the reader the self-created illusion that the main character Connie has created in order to better understand herself. Connie’s reality is altered as she has this dream that has manifested due to her desire for attention from others. Throughout the story there are many occurrences that support the idea that the entire story is a dream that was made up by Connie’s subconscious. Throughout the story‚ Arnold mentions many
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The short story ”Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” explores feminist ideals about oppressive men who take advantage of women. The story tells about a young girl named Connie who acts and dresses as though she is a mature young woman‚ but she shows her true age of fifteen when an older man‚ Arthur Friend‚ takes advantage of her using fear and threats of violence against her family. The story calls into question whether or not Connie is truly and independent woman‚ but one can clearly see
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Tam 1 March 2011 Gender and Emotions: Different Gender Shows Different Emotional Behavior Based from my observations‚ men are more action-based while women are more verbal-based when it comes to expressing their emotions. Women tend to misunderstand men because men tend to keep most of their emotions to themselves. They usually express their emotions through actions. Women sometimes‚ if not regularly‚ ask the questions–‘how are you doing‚’ ‘what are you thinking‚’ or ‘why are you doing this/that’–when
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