Miller 1 Timothy B. Miller Prof. Nicholas Young LITR-221 June 23‚ 2013 Where Have You Been‚ Where Are You Going: A. Friend’s View. His name was Arnold Friend. He was getting older but still liked the young ladies around town. Arnold came from a broken home. His father had been in prison since right after his birth for some reason or another and his mother did her best to raise him courting a string of good-for-nothing losers who were in and out of her life faster than crap through a goose
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Weinberger’s article makes many 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
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Across time‚ literature has been re-noun for taking readers on journey’s; transporting them into the past and into the future‚ displaying the changes in societies across the years. The tale of abused orphan Jane Eyre‚ who through the words of Charlotte Bronte‚ defies expectations‚ as she faces various obstacles and difficulties on her journey towards equality and autonomy. Bronte’s novel explores the emotional journey of Jane‚ using the physical process of her travels throughout the thirty years of which
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seem to think of any danger that might arise from the car. Any aware person would lock the door and have the phone ready to call the police but not this girl. This girl is easily lured into a trap and taken away from everything she loved. This girl is the protagonist‚ Connie‚ from Joyce Carol Oates short story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been.” Rather than heed the gut feeling most readers have at this moment in the story‚ Connie ignorantly emerges from her house and engages the stranger‚ Arnold
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CULTURAL AWARENESS How are mobile phones changing the way people maintain relationships? INTRODUCTION Mobile phones are increasingly taking a major role in the communication revolution and the use of the mobile phone is an immensely significant social and cultural phenomenon‚ hence over the years‚ the telephone has dramatically changed how people live their lives‚ see their world and communicate. As we read in Ferraro ( 2002: 29 ) “all cultures experience continual change”‚ however nowadays
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In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Connie is trying really hard to be an adult. Part of being an adult for her‚ involves having men be sexually attracted to her. However‚ there is just one problem. Connie is still a teenager‚ therefore she remains dependent on adults and her family. Despite the constraints of still being a child for all intents and purposes‚ Connie does her best to assert her independence and being adult. Connie actually works pretty hard on trying to show that she
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ullHave you ever bullied or been bullied? Bullying behavior can occur for many reasons‚ some of which are TV violence‚ families in poverty‚ mis-teachings‚ lack of parent’s attention and also kids under bad influence. Teens often begin bullying because they want to control those who are weaker than they are. Bullying gives you people an identity‚ they become well known in school‚ they want to be popular no matter what is the reason for. Bullying makes them feel powerful. It gives attention to the
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lion results in the climax of the story when Androcles is thrown into an arena to fight a lion ended up having the lion fawning over him for it was the same lion he rescued. Without this character development‚ the climax of the story would not have been
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wife‚ Mrs. Reed‚ to keep his niece‚ Jane‚ in her care and not abandon her. While Jane grew up with Mrs. Reed‚ she was deserted. In this book‚ Jane Eyre shows the development of her maturity through adolescence and how she discovered passion and reasoning. Jane demonstrates this by how she handles Mr. Rochester and the pressure that burdens her from her decisions. St. John also influenced Jane with his opportunistic
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2013 Disability What is a normal person? Is it a man playing basketball with his friends in a park? Is it a woman riding horses through a grassy field? Or is it the double amputee that wears expensive sunglasses on a summer day? These images have all been depicted in the media‚ but the latter is not shown as frequently. If the media features disabled persons more often and in a better light‚ it will become the norm‚ therefore evoking unity among all Americans. As a society‚ we do not truly embrace
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