Where are you Going‚ Where have you been? Is a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. The story involves a 15 year old girl named Connie that is rebelling against her mother’s whishes. Connie often rides with her friends to a shopping plaza to hang out and meet other people. One evening while she is out with her friends she leaves with a boy named Eddie. On the way to Eddie’s car she sees a stranger in a convertible that tells her “Gonna get you‚ baby”. Then one Sunday after missing church Connie’s
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What Motivates You! There was a time where employees were known as just another input into the production of goods and services. What possibly changed the way of thinking about employees was research‚ referred to as the Hawthorne Studies‚ conducted by Elton Mayo. This study found employees are not motivated solely by money and employee behavior is linked to their attitudes (Dickson‚ 1973). Why is motivation so important in the work force and what should be done? Motivated employees
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The story “Where are you going‚ where have you been?”‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is a psychological thriller. It contains many elements throughout the story that the reader can only attempt to understand. This story can affect one on many different levels. It can cause one to be lost in thought‚ stuck on the complexity of the 15-year-old main character. It can forever creep one out by the unforgettable traits of the main antagonist. All the while employing many hidden meanings into the story
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Maria Bustos Instructor: Ms. Cowart English 102 February‚ 4‚ 2015 Short Story Essay #1 “Where are you going‚ Where have you been” The short story about Connie deals with the experience of a young girl that is haunted by her good looks and cryptic behaviors. Inspired by a Life article of a serial killer‚ Oates created the story to: “It was not the number of murders that intrigued me‚ but the disturbing fact that a number of teenagers –from “good” families—aided and abetted his crimes” (Oates
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ENG 101 (30) Mr. Clifford 20 March 2013 What You See‚ Is Not Always What You Get When you hear the word janitor‚ obviously nothing glamorous comes to mind. All we think about is scrubbing toilets or mopping floors‚ basically cleaning up after other people who most of the time show no appreciation. When asked what comes to mind when you hear the word janitor‚ some people would say someone who is poor and not well educated. Not very many
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Teenagers in general are often stereotyped into one general category: unruly‚ uncaring‚ 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”
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What Are You Proud Of? By: Mulki Abshir Certain things happen in your life that you never forget; sometimes they’re happy moments‚ other times sad moments and sometimes they’re even powerful moments like when it’s your turn to be bullied. I’ve always thought that when your friends or you get bullied‚ by ignoring the bully would make them leave you alone but I realized it just makes things worse. It was 3rd grade in Elementary School‚ a year that I realized something important. So far
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What Motivates You? Everyday we pursue things. We move from one place to another; one goal from another. This is to satisfy our needs‚ wants‚ things that could pleasure and please us. So‚ what drives us? What motivates us to do such things? The answer is simple: the need to be satisfied and superior. As what was stated in the hierarchy of needs‚ one must satisfy the lower level needs before climbing one step higher in the hierarchy. This is rational because as one is contented with his
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"You Are What You Eat" There are many reasons I believe that you are what you eat. When assessing an obese individual you would now that they have a nutritional problem. Likewise when you look at a frail underweight individual they may have a nutritional problem as well. Your health depends on what you eat. Weather an individual is obese‚ underweight‚ recovering from surgery or has a debilitating disease a balanced diet has a significant role in good health. A well balanced diet according to Lutz
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In Mark Edmunson’s article “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?”‚ he directs this article to incoming freshman and talks about going to college with very little resources and being the only one in his family to goto college; he also talks about what students need to do in college to be successful. Edmunson thinks everyone should find out who they really are in college so you know what you want to do in your future career. Not just going to college pursuing a career thats not much of an interest
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