What will happen to you? Every person comes face to face at some point in life with vital decisions. Some of the decisions are minor ones‚ while others can bring turning points in life. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" she displays a particular instant in the main character’s life. This character‚ Connie was caught in the difficult transition from her youth and innocence to a doubtful future. Throughout the story Connie alternates between two very different sides
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Dylan‚ or that he is just the mere imagination of a salacious daydream in a young girl’s mind. In Joyce Carol Oates acclaimed short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ a 15-year-old girl named Connie‚ with ever growing feelings of attraction toward the opposite sex‚ has a vexing encounter with a middle-aged man who goes by the name Arnold Friend. You can’t talk about Arnold Friend‚ his train of thought‚ and intentions without talking about and understanding Connie’s character. In the
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I dislike being asked “Where are you from?” because I do not consider myself from any specific place. I have moved around several times as a child‚ which has given me the opportunity to meet different kinds of people each from distinct walks of life. Being faced with the challenge of meeting new people has taught how to come out of my comfort zone at any given moment. The experiences I have had in life has caused me to become an outgoing‚ hardworking‚ and very multicultural person. Moving around
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“Where are you from?” a question which to normal teenagers may claim one‚ possibly two answers that all but define who they are. Be it morally‚ religiously‚ or sewn into their traits and personalities‚ society widely considers a person’s home to be at the center of who they are‚ yet what is it like for a child who cannot relate to one home‚ two‚ or even three‚ but instead ten different locations before the age of eighteen? This is the answer to that question‚ the story of who I am. Setting off
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Where Will You Find Inspiration Tonight? Strong imagery is a key component to a good poem. A poem without imagery leaves the reader unable to relate to the work‚ and it’s hard to enjoy a poem that one can’t relate to. “A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg is a great example of a poem with a strong sense of imagery. Ginsberg has a way of digging into the senses and making the reader experience the poem‚ rather than just read it. Interpreting this poem through a formalist lens answers any
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Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have you been?” is a coming-of-age short story that depicts the virtually invisible barrier between adolescence and adulthood. Connie is a feisty fifteen-year-old girl that doesn’t intend to ride in the backseat for the duration of her younger years‚ unlike her older sister June‚ who her mother tends to favor throughout most of the story. Her mother causes most of the friction in the house between the two‚ mainly because “[e]verything about [Connie]
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someone dearly feels like. I never thought once about it‚ until I lost my cousin. When I first heard of my cousin dying‚ I went into denial. I was 10 or eleven‚ not old enough yet to understand‚ why god would take someone so special to you away from you . I was crushed when it happened. It was like a part of me was missing‚ like someone had ripped my heart out and set fire to it. When I learned he had died. I kept thinking that it was a dream and I was going to wake up and see him
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Quercus agrifolia also known as Coast live oak comes from the family of Fagaceae. Comprised largely of non-native trees like the ficus‚ magnolia‚ eucalyptus‚ and the iconic palm.Before the first human set foot here: the sycamore‚ the California bay laurel‚ the walnut‚ the oak. Of these‚ the oak tree especially has been a powerful force in shaping the region’s human history. Oakwood became an integral part of many communities’ material cultures‚ and‚ more importantly‚ acorns gathered from oak trees
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My fingers which were slender and flimsy started fidgeting with the buttons on the dashboard. Almost forty seconds passed‚ which was much longer for a pilot with 5 years of experience‚ to eject her seat off from the airplane. My mind was in a complete daze and was in a state of consternation. I was about to die‚ and I knew it. The scene was exactly how you could imagine it in the movies- the plane swaying side to side without proper control‚ a transient rain of burning‚ hot‚ red meteors flying from
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Topic: If you could be attractive and stupid or intelligent and ugly. Which one would you prefer? Why? A person of high intelligence will get successes effortlessly no matter how he looks; therefore‚ I’d rather become an intelligent ugly girl than become a beautiful stupid one. A smart person with unattractive appearance; in my opinion‚ has much motivation to step forward as well as has been treated with much more respect from other people. In fact‚ an ugly person can also change to a beautiful
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