story‚ “Where are you going where have you been?” Joyce Carol Oates describes the emotional ride of a fifteen year old girl‚ on the verge of becoming an adult and losing her innocence of mind and body along the way. She has a difficult time growing up and developing her own personality as they would have her react to her circumstances.“Everything about her bad two side to it‚ one for Home and one for anywhere that was not Home.” Connie feels that the best attribute that a girl can have is being pretty
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persona. With this liberty‚ the identity of an individual isn’t limited to one set of characteristics as many external and internal situations either influence the cognitive decision making complex of humans. In the short story‚ "Where are you going‚ where have you been?" by Joyce Carol Oates‚ reveals through the characterization of Connie and her settings the duality of human beings. Also‚ using symbols and patterns to strongly put emphasis on how the underdeveloped mind of adolescents make way for
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Parent-Child relationship in Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates and in In the Gloaming‚ written by Alice Elliott Dark are two different demonstrations of relationships that parents and children have with one another. In Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been the Parent-Child Relationship was strained and distant in In the Gloaming‚ the Parent-Child Relationship was close and open. In Where Have You Been‚ Where Are You Going? Connie and her mother were always
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“Where are you going‚ Where have you been” Analysis Evette Paden Shorter University “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” is a chilling tale of rape and murder with a plot to create suspense. On a symbolic level it becomes a metaphor for simplicity and innocence. Oates’ use of literal and figurative‚ psychological and allegorical levels makes this story a powerful and fascinating story. One contributing factor to this story’s power is her depiction of the two main characters’ double
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The ambiguous resolutions of Where Are You Going Where Have You Been and The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed is a coincidence that I found quite strange. In Where Are You Going Where Have You Been‚ the author doesn’t tell us what happens to Connie after Arnold Friend forces her to go with him. Does she die? Does she Live? Similarly‚ the Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed‚ the answer as to how Casandra will manage to overcome her friend’s sudden death and her life’s struggles remains to be open to
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that famous line however those who have said that are mistaken. Words are not as harmless as some may think. Words can either hurt one badly or lift one’s spirits up. Constantly‚ words are there and continue to help us get through in life. Words generate expectations‚ possibilities‚ illustrations and impressions. Words help build relationships. They influence how people think since one’s thoughts determine one’s actions. Words can deeply wound people‚ heal hearts or even save lives. Words have the
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generally does not occur in the skin of the face or scalp. The burrows are created by excavation of the adult mite in the epidermis.[4] In most people‚ the trails of the burrowing mites show as linear or s-shaped tracks in the skin‚ often accompanied by what appear as rows of small pimple-like mosquito or insect bites. These signs are often found in crevices of the body‚ such as on the webs of fingers and toes‚ around the genital area‚ and under the breasts of women.[5] Symptoms typically appear two to
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General Financial Rules‚ 2005.) Vide Ministry of Finance‚ Government of India’s OM No. 1/12/E.II(A)/94 dated 29.7.2005‚ special dispensation from the procedure of inviting tenders/quotations provided to Kendriya Bhandar have been withdrawn. Now any purchase/procurement of goods for use is guided by the General Financial Rules‚ 2005. An attempt has been made to demystify the procurement procedure for easy understanding of all. Guideline is on different category/types of purchases
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Question: 13.5 One of the major reasons why survey research may not be effective is that the survey instruments are less useful than they should be. What would you say are the four possible major faults of survey instrument design? Survey research is a very common approach to obtaining data through responses given by participants. According to Ponto (2015) "The primary purpose of this type of survey research was to obtain information describing characteristics of a large sample of individuals of
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Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is about a 15 year old girl named Connie. Connie is the dark blond haired girl who catches all the attention and knows she looks good. The story is somewhat journalistic in the sense that there are few extreme stylistic flourishes or complicated sentence structures. Oates’s spare style allows the images in the story to stand out in realistic coherence‚ in a way that makes one feel they have some unexplainable importance. “There’s your
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