Joyce Carol Oates’ short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is the haunting saga of a fifteen year old girl’s moral struggles that has resonated with readers since the story’s initial publication. Arnold Friend is a mystery of a character; his origins and nature have been debated time and time again. The real answer is that there is no real answer‚ and Arnold Friend is a character with a nature entirely up to the individual interpretation of any one reader. It can certainly be agreed
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In December of 1777 to 1778 George Washington made a camp called Valley Forge‚ it was 18 miles outside of Philadelphia. Valley Forge wasn’t the best place for you to live it was very hard‚ but the sacrifices were worth it. If you were in Washington’s army would you quit? I wouldn’t quit Washington’s army because it says that there is a high chance to get sick but a low chance to actually die from sickness‚ also Washington is getting supplies from the Congressman because the supplies are low‚ Dr.
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The Two Sides of Connie ‘Narrative details in ’ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ The story ’ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ is about the fifteen year old Connie who is a girl struggling with her sexuality. The girl tries to be an adult and attractive‚ but at the same time‚ she hides her sexual side from her family. These two sides cannot remain separate from each other at all times and collide with each other‚ which this short story depicts. The main idea in this short story
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can’t feel my legs. Every time I mutter a word I can feel as my lips crack and a drop of blood leaks out. In the smoke surrounding me from our fire I can make out a beautiful woman caressing her belly. She appears to be about 7 months pregnant. It’s my wife. This is the last memory I have of her. By this time my child should be about 9 months old. Wow‚ how time flies by. I can’t believe I have missed her first words‚ her first smile‚ her first steps. What I wouldn’t give to go back home and be able to
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The protagonist of Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is a vain and stubborn girl named Connie. Fifteen years old‚ she believes beauty is everything and is nothing short of rebellious‚ maintaining two different personas: one for at home with her family and one for going out with her friends. One night out with her girl friends‚ Connie spots a young man watching her. He promises to come get her. The next day‚ the man comes to Connie’s house‚ keeping his word‚ and spends
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opposites and the sad paradox of “You could not come and yet you go.” The poet speaks for itself‚ yet Miss Jennings’ comments on the poem contain their own revelation .In her book Let’s Have Some Poetry! She states: “If I write too quickly about something that concerns me deeply‚ either I cannot finish the poem or else I write a very bad one” (Jennings‚ Let’s Have Some Poetry 24) She goes on to explain that she had written about her sister’s still born child and close to the time of the event although “I
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If you were given all the money you would ever need‚ and were free to do absolutely anything with your life‚ what would you choose to do and why? If I was fortunate enough to have me financial needs guaranteed‚ I would concentrate on my short term goal of getting an education on in engineering and thus prepared‚ move on to my long term goal of becoming an entrepreneur in a twin field of software design and robotic. The great cities of North America are rusting out and we need new industry to create
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Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving. Did you do anything fun? Travel anywhere distant? In your last email you said you ride a bike called a recumbent. I have to say that it is a very strange bike. There are a few people in Brainerd that ride those in the summer. I personally wouldn’t ride one but to each their own. I can’t believe that you work on such a range of projects from $30 to $300 million. What was the smallest project you ever funded and what was the biggest? And what were they? Our topic
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Would you like to know when you are going to die? Most of the people afraid to die to include me. Every living thing in the Earth undergoes death and death is the final gateway of our life. Some people want to know when they are going to die but some people don’t. Both things have pros and cons. Although it could induce frustration‚ despair‚ and sorrow‚ I would want to know when I am going to die because accomplish to live a meaningful life‚ gives a chance to say goodbye to my fellows‚ and it
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The “Time Machine” by the author HG Wells is a science fiction novella that takes place in London in the year of 802‚701. In the “Time machine” the main characters are Weena‚ the Eloi‚ and the protagonist is the Time Traveler and the antagonists are the Morlocks. The rising action in the Time Machine is when the Time Traveler gets stuck in the future and has to survive because the Morlocks are trying to kill him. In the Time Machine the conflict occurs when the Time Traveler arrives to the year of
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