Kevin Coffman College Composition 2 Mrs. Johnson March 8‚ 2013 Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? The story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” is a very interesting short story written by Joyce Carol Oats. Her story begins in the summer‚ and 15-year-old Connie spends much of her time lounging around the house‚ going out with friends‚ and meeting boys. One night a strange guy makes a threatening gesture to her in the parking lot of a local drive-in restaurant. She thinks nothing
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Catches You and You Fall Down tells the story of Lia Lee‚ a Hmong child with epilepsy‚ whose tragic downfall reveals the dangers of a lack of cross-cultural communication in the medical profession. At the age of three months‚ Lia had her first seizure caused by the sound of a door being slammed shut‚ by her older sister Yer. Their parents‚ Foua and Nao Kao believed that the sound of the door had caused Lia’s soul to flee‚ they called her illness “qaug dab peg”‚ which means “the spirit catches you and
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adolescence. Transitioning from my sophomore year into my junior year I realized something. Out of all the different types of multiple intelligences the naturalistic intelligence fits me best because I like to have things well-ordered and structured. I came to the conclusion that I appreciated being organized. Not only did I appreciate being organized I was a very conservative human being. I would frequently attempt to conserve EVERYTHING. When my mother got home from the grocery store I would find
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You Fit Into Me Margaret Atwood writes in a vivid‚ witty and often sharply discomfiting style in all of her literary works. To call her a feminist author is in a way selling her short as her work‚ while often centered on issues of gender‚ has also focused on Canadian national identity‚ Canada’s relations with the United States and Europe‚ human rights issues‚ environmental issues‚ and the Canadian wilderness. The poem that I chose to analyze is a very short poem consisting of only four
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Let’s say for instance‚ would you send your child to school if the teachers have no learning about the subject? Would you send your ill grandmother to a hospital with uncertified doctors who are not confident with the prescriptions and diagnosis they are giving? Would you entrust the financial stability of your company to an accountant who has not attained his college degree? Well‚ most of you would not. That piece of paper‚ that degree will hone you who will you be in the next ten years‚ in the
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The character in “where are you going‚ where have you been?” Connie is affected by the role she plays in modern society. Fifteen year old Connie has the confusing‚ often exterior behavior typical of those girls who are facing the difficult transition from girlhood to womanhood in the 1960s. She is caught between her roles as daughter‚ friend‚ sister‚ and object of sexual desire‚ uncertain of which represents her real self. The sixties were the age of youth‚ young people wanted change. The changes
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"Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request." ~ Phillip Stanhope‚ The Earl of Chesterfield The greatest gift you will ever give or receive is simply – to listen. The act itself requires patience‚ on some levels even a bit of endurance‚ and though a modicum of empathy is always helpful as well‚ it really very simply comes down to our willingness to put our personal feelings‚ opinions and beliefs aside‚ if only to allow someone
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could feel her impatience‚her almost desperate desire to be on the move”(meyer‚93). According to the quotes melanie is not listening to the wanderer and wanting to be on the move without the wonders permission. “My awkward attempt to myself was so pathetic that melanie didn’t pay any attention to it‚felt no worry at all”(meyer‚93). This
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The more you work the more money you get It is a difussed opinion that the more you work the more you earn.Does it always depend on this factor?Yes‚ofcourse it mostly depends on it‚but also there are important factors which help you earn more money. Let’s consider it from the very beginning.Firstly‚I think that a good employee‚wherever he works‚should have such touches of nature as intelligence‚optimism‚riskiness and responsibility.Intelligence helps to solve successfully all kind of problems
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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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