Comparison of Smooth Talk to “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oakes’s short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” was written in 1966 and twenty years later was made into a movie entitled Smooth Talk‚ winner of the 1985 U.S. Film Festival for best dramatic picture. The writing by Oates is loosely based on a true story described as “the tale of Charles Schmid‚ a twenty-three-year-old who cruises teenage hangouts‚ picking up girls for rides in his gold convertible”
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HACC Library The HACC online library seems somewhat temperamental to navigate for me at least. Although‚ I was able to find the articles in question but not without notable time consumed as well as frustration traverse the site. Subsequently‚ sometimes inquiries are effectively accomplished in person. Easterly’s article takes the approach in dealing with ‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ to be somewhat of a mythical with underlying evil tone. The story of an attractive adolescent girl
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can relate to different time periods. The first time period was about the Native Americans. The song What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong is connected to the native Americans. The second time period is about colonial America. The song Our Great Virginia - Official Traditional State Song of Virginia is related to colonial America. The third time period is about events leading up to the American revolution. This song A Change Would Do You Good - Sheryl Crow. is showing the colonist want a change
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What keeps you alive? In addition to air‚ water‚ and food‚ people require something to motivate them‚ to keep them going. These motivations are oftentimes dreams which others consider to be unrealistic or even impossible. So what are we to think of people whose very existences are predicated on their own delusions? By definition‚ a person who cannot separate their own delusions from reality is considered to be insane. By this measure‚ it is possible to be a person whose entire existence is predicated
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upwards Moreover‚ every July the demand of Clear Skies Airlines (CSA) is very good Therefore‚ the number of passengers that travel overseas from Pleasantville using CSA’s services‚ shows a strong increasing trend‚ with strong seasonality. On the basis of the cyclical travel patterns‚ we can clearly see that the data exhibits a seasonal behavior. But we can also see an upward trend‚ suggesting
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In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” the author uses clothes as a symbol to reveal our protagonist and antagonist individualities. Connie who is our protagonist is a fifteen-year-old girl who has the habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors. Connie wears a pullover jersey blouse that looked one way when she is home and another way when she is away‚ in where she wears shorts. In the text‚ it states that “They must have been familiar sights walking around the shopping plaza in their
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Marketing Strategy of CLEAR Shampoo in China Contents 1. Introduction In Chinese shampoo market‚ many companies are facing the same problem---Homogenization. It is‚ therefore‚ significant to adopt effective marketing strategy to attract target and potential customers. As for CLEAR shampoo‚ it is one of the most distinguished shampoo brands all over the world and belongs to Unilever. Before CLEAR came to China‚ it has become the top brand in dandruff market in South America‚ Europe and Southeast
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adulthood. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" the author goes into depth of the transition from being a carefree‚ innocent child to the complexity and uncertainty of the future when one becomes an adult. The message begins even before the story itself actually does. The title illustrates the passage of time in life such as the phrase "where are you going" refers to the question of what direction does one have for his own life. "Where have you been?" is a question which involves
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What do you understand by the term “Lancefield groups”? History In the early 1930’s Rebecca Lancefield recognized the importance of serological tests for the identification of organisms. The system is based on specific antibody agglutination reactions with cell wall carbohydrate antigens (C polysaccharides) extracted from the streptococci. Lancefield also showed that further sub division of group A into specific serological types was possible using type-specific M (protein) antigens. The groups
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The short story ”Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” explores feminist ideals about oppressive men who take advantage of women. The story tells about a young girl named Connie who acts and dresses as though she is a mature young woman‚ but she shows her true age of fifteen when an older man‚ Arthur Friend‚ takes advantage of her using fear and threats of violence against her family. The story calls into question whether or not Connie is truly and independent woman‚ but one can clearly see
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