The Devil’s Favorite Sin: Vanity In "Where are You Going‚ Where Have you Been?" Joyce Carol Oates uses an allegorical figure of evil to illustrate the theme of temptation. Oates alludes to hell through the character Arnold Friend‚ as the devil‚ and his victim Connie‚ who invites him in by committing one of the devil’s favorites sins: vanity. The narrator implies that Arnold Friend is Satan by giving certain clues that the reader can easily deduce. The name that Oates gives to the character
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For the past four years‚ I have been heavily involved in the cheerleading team. I have been a member of this squad since our very first practice in the cafeteria. This sport is my passion‚ and to prove it‚ I left my position on the volleyball team so that I could 100% dedicate myself to cheer. Dedication is important to me and I have never missed a practice without a doctor’s note. Since I have joined the team‚ I have not only grown as a skilled cheerleader‚ but as a person. It has improved my leadership
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one of each person from the opposite sex. My reasoning for conducting this research is that I would like to find out people opinions on this subject because I feel this could be an actuality in the next five to ten years. Based on the law of averages there will eventually be a woman in the NBA‚ only time will tell. Many NBA players have commented on this and there haven’t been too many negative comments that would discourage this idea but there have been concerning comments such as “she wouldn’t be
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A psychologist named Jennifer Baumgartner wrote a book called “You Are What You Wear: What Your Clothes Reveal About You.” In this book‚ Jennifer shows that a person’s wardrobe can reflect several psychological problems a person may have. She is also able to connect a person’s clothing to their behavior. Countless people can determine just the same when paying enough attention. A person’s clothing can reveal a wide range of personality traits from functionality to diligence‚ or even to sentimentality
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high risk. Many may agree with Trippetts’ argument since every man and woman in society thinks that going above the speed limit won’t get them into jail or throw away a plastic cup at the side of the road isn’t a big deal‚but the truth is those simple acts breaks the purpose of keeping everyone safe. Trippett makes an argument with the phrase‚ “You’re a fool if you obey the rules” to disobey the law and it’s true because teenagers see it something they need to go against‚ it won’t personally affect
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Michelangelo Buonarroti once said‚ “if people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery‚ it would not seem so wonderful at all.” The controversial debate between hard work and talent has yet to come to an answer. In the present-day‚ there are a lot of famous or popular people that are known for their talent. Just because they have talent‚ does that mean that they didn’t work very hard to get to that point? The key to success is being a hard worker instead of only having natural born talent because
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A Negative Society Take a look around‚ are you comfortable with the people who you are associated with? How many people of your same race are there with you? Many people do not feel comfortable with being around people who do not look the same or have the same beliefs‚ religion‚ or gender as them. People like to surround themselves with people they feel they can socialize with more. Although others do not like to surround themselves with different people because they have xenophobia‚ which means
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For the second reflection paper I chose to write about the book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. When I started reading this book‚ I had no idea what I was going to read about. I learned many new concepts on the culture of Hmong and their views. A brief section of the book also was about how they came to America and the experiences they had while doing so. I learned that there was a secret war in Laos that caused a tragedy among the Hmong people leaving them to abandon their homes in the
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nostalgic recirculation than political inspiration…” This revolution consisted of women demanding their own rights so they could become more and more independent. There were significant shifts in social attitudes‚ behaviors‚ and institutional regulations at the beginning of the 60’s and also lasted through the 70’s. The sexual drive increased majorly and the amount of women that had sex before marriage also sky rocketed. In Where Are you Going‚ Where Have You Been‚ Connie wants sexual attention from men
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he motivated and inspired his troops by helping the group members see the higher good of the task. He understood that not one man alone could accomplish such a task‚ and it would take the hard work and dedication of every member that served under him to obtain such goals. Major Winters inspired his team to work to their highest potential and dragged them through what has been described by many as hell to succeed in a world altering course of events. I have never met Major Winters or have never
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