Where are you going‚ where have you been? In the short story “Where Are You going? Where Have You Been?”‚ by Joyce Carol Oates. The use of the symbolism of Connie’s clothes‚ her fascination with her beauty‚ Arnold Friend’s car and Arnold Friend himself help to understand the story’s theme of evil and manipulation. The story‚ fill with underlying tones of evil. In this short story‚ Oates write about 15-year-old Connie‚ the protagonist of the story‚ a pretty girl who is a little too into her own
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1.)The Merced Hospital Staff believed Lia suffered from Epilepsy. They believed it translated into Qaug dab peg. What was misunderstood is that quag dab peg were not really perceived as the same thing in Hmong culture as Epilepsy is in western medicine. In the Hmong culture‚ QDP is believed to be caused by a bad spirit called a dab. It is believed that dabs are responsible for stealing souls and making its victims sick. Epilepsy is recognized by western medicine as a serious neurological condition
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A king was touring his kingdom on his elephant. Suddenly he stopped in front of a shop in the market and said to his minister‚ "I don’t know why‚ but I want to hang the owner of this shop." The minister was shocked. But before he could ask the king why‚ the king had moved on. The next day‚ the minister went to that shop dressed as one of the locals to see the shopkeeper. He casually asked him how his business was faring. The shopkeeper‚ a sandalwood merchant‚ reported sadly that he had hardly any
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Nothing Like You Nicole Mealey English 9 Mrs. Natoli October 31‚ 2011 In the book “Nothing Like You‚” Lauren Strasnick constructs the theme of the story about keeping secrets. This was supported by several passages in the book. The plot was also about how keeping secrets can backfire and cause friendships to end and relationships to become much more complex. After Holly lost her virginity to the popular Paul Bennet‚
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Analyses of ‘Thank You M’am’ ‘Thank You M’am’ is a short story which is written by Langston Hughes. The story takes place in the USA‚ in the street and in the woman house‚ where we meet Mrs Luella and Roger. In this article I am going to analyse this short story. At first I will summarise its plot‚ then I will discuss the main theme on it‚ and comment on the main characters and some literary devices. ‘Thank You M’am’ is about a boy called Roger and a large woman Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones
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Fartun Maalin Foundation for College Writing II 17 Apr.2013 To increase motivation we need to understand the source and consequences of helplessness and identifying situations‚ in which you can become empowered‚ assess readiness for change to pursue healthy lifestyle. As Heath’s say “tweaking the environment is about making the right behaviors a little bit easier and wrong behaviors a little bit harder.” (183) In Chip and Dan Heath’s book “switch” “shape the path” in order us to shape
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Sorry for Disturbing You A. Write an essay (700-900 words) in which you analyze and interpret Richard Knight’s short story “Sorry for Disturbing You”. To put your interpretation into perspective‚ your essay must include a discussion of at least two of the other items listed below. One of these must be a text. The short story “Sorry for Disturbing you” written by Richard Knight focuses on the regret of choices one makes in life. The story presents the encounter between a lonely man‚ full of
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the begging I felt guilty but I just got used to it. At times I felt alive and changed. My ‘temptation’ turned out to be my next door neighbor. Of all people I wouldn’t have imagine that he could have been my weakness. But it wasn’t my fault that I decide to play around with him. My so called boyfriend had the fault of my doing and that’s why I don’t feel any regret of doing so. He started to change his attitude with me. I thought that maybe the problem between us was me‚ but it wasn’t. We even talked
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In the 1960s‚ when Oates wrote “Where Are You Going . . . ‚” a social revolution was happening. American women were asserting their rights and independence from men‚ and they were claiming their sexuality in a way they had never done before. One frequently discussed topic was adolescence and the struggles and anxieties that many young girls endured as they lost their sexual innocence and became adult women. Feeling undervalued in their homes and relationships with men‚ women questioned their role
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the web including bullying‚ harassment‚ sexuality‚ and bizarre forms of celebrity. It reveals how virtual private lives online intercept with reality. This exposé on American online life is reported through many rhetoric techniques to help persuade you to think how much the computer has impact social culture and behaviors sometimes in a negatively way. This episode of Frontline opens up with a basic scenario. It’s Friday night and everyone is online‚ even if it’s for different reasons. One group
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