difficulties throughout my life. Then I remember a time in my first 2 years of high school. I was oblivious. Confuse about my future. Whether I wanted to do something after high school. I have to admit school wasn’t my priority in freshman year. I wouldn’t get the best grade‚ but they weren’t the worst either. All I cared about is having friends. Then something hit me. Seeing all these seniors not graduate on time. Seeing many kids struggle financially after high school. I eventually notice that
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What will happen to you? Every person comes face to face at some point in life with vital decisions. Some of the decisions are minor ones‚ while others can bring turning points in life. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" she displays a particular instant in the main character’s life. This character‚ Connie was caught in the difficult transition from her youth and innocence to a doubtful future. Throughout the story Connie alternates between two very different sides
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students‚ regarding our plans after graduation. The conversation included where we wanted to study in high school. Most of us said that a simple school will do‚ what’s important for us back then was to have a school. That simple. After a few words‚ our adviser said that there is prestigious school inviting us to study there. Our initial reaction was‚ of course‚ we have no money to pay for the tuition fee. But then‚ she said that we need not worry‚ because the school offers us 100% scholarship‚ with
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Life after High School. After High School there are a lot options for me. I can either go to UC‚ college or I can go straight to work. I was always wondering where am I wanna go after High School. There are a lot of requirements for students who go straight to University. 4 years in High School‚ I always do my best but didn’t get to the point that I want. I was worry‚ concern about my grades. There are lots of time that I being lazy and not doing works. It cause me trouble sometime. I am planning
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In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ the major external almost most of the story. At the beginning‚ the narrator introduces Connie’s family‚ her mother‚ her father and her sister June. He describes a little bit of the relationship between Connie and his family and as I comprehend as I read the story‚ Connie has bad relationship with her family. Arnold Friend and his friend are characters that initiate the main conflict of the story. During the story‚ we can identify
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The story‚ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates is truly littered with conventions of Psychoanalysis. Freud developed a list of defense mechanisms used by the human subconscious in order to deal with issues too intense for the conscious mind. These strategies of the psyche are translated into symbols scattered throughout this work. These symbols are expressed through the characters of Connie‚ and Arnold Friend. The first convention is denial. Denial is when the subconscious
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those under eighteen become a never-ending fantasy of being an adult. The seemingly carefree lifestyle of older kids seems to be impossible to wait on. 15-year-old Connie is no exception to this way of thinking. In a hurry to grow up‚ Connie‚ in Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been”‚ naively executes the perfect role as an eager‚ under aged adolescent who lets her insecurities‚ dissatisfaction‚ and curiosities land her in irreversible danger. Most teenage girls in America are obsessed
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Period 5 Gas prices have climbed to an alarmingly high price range and at a very fast rate. To help ease the burden placed on consumers by the high gas prices‚ congress said we have to set price ceiling. Many people are concerned that price ceilings will create shortages. To help with the possibility of any gas shortages‚ we at the DOE have created a ranking system to allocate gas. We have divided consumers into three groups: high‚ medium‚ and low priority groups. With price ceilings and
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my house asked do him you want so water “sure evan” I went in got to glasses of water and my basketball we played one on one until Todd and Josh showed up aka the bullies on the block. Josh grabbed the basketball out of Jordan hands and held it up high so we could not get it. Todd said “you want it play a game with us tomorrow at the park at 2:00 pm.” Then he walked a way with the ball I said “give it back punk.” He did not answer me and just kept walking.
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at us and my friend took a bullet to the stomach luckily missing his main organs‚ he recovered well and is doing great now. This shook my focus on school and oriented it more to figuring out what life was about and finding peace with it after seeing such terror. These events over that school year effectively killed my academic motivation
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