“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates is a short story that brings many girl’s nightmares to life. The story is one about a young‚ naïve girl named Connie‚ and her deranged abductor‚ Arnold Friend. Oates uses the setting in Connie’s life to create a very realistic situation. Oates also uses descriptive language to create vivid images of the setting‚ charters‚ and the emotions Connie feels. By analyzing Connie’s home setting and the descriptive language Oates uses‚ we will
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over forty novels. Most of her novels are graphic and many of them depict death. In her short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Oates tells the story of Connie‚ a fifteen year old girl. Like in many of her previous novels Connie dies‚ or the reader is led to believe she does. Oates was inspired by Bob Dylan’s song “ It’s All Over Now‚ Baby Blue”‚ Charles Schmid‚ and from the book of Judges chapter 19 verse 17 in the Bible. While Joyce Carol Oates had many inspirations for writing this
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Nature is an inspiration for innovations Humans have always looked to nature for inspiration to solve problems. The present development is exalted with‚ two important events we have to remember one is apparent diversity of nature and the second one is questioning nature of man about the diversity of nature‚ which had reviled so many fundamental and microscopic unifying facts of nature. For example when we consider varying lengths of fingers of our hand its length variations
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Where should we look to find the causes of educational inequalities? Introduction In this essay‚ I will be attempting to explain where I believe the causes of educational inequality lie. I will be focusing on 3 of the reasons that I believe there are such deep rooted inequalities in the education system. I believe that gender‚ ethnicity and class have the biggest impact on inequality in education. These are the issues which I will be discussing. The statistics are daunting‚ as Asthana‚ A (2010)
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its diversity and well-rounded society in terms of varying cultures‚ ethnicities‚ traditions‚ etc. But was our nation always like this? And‚ what goes on beneath the surface of this “diversity-embracing” facade? The article The Long History of “Go Back to Where You Came from” in Canada by Michael Fraiman delves into Canada’s history of unjust immigration policies‚ xenophobic societal attitudes and the path to cultivating a multicultural atmosphere. Fraiman adequately reports the emotions of numerous
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Preston Brumfield Mrs. Biltz English 3 CP 19 May 2014 Reflective Essay: Inspiration My family is very important to me; they have encouraged me through good times and supported me through bad. My family has shaped who I am today and has always been there for me. I have 5 aunts‚ 3 uncles‚ more than enough cousins and two sisters named Christina and Catelyn. Out of my more than 30 family members there is one I particularly look up to beyond all the rest‚ my parents. My parents has been by my
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Wilma Borquez Research paper Where does my generation find success? In goals. In my generation is common to see people around my age to want success based on goals they see on pictures from other people’s life. In my opinion that’s good and not good considering that everyone has similar goals like wanting to have a job or wanting to get married to have a nice house and a lot of money. The goals my generation wants are the same but a little different. For example‚ let’s say that someone posted a
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to advance our mentality. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been." Connie‚ a young teen is faced with a life changing experience‚ forcing her to transform from a young teen to a young adult. In John Updike’s "A & P" Sammy chooses to put himself in a tight situation only to loose his job‚ trying to be heroic to three young girls and failed‚ as a result of his child-like decision. "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" is an exceptional example of a coming-of-age
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Most Influenced People in My Life In China‚ people always say‚ “If three people are walking together‚ at least one is good enough to be another’s teacher”‚ which means you will always be influenced by someone else in your life. For me‚ many people have affected me‚ such as my grandmother‚ my father‚ and my high school physics teacher. Each of them has some talents and characters that I really want to learn. I admire my father’s great enterprise and noble spirit. His strong spirit always influences
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- � PAGE �1� - Park � PAGE �1� "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been" Vanity can be exposed as one ’s greatest weakness. "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been"‚ a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ describes Connie ’s misconception of beauty as her only value‚ and also the ways in which Arnold Friend‚ a potential rapist and murderer‚ manipulates and takes advantage of Connie ’s vanity. Connie is a fifteen year old girl who knows the extent to which her beauty can be used to her
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