Matt Merritt Professor Smith English 102 13 September 2012 Arnold Friend’s Identity in Joyce’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” In the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” Joyce Oates portrays Connie as a beautiful young woman that is being coerced by a man‚ whom she doesn’t know‚ to come outside and go for a ride in his car. Who is this man that calls himself Arnold Friend? What does he represent? Looking at the things that Arnold Friend says and does will help to discover
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Note 13: Segment Information For the purpose of this assignment‚ I am going to discuss my interpretation of note 13‚ as well as‚ the segment analysis spreadsheet. Note 13 talks about manufacturing facility in Europe that supplies the products for multiple segments. These segments inherit the costs based upon volume used by those respective segments. I will assume that since Asia Pacific‚ Latin America‚ and North America were not mentioned‚ these regions have their own manufacturing that takes place
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RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN CORUPTED BY DISTORTED VALUES? * Discrimination -discrimination exists and it is primarily between two groups. The valid’s‚ as they are called here‚ are the dominant group who oppress the group known as the invalids‚ which is the group consisting of the less privileged individuals. However‚ in this society‚ privileged and less privileged does not refer to the individuals in terms of wealth or power‚ but instead‚ in terms of genetics. Here‚ discrimination has been reduced down
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According to‚ "This Apple Could Have Been Saved‚" by Kristen Lewis‚ with reporting by Adee Braun‚ and "How To Reduce Your Food Waste‚" many different types of food in America are wasted every day‚ but there are ways to reduce the waste. Some people have been aware of how much food is being wasted each day‚ but this situation is growing out of control and needs to be put to an end. The first way that food gets wasted‚ is that many American’s are just lazy and buy too much food that we aren’t even
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grade to another in school. Other changes are more intense‚ such as the transition from childhood to adulthood. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" Oates goes into depth regarding the transition from being a carefree‚ innocent child to adulthood. In the short story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" two separate worlds are drawn to the reader’s attention. The first is the normal daily life of Connie‚ a fifteen year old girl living in a home with her parents
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In her essay‚ Where are you going‚ Where have you been‚ Joyce Carol Oates‚ underscores the importance of communication to develop her story. Both the presence and absence of communication are utilized in the evolution of Oates’ purpose. The author relates each of her subjects to archetypal characters in order to firmly cast them into a category. Through careful consideration of detail‚ Oates’ offers a particular understanding of Connie’s relationship with her parents and the world around Connie.
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Starbucks and The Seven Segments of the General Environment RHanna October 23‚ 2011 Starbucks and The Seven Segments of the General Environment Starbucks is one of the most recognizable coffee retail chains in the world. Their brand focuses on high quality coffee using specialized roasting of beans from many countries around the world. The company began in 1971 in Seattle‚ Washington with one retail store and it grew to over 2‚600 stores in 13 countries by the early 2000’s
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The character in “where are you going‚ where have you been?” Connie is affected by the role she plays in modern society. Fifteen year old Connie has the confusing‚ often exterior behavior typical of those girls who are facing the difficult transition from girlhood to womanhood in the 1960s. She is caught between her roles as daughter‚ friend‚ sister‚ and object of sexual desire‚ uncertain of which represents her real self. The sixties were the age of youth‚ young people wanted change. The changes
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"The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger shows its readers life through Holden Caulfield’s eyes. The readers see his outlook on life‚ thoughts about people‚ and ideas about maturity and adulthood. Even though Holden doesn’t want to grow up‚ he still develops maturity through three symbols: the museum‚ the idea of being "the catcher in the rye‚" and the carrousel and gold rings. The museum holds many fond memories for Holden that he does not want to let go of. He loves this museum because he
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The short story “What I Have Been Doing Lately” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ is told from within the dream of a young girl. She encounters many conflicts throughout her dream stemming from personal problems. The story is written in a circular structure that continues without resolution since her troubles are never resolved. The story makes use of small‚ choppy sentences which help the reader follow the quick‚ fast-paced actions happening during the dream. The non-traditional circular structure helps show
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