forbidden. Other important features that distinguish or help define totalitarianism include restricted or eliminated constitutional rights‚ state terrorism‚ and totalitarian rulers are known as ideological dictators. The government of Oceania‚ in the novel 1984‚ is an example of totalitarian society. Germany‚ under Adolf Hitler’s National Socialism is another example of totalitarianism. Orwell’s Oceania has both similarities and differences to the totalitarian states of the twentieth century. The
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Paper “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is a short story that poses many questions centered around the protagonist‚ Connie and the antagonist Arnold Friend and his “comrade” Ellie. The fate of Connie at the end of the story is still up for debate after all these years after the story was published in 1966. The main question posed is who actually is Arnold Friend? Is he the devil or something else? The answer may never be fully known but in
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there innocence‚ it just depends on the choices they have made. In Joyce Carol Oates “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” She uses characterization and imagery to show how Connie is dealing with the loss of her innocence Oates characterization of Arnold Friend shows how Connie’s perspective of Arnold and his looks leads to the deception of who he really is. Connie was at home alone one day and a car pulled into her drive way that she didn’t know‚ and it
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Explore Millers use of stage directions‚ setting and props in Act one; language analysis and conventions of tragedy. Plan: * Stage directions – opening stage directions‚ set the scene for the audience‚ and give background information on a few of the characters present. * They are descriptive which can give the audience a visual of the characters‚ and what kind of personality they have. E.g. ‘Keller is nearing sixty. A heavy man of stolid mind and build‚ a business man these many years
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Innocence “Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?” presents many themes and symbols to the reader. One that jumped out at me while reading the story was the overall feeling of innocence. Joyce Carol Oates shows us innocence from the very beginning of the story to the end where Connie loses self-control and power. From the first paragraph of the story we learn that Connie is a young fifteen year old who longs for attention and acceptance. I was able to relate to the story better when I paused
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The Chosen Essay #1 The Chosen by Chaim Potok is often described by critics as a distinctly American novel. I would have to say that I am definitely in agreement with this statement because the novel has a large emphasis on the concept of the American Dream throughout the duration of the story. That is the belief that in America one can pursue his or her dreams‚ whatever they may be‚ without regard to background or culture. Both Reuven and Danny reflect this ideal in their behaviors and action
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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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Practice 1 – one story you like the best & what lessons you have learned from the story The novel Step by Wicked Step by Anne Fine which I have studied‚ all the stories are special in their own way but the one that strikes a chord with me is Claudia’s Stories: The Green Pyjamas. The story is about Claudia’s slow but sure acceptance of her stepmother‚ Stella. In the beginning‚ she is depicted as young girl who struggles to accept the changes in her life. Her parents have decided to separate
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framework‚ on which the details of the text are hung‚ develops the sense the reader regarding how complex details fit into a shaped whole‚ and so tells you more about the meaning and purpose of the work. BASIC STRUCTURE IN NOVELS AND PLAYS • EXPOSITION: This is the beginning‚ where the world of the text is introduced. The reader‚ or audience‚ meets the characters and past events that may assist understanding of the situation are explained. Here too‚ themes are announced as are dominant ideas‚ or aspects
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Negrito are a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia. Ati children‚ the Philippines.Their current populations include 12 Andamanese peoples of the Andaman Islands‚ six Semang peoples of Malaysia‚ the Mani of Thailand‚ and the Aeta‚ Agta‚ Ati‚ and 30 other peoples of the Philippines.Reports from British traders also speak of negrito people on Borneo (Sarawak). (Journal of the Malayan Branch Royal Asiatic Society‚ Vol. XXIX‚ part 1‚ 1956) Balangay is the first
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