I write this essay now as I prepare for my exams‚ just like any other student. The end of my life as a high school student is slowly creeping around the corner. Thinking far back I ponder as to where and how I would want to see myself in the future. I know that the choices that I will make from this point on will determine my future. College is a different world‚ a different place‚ or so they say. The days that will pass me by when I enter that world hereon in will be a challenge that I will accept
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Are you a feminist? Do you know what feminism is about? Many people confuse feminism with man hating or saying women are better than men. It’s neither. Feminism is seeking justice for both genders and ending sexism. Feminism and age have a connection because when you grow older‚ people can experience more sexism. Feminism is both a political movement and intellectual commitment. Feminists disagree with stereotyping‚ objectifying and sexism. Feminism started around the 1840s.The first gathering for
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my biggest love and hobby. That is the best passion that I’ve ever gotten in my life. If I hadn’t danced‚ my self wouldn’t be as well as like now. I started dancing when I was 14 years old and my first crew was called Elnino. At first‚ I joyed that crew to find my friend‚ a bboy. He is my best friend when we were a little girl and boy. After I had moved to new house‚ we didn’t meet each other for 10 years. But day by day‚ I realize that I love music‚ dancing is my life and my crew really is
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while saving cats falling from trees? Does one have to be a hero by saving someone from a burning building? What qualifies as a hero? Many people have their own definition and vision of a hero. Heroism comes in many ways through attitudes and acts of oneself. I believe heroism is the intent of doing something for the benefit of others‚ and not caring about the consequences that might ensue. In Joyce Carol Oates’s "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚" we see the character of Connie in a process
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The real world chooses to hide the wickedness of mankind‚ while the world of fiction chooses to highlight it. In the stories “The Overcoat” by Nikolai Gogol‚ “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez‚ and “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ especially highlight the time the horrible aspects of man. Each one highlighting the corruption of man in their own unique way. The social hierarchy is a key part to the wickedness of mankind. This is a major
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She says; Cosette‚ I love you very much. I know a place where no one’s lost I know a place where no one cries. Crying at all is not allowed‚ Not in my castle on a cloud. Madame Thenardier comes bustling down the stairs in a bad mood. She glowers at little Cosette and changes the closed sign from “closed” to “open”. MADAME THENARDIER Now look who’s here! The little madam herself‚ Pretending once again She’s been so awfully good! Better not let me catch you slacking! Better not catch
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The Manuscript Collection of the First Lady Allison Cogdill History 202 November 6‚ 2008 Prof. Fairey Allison Cogdill First Ladies of the United States of America First Ladies have played both a private and public part in shaping this unique country. Many people tend to forget what vital role these women play in helping to run this country. There is a lack of resources dedicated to these women that helped change America from not only helping their husbands address speeches but to setting fashion
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lock the door and have the phone ready to call the police but not this girl. This girl is easily lured into a trap and taken away from everything she loved. This girl is the protagonist‚ Connie‚ from Joyce Carol Oates short story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been.” Rather than heed the gut feeling most readers have at this moment in the story‚ Connie ignorantly emerges from her house and engages the stranger‚ Arnold Friend. As soon as she leaves the safety of her home‚ she has unknowingly
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In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ the main character‚ Connie‚ is on the brink of adulthood and is experimenting with the sexual freedom that comes with it. On the weekends‚ Connie and her friend go to the mall or the diner and pursue older boys with which they will slip into dark alleys or cars. One night‚ when leaving the diner to go hang out with a boy‚ a man in a gold convertible catches Connie’s eye and says to her‚ “Gonna get you‚ baby”. Later in the story‚ Connie is tanning outside
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