You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates about an average fifteen year old girl who is not unlike many other girls her age‚ she is self-absorbed‚ and has a “Nervous giggling habit of craning her neck and glancing into the mirror‚ or checking other people’s face’s to make sure her own was all right.”(Oates‚ 388) The story takes place in Middle America. Oates wrote “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” in the 1960’s
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Connie’s Paradigm In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” we follow the main character Connie as she faces an inner transformation. The author introduces Connie as a vain and inexperienced adolescent who seems to daydream about things she doesn’t quite understand as she has more of a naive idea of what adulthood is all about. She takes pleasure in having control over everyone and everything around her. These ideas as well as her security are shaken when the
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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 dramatic irony of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” conveys the tone of warning about temptation. Connie’s situation is that she does not feel appreciated at home and uses her looks and actions to get attention and appreciation from boys even if it is short-term. She is self-conscious about her looks and is constantly worried about how other people perceive her. Friend’s fantasy is that Connie will willingly go with him and be his “lover” (605) even before he officially met her. The
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School uniforms have been shown to improve test scores‚ raise school pride‚ increase attendance‚ reduce violence‚ helps students express themselves in ways other than the donning of attire‚ and teaches them to dress neatly. Many studies have shown that school uniforms improve test scores. School uniforms cause students to spend less time thinking about clothing‚ and more time thinking about their schoolwork. Another reason that school uniforms raise test scores is that when students wear “smart clothes”
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Of all the places in the world‚ you would think that a school is the safest place for a child to be. Sometimes this isn’t the case. In this speech‚ I will talk to you about how allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons will be a good idea. I will talk about the advantages of allowing teachers to carry a concealed weapon‚ how allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons is helping other countries‚ and why Gun-Free zones aren’t working. Let’s start with the advantages of allowing teachers to carry
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so many good things that can come out of giving kids of all ages breaks or recess. The main 3 reasons are that not giving them a break for awhile can give them a brain overload. The next is that the country’s with the kids of the highest test scores have breaks very often‚ the last one is that it can help kids become healthy and get exercise in. All of these are benefits that are because of recess. The first benefit is that learning to much at once can cause a brain overload. In the article title
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Every Teenager Should Have a Job Abstract The argument here is that every teenager should have an after school job‚ because it can help them learn many things about life. It will discuss the benefits of teenagers having after school jobs‚ and the many things that teens can learn from working. This argument also looks at the opposite view of why teens should not have jobs‚ and argues against those views. Every Teenager Should Have a Job In today’s society
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Would you want to play sports with the opposite gender? Do you want to participate in genderized sports? I believe we should have integrated sports and that we should have girls play in ‘boys’ and boys can play in ‘girly’ sports because we unnecessarily genderize sports‚ we need to let them do what their passionate about‚ and we have to be fair and not sexist. First of all‚ why do we segregate genders in sports? It’s unnecessary‚ most think that there shouldn’t be integrated sports because
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YOUTH CURFEWS: PROTECTION OR PUNISHMENT Student Name CultureWorks Course: OC1 Writing Instructor: Matt Devlin Date: April 21‚ 2011 Youth Curfews: Protection or Punishment Should teens have a night curfew? Over the past several years‚ in order to reduce juvenile crime and protect teenagers’ security‚ youth curfews are widely used in the United States. More than 300 towns have passed the local curfew laws which provide local police and authority the power to order young people under
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