“Where are you Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Oates and “Castle Nowhere” by Woolson offer a strong basis for comparison and contrast in terms of canonical and non-canonical texts through characterization‚ genre/tone‚ setting‚ themes‚ and symbolism. While many of the obvious differences reside in concrete categories like setting‚ genre/tone‚ and characterization‚ there are alluring similarities in theme and symbolism that can allow the reader to conclude the canonization of “Where are you Going‚ Where
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The ambiguous resolutions of Where Are You Going Where Have You Been and The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed is a coincidence that I found quite strange. In Where Are You Going Where Have You Been‚ the author doesn’t tell us what happens to Connie after Arnold Friend forces her to go with him. Does she die? Does she Live? Similarly‚ the Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed‚ the answer as to how Casandra will manage to overcome her friend’s sudden death and her life’s struggles remains to be open to
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it has become one of the most important deserts in America and other countries as well. Nonetheless‚ flan has been considered as a traditional Mexican desert. Besides‚ my family‚ but mainly my mother loves to eat cheese flan. B. I will teach you how to make a vanilla flan‚ however‚ there are different types of flans such as chocolate‚ coffee‚ coconut‚ cheese‚ orange‚ or even better rice flan. C. The ingredients that I’m going to use are 8 eggs‚ a can of sweetened condensed milk‚ a can
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Oates "Where are you going‚ Where have you been?" is one that has had many interpretations over there years‚ by many literary critics and readers alike‚ generating a vast list of themes and meanings to the story. Some have declared the story to be a "feminist allegory‚" while others argue that one of the main characters‚ Arnold‚ is a "savior" or "messiah figure‚" as popular figures during the 1960’s were to young girls like Connie‚ the main character. Though many interpretations have been made‚ and
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Should Britain have a fully written codified Constitution? Britain is one of the oldest democracies in the world‚ which has gradually evolved from Magna Carta in 1215 to the modern time. But one thing significantly differs the UK from all other democratic countries- that is its Constitution [which is a set of principles that establishes the distribution of power within a political system‚ the limits of government jurisdiction‚ the rights of citizens and the method of amending the Constitution
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Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is about a 15 year old girl named Connie. Connie is the dark blond haired girl who catches all the attention and knows she looks good. The story is somewhat journalistic in the sense that there are few extreme stylistic flourishes or complicated sentence structures. Oates’s spare style allows the images in the story to stand out in realistic coherence‚ in a way that makes one feel they have some unexplainable importance. “There’s your
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persona. With this liberty‚ the identity of an individual isn’t limited to one set of characteristics as many external and internal situations either influence the cognitive decision making complex of humans. In the short story‚ "Where are you going‚ where have you been?" by Joyce Carol Oates‚ reveals through the characterization of Connie and her settings the duality of human beings. Also‚ using symbols and patterns to strongly put emphasis on how the underdeveloped mind of adolescents make way for
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Should Kids Have Homework? I’ve been in school for 10 years now and I get hammered with homework almost everyday. I know for a fact i’m not the only kid/teenager that feels like it takes away from a fun healthy childhood. When i get home I want go out to the lake and fish or ride a atv around with my friends not sit in my boring house doing homework! And we wonder why America is lazy these days. Teachers must get entertained watching us slave over work day and night. I’m about to end this with
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Should Teachers Have to Wear Uniforms? I’ve recently read on the internet that a local school district has passed school uniforms for students. The same school has also decided that teachers should wear uniforms as well. Should all schools have to make teachers to wear uniforms? Here are some of the different factors which should be taken into consideration by school districts that are debating whether or not their teachers should wear uniforms. One of the biggest problems that are raised
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Finch did defend Tom Robinson‚ but some believe that Atticus should not have defended Tom and some believe that he should have defended him. Atticus should have defended Tom for three reasons: He should have defended Tom because Atticus believed that Tom was not guilty‚ he was a good man‚ and he was asked to do it. The first reason that Atticus should have defended Tom is that Atticus believed that Tom was not guilty. He would not have defended Tom if he did not believe that Tom was not guilty. Tom
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