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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Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream speech.” Was a huge turning point in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. While Dr. King argued for things such as equality‚ empowerment and freedom. “The Negro speaks of rivers” by Langston Hughes argues that the Negro people have always been a vital part of history. From building the pyramids to the building of America they have grown nations while growing as Negro people. Even though Dr. King and Langston Hughes had two separate bodies of literature written
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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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Does art have to have meaning? Conversely‚ if something is meaningless‚ can it be art? Through ages‚ human’s experienced expressing feelings‚ emotions‚ thoughts‚ contents and purposes through various ways such as languages‚ science‚ mathematics and finally comes up with arts. So‚ rely on the title question‚ in this case‚ does art have to have meaning? And conversely‚ if something is meaningless‚ can it be art? In my opinion‚ as a visual art student‚ I really believe that art is what humans created
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Finding Her Identity: An Analysis of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? Joyce Carol Oates‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been is about a fifteen year old girl named Connie who is searching for her independence from her mother. The exposition is in the month of July at their home‚ where Connie is being scolded by her mother about her being obsessed with her looks. Her mother says‚ “Stop gawking at yourself. Who are you? You think you’re so pretty? (171) Her mother wants her to be more
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How long have you been playing on Mineplex for? I have been playing Mineplex for almost 3 years now. When I first joined Mineplex‚ I started to enjoy playing Survival Games a lot and also Skywars. The games I mostly enjoy now are Skywars‚ SG and Evolution. I have been playing Minecraft since 3 November 2014‚ I have been active on Mineplex Enjin since 3 November 2014. What interactions have you had with our staff team in the past? TheChessMaster was my first ever staff interaction that I had
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number 6.) Have advances in technology caused us to be less social? Have advances in technology caused us as human beings to be less social? While technology has definitely helped make life simpler it has also caused us to become more distant from the rest of society. Before the convenience of the internet you were‚ for the most part‚ forced to interact with other people. Now with just the click of a button you never have to leave the comfort of your own home. You can purchase things and have them delivered
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her about love and ends up saying something that made Connie “put her hands against her ears as if she’d heard something terrible‚ something not meant for her” (1416). The intentions of Arnold were only going to be harmful to Connie. Her journey may have ended tragically by him either raping or killing her‚ but the story doesn’t foretell her
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“Where are you going where have you been?” Joyce Carol Oates describes the emotional ride of a fifteen year old girl‚ on the verge of becoming an adult and losing her innocence of mind and body along the way. She has a difficult time growing up and developing her own personality as they would have her react to her circumstances.“Everything about her bad two side to it‚ one for Home and one for anywhere that was not Home.” Connie feels that the best attribute that a girl can have is being pretty she knows
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right.” (1) In the story “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” the author Joyce Carol Oates‚ deliberately shows us the level of innocence of the protagonist Connie‚ as well as the similar features an inexperienced young girl who lived in 1966 compares to those of a young girl who is raised in our era. Young teenage girls in 1966 are no different than those now in 2018‚ as one day I too was a teenage girl myself‚ who cared a lot about how would see me. In the story Connie was described to be prepotent
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