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    Where Are 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

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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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    about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home...." The first quote is from “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates. It is in reference to Connie‚ who is a teenager. She is no longer a girl‚ yet she is not a woman. She would leave home she looking one way and arrive at her destination another way. 2. She would have been a good woman . . . if it had been someone there to shoot her every minute of her life." The second quote is from

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    Harvard Business Review Reflection Course name: Introduction to International Business Subject matter: HBR Reflection Details article Title: Have You Restructered for Global Success? Author: Nirmalya Kumar and Phanish Puranam Journal: Harvard Busniss Review Date of publication: October 2011 BHM Have You Restructured for Global Success? Introduction The article at hand ‘Have You Restructured For Global Success?’ written by Nirmalya Kumar‚ professor of marketing and Phanish

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    structure . Major ideas about Unix operating system First of all ‚ Unix operating system is a multitasking ‚ multiuser ‚ and multichoice operating system . Multitasking means one user can run more than one program at the same time . Users don’t have to run their programs one by one ‚ they can do together . Multiuser means that more than one user can operate on Unix operating system at the same time ‚ and this is the reason why Unix operating system gained popularity in the past years . The last

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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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    book: Used to keep a cumulative record of money received and money paid out by the business. Usually referred to as petty cash and is accounted separately*Nominal ledger: is a bookkeeper’s collection and summary of a company’s accounts. It usually have 2 column: debit and credit*Sales ledger: the sales ledger deals invoice sent out and consists of personal accounts for credit customers*Account receivable ledgers: An accounts receivable ledger is a book or document that contains a list of all of the

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    Matt Merritt Professor Smith English 102 13 September 2012 Arnold Friend’s Identity in Joyce’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” In the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” Joyce Oates portrays Connie as a beautiful young woman that is being coerced by a man‚ whom she doesn’t know‚ to come outside and go for a ride in his car. Who is this man that calls himself Arnold Friend? What does he represent? Looking at the things that Arnold Friend says and does will help to discover

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    Have you ever been to a college class? Did that class only consist of two exams‚ a midterm and a final throughout the entire semester? How much stress did you feel around the time those exams came around? These are the types of problems that Patrick O’Malley argues against in his essay “More Testing‚ More Learning”. In this essay‚ O’Malley takes the stand presenting the fact that there are courses in college that provide infrequent testing. He lets it be known that this is not the most effective

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    Connie is a young fifteen year old who cares about her sexual drive that men have toward her. “The 1960s unleashed the so called sexual revolution. It seemed more a source of comic relief and tragic nostalgic recirculation than political inspiration…” This revolution consisted of women demanding their own rights so they could become more and more independent. There were significant shifts in social attitudes‚ behaviors‚ and institutional regulations at the beginning of the 60’s and also lasted through

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