Professor Yasmin Gruss Brooklyn College Academy Ashlee Thomas Fall 2014 Oats and O’Connor’s Perspective of a Stranger In the short stories “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates and “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor‚ both authors use their main characters to point out an important message about strangers. In the text “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been”‚ Joyce Carol Oates character Arnold Friend uses Connie’s low self-esteem as an advantage to manipulate
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many different stories that teach us valuable life lessons. But three stories in particular are what we are focusing on today. By reading them‚ I have a new perspective on life. If you read them I guarantee you will to. But right now‚ all we are talking about are learning lessons. By reading this essay‚ you will understand who I think learned the better lesson‚ what the lesson was‚ and who I think the best teacher was. In our first story‚ Egg Lessons‚ by: Kimberly Kirburger‚ Kim’s best friend
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slang makes this poem stand out as being colloquial. The reader predicts that the speaker and the subject the speaker is talking to are both high due to the use of slang. Some of the slang statements said were‚ ’sure it’s a drag’‚ ‘all the green flaked out’‚ ‘and they’ll be changing the color of bread ’‚ ‘sevennyeighty years’‚ and ‘shmeaves’. These phrases used are informal when talking to one another and are considered slang and colloquial. His use of slang also contributes towards the quality of free
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Jimmy in the absence of Alison. And Colonel Redfern plays the role as the father of Alison. Now talking about the character individually‚ Jimmy Porter ‘The Angry young man’ who is the main character of the book. He is the one who dominated the play through the power of his anger and language. Jimmy has passed from the university but not with great prestige. Hence he works with Cliff Lewis at a sweet shop. Jimmy who doesn’t comes from a upper-middle class family as Helena and Alison. According to
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says anything or gives an input. When Tiffany talks about their sex life‚ Dan gives a simple answer on “whatever you want to do‚ sweetie”. This is an example of poor communication skills. Dan needs to learn how to be a active listener. Tiffany is talking about important subjects in their life and Dan should put his own input into them being its his life to. As for not paying attention to Tiffany when communicating about their sex life‚ this can put tension on a relationship and Tiffany just starts
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” This quote shows that she was confused and didn’t know why she was being treated differently because of her race. Next‚ the purpose of this story is to show how she felt and what it was like for her and her family during that time. When she was talking about school she said‚ “I was confused by all the moving and was having trouble with
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get so many different impression of him. Sometimes it almost sounds as if he is two persons caught in one mind‚ the child and the teenager/adult. The first example of the child inside of him‚ is when the mother and him are sitting in the car and talking about the vernissage. At first he has no trouble with the pronunciation of the word‚ but suddenly he thinks of vernissage as a man dancing with the mother and pronounces it completely different. “Is the new dress so
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Therefore‚ prevention of obesity and diabetes is much needed in Samoa. Parents could help prevent their children from having such diseases by limiting the amount of food given to their kids‚ having them on diets‚ reducing the amount of sweets given to them‚ and talking to them about these diseases and their consequences. Not all Samoans have obesity and diabetes but‚ most of them do. If we don’t do anything to stop the spreading of such problems‚ then maybe in the near future‚ everybody will have
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and all based on looks‚ but I mean without love at first sight the story would not have proceeded and been allot less dramatic. As Romeo laid eyes upon Juliet and became stars truck he begins talking in verse‚ but due to the way it’s said by an actor you wouldn’t realize‚ but the reason for him talking this way is him declaring his love to Juliet‚ and to himself. As he speaks in verse the structure is actually very cleverly hidden it consists with rhyming couplets and contains ten syllables in
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insecure you are‚ or life in general. But on the other hand smoking could take a bad turn. One in which you get extremely anxious‚ where every car is a cop car‚ and where every person you see knows how high you are‚ or that girl on the phone who’s talking to her mom is supposedly calling the police to get you. When it comes to cannabis there is multiple ways of consumption‚
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