The short story ”Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” explores feminist ideals about oppressive men who take advantage of women. The story tells about a young girl named Connie who acts and dresses as though she is a mature young woman‚ but she shows her true age of fifteen when an older man‚ Arthur Friend‚ takes advantage of her using fear and threats of violence against her family. The story calls into question whether or not Connie is truly and independent woman‚ but one can clearly see
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In 2006‚ Fiona Apple covers the 1986 single “I Want You” live from “Decades Rock Live!” along with the original artist Elvis Costello. (This song is originally from the album “Blood and Chocolate.”) It is about the speaker who wants his love‚ despite the infidelities she possesses. Apple’s voice gives off a “dark and fierce” (21 Things) tone that influences Flynn to write about the love going “very‚ very wrong” (21 Things) present in Gone Girl‚ which clearly relates to what the song is about. Furthermore
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in the 1920’s Jazz Poetry can be defined as poetry that demonstrates jazz-like rhythm or the feeling of improvisation. During the 1920’s many poets began to experiment with the conventional forms of writing with rhythm which led to the invention of Jazz Poetry. Poetry and Jazz seemed to both evolve into each other which led to the merge that became known as "Jazz Poetry". Jazz poetry has been an unorthodox style of writing since it was invented in the 1920’s. The reason
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Explain how psychological perspectives have been used to criminal behavior Biological approaches: (P1)The biological approach means that our behavior is the cause of biological factors. This approach looks at our genetics to construct a reason why we act the way we do and why we develop abnormal behaviors. The brain and nervous system are the biological approach and so are chemical changes in the body .This can mean chemical reactions in the brain. For instance‚ in eating disorders - twin studies
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The Fantasy of Life In the novels The Great Gatsby and "Where Are You Going and Where Have You Been" authors F. Scott Fitzgerald and Joyce Carol Oates show a theme of fantasy versus reality to convey a deeper meaning within their novels. They express this theme using characters such as Gatsby‚ Connie‚ Daisy and Arnold Friend within the stories. Through these characters lives and experiences the theme is created connecting both stories. The theme of fantasy versus reality is used to a great extent
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Read This If You Have Ever Been Lost In a Toxic Person by Andrea Davis You probably felt desperate. You probably wondered if you would ever get back your normal self again. If you’d ever be the person that you used to be. And even though you saw the red flags‚ for some ungodly reason‚ you stayed. Love shouldn’t you hurt more than it heals you‚ but something inside you just couldn’t let it go. You held onto every last bit of false hope he gave you. You hoped and prayed that he was the person you
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increased the car speed and because of that crashed in on other car.The accident not only shocked me but also scared you.Not even one second after the crash‚my car had turned over and rolled down the hill.Luckily our car stuck on a big tree.You did not have any injuries from this accident but i knocked my head on the steering wheel and i was bleeding.After leaving the car‚i hugged you tightly into my bosom‚but this time you hardly tried to push me away.You made me feel the warmth and touch as you rubbed
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Teenagers in general are often stereotyped into one general category: unruly‚ uncaring‚ and self-absorbed. In the short story “Where are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates plays on this stereotype. She uses imagery and point of view to direct the reader’s attention to the teenage girl psyche‚ selfish‚ whimsical‚ and longing for attention and affection‚ and how this stereotypical psyche can be distorted and controlled. The protagonist of the story‚ Connie‚ is a vain‚ “typical”
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In America‚ there is a staggering amount of approximately 9 million people who are categorized as lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ or transgender. The gay rights movement has been a part of society since the early 1500s‚ however‚ the movement really started taking off in the 1920s. As the years went on‚ there were always supporters and critics of the movement. Some even went as far as parades and hate crimes. In the beginning of the movement gay culture thrived. The Harlem Renaissance introduced music and
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The short story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?‚” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is a tale about a teenage girl making the journey from her known world into something she has never experienced before. The main character lives the normal teenage life listening to the latest music and going out with her friends to the mall. “They must have been familiar sights‚ walking around the shopping plaza in their shorts and flat ballerina slippers that always scuffed the sidewalk” (753). One night with her
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