Once Prohibition was enacted congress had soon become disengaged with the movement‚ because many Politicians were drinking despite the law. Subsequently congress never provided proper funding for any type of reinforcement for the extensive violations of the Volstead act. Even those who strongly supported prohibition were reluctant to produce or request additional funding‚ because revealing to the public how severe violations had become would be compromising to the cause. This weakness allowed street
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shaped the future of the laws that prohibited women in many ways. Women’s suffrage and women’s role in prohibition are two ways in which women have shaped political and social moments in United States history. Women have never given up on fighting for rights‚ many times with monetary and social consequences for trying to gain rights they felt belonged to them. Along with gaining those rights women have fought for destigmatizing women and consider them equals to men. This view has been questioned since
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In Joyce Carol Oates’ “‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ and Smooth Talk: Short Story into Film‚” Oates writes that Connie “An innocent young girl is seduced by way of her own vanity” and that “she confuses death for erotic romance” (419). Oates clearly defines her point when Connie first discovers Arnold Friend at the drive in diner. She catches Friend staring at her with a big smile and Connie “slit her eyes at him and turned away‚ but she couldn’t help looking back” (409). The fact
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The National Prohibition of Alcohol (1920-1933)‚ also known as “The Noble Experiment‚” is the only constitutional amendment to be repealed through another amendment‚ thus making it a debated topic since the mid 1900’s. Although the primary purpose of Prohibition was to reduce crime and improve the health of the United States‚ it ended with a result that could be considered the complete opposite. Some historians argue that it was a law that was impossible to enforce‚ but based on factual evidence
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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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adulthood is frustrating and confusing‚ and in most adolescents‚ is filled with apprehension and anxiety. For the protagonist Connie‚ this distress is expressed in her dreamlike encounter with Arnold Friend. In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Joyce Carol Oates used the interaction between her two main character‚ to reveal the internal fear and conflict of a fifteen year old girl maturing into a young woman. Oates chooses narrate her story in the third person giving
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sending of messages‚ controlling trains etc. If we can use no drivers to control vehicles‚ then trains can have a less chance of crashing because they will follow a route that is stetted. Anyway‚ without a need for humans for these things‚ we can use manpower for a better purpose like building buildings‚ fixing the computers etc that computers cannot do. The need for humans to reproduce more will also decrease. We can also save time by sending messages faster‚ look for information faster etc. This
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Innocence “Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?” presents many themes and symbols to the reader. One that jumped out at me while reading the story was the overall feeling of innocence. Joyce Carol Oates shows us innocence from the very beginning of the story to the end where Connie loses self-control and power. From the first paragraph of the story we learn that Connie is a young fifteen year old who longs for attention and acceptance. I was able to relate to the story better when I paused
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You should have enough rest Nothing better than feeling of waking up completely and full refreshed. Sleep is necessary and important for life. Today‚ a person has lacked sleeping because of a busy schedule‚ every day. In today most people have timed to sleep around 4-6 hours If you think that’s enough‚ then you think wrong. That is not enough for the human body. This is an issue that should be solved urgently because Sleep not enough to have a bad affect than you think
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desire for wealth and status that drove all people at the time. However‚ this time is also known as the Prohibition Era‚ as alcohol was banned at the very beginning of the decade. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ it is important to understand the historical context of the ongoing Prohibition and desire for increased status in the 1920’s to fully grasp the role alcohol played on the novel’s theme of social class. Despite the Prohibition of the 1920’s‚ alcohol flowed freely at Jay
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