story‚ “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
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Connie exhibited the confusing‚ often superficial behavior typical of those facing the difficult transition from girlhood to womanhood. She really enjoyed music. Connie was more in love with the lyrics of the music than the boys themselves. She even said‚ “it was something to depend on” (1409). This is even typical for teenage girls now. Music allowed her escape from reality. Unfortunately‚ she got herself into a very dangerous
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Many people think using social network such as Facebook‚ Twitter is a waste of time and unsafe as your information‚ can’t be secured. Others think that’s a good way to expand networking and social contacts. What is your opinion on this issue? Write five – paragraph essay on social networking. Social networking The social network is becoming more and more popular with many young people in the world. According to some recent researches‚ there are approximate 90 percent people who use Internet
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Weinberger’s article makes many interesting points about the character of Arnold Friend in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been”- the main idea being that Arnold represents Connie’s “other self”. According to the article‚ this can be observed in how Connie and Arnold are opposites in both appearance and behavior‚ and Arnold’s purpose is to induct Connie into adulthood. I disagree with the idea that Arnold is Connie. While the article gathered a lot of good evidence to support this claim‚ I
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Some people are naturally more resistant to stress than others. If you not‚ there isn’t much you can do to cope with it Nowadays people face stress more often because of their hectic lifestyle. So most of us have already adapted to major sources of stress. However‚ I am sure that there are certain stress busters therefore everybody can find a path to inner peace. To begin with‚ doing sports can really help to deal with stress‚ for example yoga or jogging. That is because while doing exercises you
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and it is up to the persons decisions to find out whether or not its going to affect there future. In some people views in innocence is freedom from sin‚ moral wrong‚ or guilt through lack of knowledge of evil. At some point in everyone’s life they will eventually lose there innocence‚ it just depends on the choices they have made. In Joyce Carol Oates “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” She uses characterization and imagery to show how Connie is dealing with the loss of her innocence
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story is about “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is perfect example of a middle class typical family living in small home written in 1970 dedicated To Bob Dylan. It is about young teenager name Connie who is stuck in here fantasy world which she believes and predicts in the movies‚ love stories‚ and songs. At the other hand where her family
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Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is about a 15 year old girl named Connie. Connie is the dark blond haired girl who catches all the attention and knows she looks good. The story is somewhat journalistic in the sense that there are few extreme stylistic flourishes or complicated sentence structures. Oates’s spare style allows the images in the story to stand out in realistic coherence‚ in a way that makes one feel they have some unexplainable importance. “There’s your
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significant experience‚ achievement‚ risk you have taken‚ or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. Follow no one else’s path instead make your own and leave a trail for others to follow. Life is like a race and we are its runners. And in this race of life there are to be many obstacles and sharp turns to come and bring us down. Opportunities and challenges will come and pass. But one decision has made a huge impact on my life‚ so significant that I have many opportunities. Growing
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two small hands in his -- and then nothing. He awakens in the afterlife‚ where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden‚ but a place where five people who were in it explain your earthly life to you. These people may have been loved ones or distant strangers. Yet each of them changed your path forever. One by one‚ Eddie’s five people illuminate the unseen connections of his earthly life. As the story builds to its stunning conclusion‚ Eddie desperately seeks redemption in the still-unknown
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