I mutter a word I can feel as my lips crack and a drop of blood leaks out. In the smoke surrounding me from our fire I can make out a beautiful woman caressing her belly. She appears to be about 7 months pregnant. It’s my wife. This is the last memory I have of her. By this time my child should be about 9 months old. Wow‚ how time flies by. I can’t believe I have missed her first words‚ her first smile‚ her first steps. What I wouldn’t give to go back home and be able to hug my baby girl‚ lay her
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Service and the Arts the Beautiful For the past semester‚ the class has been discussing what the Arts of the Beautiful‚ or the Fine Arts‚ is. We discussed what Etienne Gilson considers to be the Fine Arts: Architecture‚ Statuary‚ Painting‚ Music‚ Dance‚ Poetry‚ and Theatre‚ and looked at their matter and their form. It was pointed out throughout the discussion that these arts are the Arts of the Beautiful not because of utility (Architecture)‚ imitation (Statuary)‚ representation (Painting)‚
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Lurvin Magana-Calles Heidi Kozlowski English 1B September 28‚ 2014 Where Are you Going‚ Where HaveYou Been? Analysis “Where Are you Going‚ Where Have You Been? Is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates about a fifteen year old girl’s that lives a dual life for self-importance‚ an unforgiving desire for irresponsibility‚ yet doubtfulness to leave the security of family and the comfort ‘of sleeping on her bed again’ ( Oates 77) . Connie is a young girl that likes listening to music ‘that made everything
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I choose to not give to charity at this point in my life‚ not in contrast to Singer‚ but in agreement with him. In the first few pages of The Most Good You Can Do‚ Singer introduces us to Matt Wage‚ who chose to enter a career in finance in order to donate more money. Singer encourages people to “[choose] the career in which they can earn the most‚ not in order to be able to live affluently‚ but so they can do more good.” Effective Altruism is entirely focused on the consequences of their actions
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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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Women have built an image for themselves over the years as independent‚ strong‚ and smart. However‚ the women in the following stories represent a different image for women. In both short stories‚ “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ the protagonists are lured by their bad decisions leading to their demise; the victims’ bad decisions along with the criminals’ bad intentions led to death creating the plot of both stories. Although‚ the stories have the same
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the car. The idea of leaving America and going to Japan seemed to really not have hit me yet‚ but now that I look back I know that I had to feel it. I think that the things that I was feeling was such a blob of mixed emotions that I really did not know how to feel so I will just say that I was excited. At the airport I met my best friend and two other friends of mine from school. We would all be traveling together‚ most all the time. The only things that would really be different would be where we
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See Rocky Horror Like You’ve Never Seen It Before! The Rocky Horror Picture Show Event at the Kirby Center of Performing Arts is an event filled with community‚ care‚ and a uniqueness that is impossible to find anywhere else. Rocky Horror Picture Show is a famous tale to rock generations‚ it appears. Everyone knows about it; whether it be through the strange movie plotline itself or the seemingly stranger fanbase. This movie has brought about a whirlwind of controversy‚ and the lifelong fans couldn’t
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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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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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