The dramatic irony of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” conveys the tone of warning about temptation. Connie’s situation is that she does not feel appreciated at home and uses her looks and actions to get attention and appreciation from boys even if it is short-term. She is self-conscious about her looks and is constantly worried about how other people perceive her. Friend’s fantasy is that Connie will willingly go with him and be his “lover” (605) even before he officially met her. The
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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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Levine Sheen and David Stark “Diversity Makes You Brighter” In this century‚ not only America but to the world‚ college or higher education is a necessity to be successful. In high school one of the biggest decisions you must make is if you want to go college or not. During the college application‚ you may ask yourself if your race will affect your admittance into your desired college. Race is one of the most overlooked but important details‚ why is Race important? Almost all universities take account
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394-410). Gérin‚ Winifred‚ Emily Bronte: A Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 1971). Weiner (Oxford: Clarendon Press‚ 1989‚ p. 114). Overlook Press‚ 2002)‚ pp. 175-176 (p. 175). i Louis Althusser‚ ‘Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses’ in Literary Theory: An Anthology‚ edited by Julie Rivkin and Michael Ryan (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.‚ 1998‚ pp iii Emily Bronte‚ Wuthering Heights‚ second edition (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2003)‚ p. 276. All further references to this text will
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Sarah Luna Hcom 100 Application 2 Thank You for Smoking In Hcom 100‚ Professor Zamora showed the movie called “Thank You for Smoking”. This movie had many examples relating to the terms ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos‚ which were also taught in class. There are people who tend to believe people whom they respect this concept goes under the theme ethos. The Greek character for ethos refers to the credibility of the writer or speaker. In other words it is the amount of respectability of the person that
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How (Un)ethical Are You? Most of people believe that they are ethical and unbiased. They imagine they’re good decision makers‚ able to objectively size up a job candidate or a venture deal and reach a fair and rational conclusion that’s in their‚ and their organization’s‚ best interests. But more than two decades of research confirms that‚ in reality‚ most of them fall woefully short of our inflated self-perception. This article explores four related sources of unintentional unethical decision
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For this assignment‚ I read the book called You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang to a Pre-k 3 aftercare class. This story uses simple terms and explains the concept of big and small. I tend to read two books to my first-grade aftercare students‚ but I had never read to the Pre-k 3 aftercare class. It was nice seeing how younger children react to books and book readings. The book reading was a great experience. Nevertheless‚ I realized that I need to improve my book readings. One area that I need to work
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popular of these things would be money. We all think that getting money would make our lives a lot easier‚ less stressful‚ and the biggest misconception‚ happier. But‚ in the short story “Why‚ You Reckon?” Langston Hughes uses irony‚ dialogue and character development to show the audience that money can’t buy you happiness. In the beginning of this short story‚ Hughes uses amazing character development to introduce the narrator‚ who is also the main character. It starts off‚ “Well‚
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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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something for my baby You don’t know how incredibly happy you make me. I have fallen head over heels for you. you are everything I could possibly want and more. Words can’t even begin to explain the way you make me feel‚ you are my other half. you are what I think about every night before I go to sleep‚ and the first thing on my mind when I wake up in the morning. I get the most amazing feeling every time I’m talking to you‚ and you take my breath away every moment we’re talking. They say there’s
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