"Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" By Joyce Carol Oates A short story titled "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" tells a tale of an adolescent girl who suffers consequences of growing up in the unsupportive environment and the society preoccupied by the media. It is considered to be the most famous work of Joyce Carol Oates‚ an American writer‚ the winner of many significant literary awards and a two- time candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The story was first
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As a student‚ Communication skills are essential for the successful future career of student like me. In today’s competitive world‚ communication skills in business and career are the most sought after quality of an educated person. Reading‚ writing and listening carefully are the three most important communication skills for students. These skills like most of the communication skills sounds too familiar as a result of which we take them for granted. Apart from reading and writing presentations
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"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret." If you answered yes to the title question I am sure you have realized the truth in this quote by Ambrose Bierce. In order to gain control over your tongue you must be determined to see things differently. People who lose their temper tend to view life in a negative and judgmental way. You have the ability to direct your mind away from angry and upset feelings. You need to realize that you can have peace of mind instead
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Connie’s Paradigm In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” we follow the main character Connie as she faces an inner transformation. The author introduces Connie as a vain and inexperienced adolescent who seems to daydream about things she doesn’t quite understand as she has more of a naive idea of what adulthood is all about. She takes pleasure in having control over everyone and everything around her. These ideas as well as her security are shaken when the
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Language is one of the most important things in the world. The ability to communicate in other languages is what sets us apart from the animal world. If we do not preserve the old languages and force the world to only speak one‚ we are forcing the world to lose its own identity and culture. Without language we couldn’t read texts and stories from other countries‚ or even from further back in history. I love learning other languages and I love speaking them. To speak another person’s language‚ to
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Analyses of ‘Thank You M’am’ ‘Thank You M’am’ is a short story which is written by Langston Hughes. The story takes place in the USA‚ in the street and in the woman house‚ where we meet Mrs Luella and Roger. In this article I am going to analyse this short story. At first I will summarise its plot‚ then I will discuss the main theme on it‚ and comment on the main characters and some literary devices. ‘Thank You M’am’ is about a boy called Roger and a large woman Mrs Luella Bates Washington Jones
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You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents’ Divorce is a theatre that is produced by The Civilians. It talks four real stories about the reasons to divorce what are performers’ parents’ stories. As a documentary theatre‚ during the process of performance‚ actors should restore the situations’ happen as possible. Real is the creation of the production in the documentary theatre. In this report‚ we will talk about the production You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents’ Divorce and discuss the significance
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Catharsis in As You Like It Literature is meant to teach. Its purpose is to shed light upon the soul and offer up the best and worst of humanity. All the stories we read‚ all the characters we relate to and begin to understand‚ they all have a tale to tell and a lesson to be learned. This is precisely what makes literature so vital to the human spirit. It is here that we enter the world of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It ‚ a story set in a fantastical forest. As we follow the true love of Orlando
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Stand by if you are not a citizen. Key Quote: “If we look to the laws‚ they afford equal justice to all in their private differences; if to social standing‚ advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity‚ class considerations not being allowed to interfere with merit; nor again does poverty bar the way‚ if a man is able to serve the state‚ he is not hindered by the obscurity of his condition.” (p. 58) Context: Pericles‚ a well-known political Athenian statesman‚ delivers a speech at
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When you chance the way you look at things‚ the things you look at change. The most fundamental and mayor decision you have to make in your life is this: Do I live in a friendly or A hostile universe? Is it the universe‚ where people want to hate each other‚ kill each other. Is that what you see? Because when you see the world that way‚ that is exactly what you create for yourself. The interesting thing is that this is not just a clever play of words: When you change the way you look at
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