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    Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?     “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates about an average fifteen year old girl who is not unlike many other girls her age‚ she is self-absorbed‚ and has a “Nervous giggling habit of craning her neck and glancing into the mirror‚ or checking other people’s face’s to make sure her own was all right.”(Oates‚ 388)  The story takes place in Middle America. Oates wrote “Where are you going‚ where have you been?”  in

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    novel‚ Never Fall Down‚ a group by the name of the Khmer Rouge invades Cambodia and takes all of their people. They have all of the power at the time‚ and force the people to work against their will. This turned out to be one of most devastating periods in history. Others may claim that power brings

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    Christian Worldview Reflection In the book‚ Be thou my vision: Pursuing God’s perspective in a pluralistic world it states ‚ “provides life events and experiences that deposit eternal truths in our minds and lives‚ and make room for intimacy with Christ”. When I read this phrase it picked up my attention right away because I am a true believer that God always help us and never is going to leave us alone but‚ at the same time‚ I believe it is our job to be smart and choose the best choice. When

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    In the movie Thank You for Smoking‚ Nick Naylor is a handsome man‚ smooth talking tobacco lobbyist and the vice-president of a tobacco lobby called the “Academy of Tobacco Studies”. Naylor’s job consists mainly of reporting the questionable research of the company to the public and defending Big Tobacco on television programs by questioning health claims and advocating their personal choice about cigarette. While Nick Naylor’s morals maybe questionable‚ he has the talent for whipping up an argument

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    that we all prepared for was here‚ the one we read in our holy books‚ the one which many people spoke about but didn’t prepare themselves for. It was looked upon as a myth‚ but for us it spiraled around fusing itself with time‚ making the war between worlds reality. Nothing that I was grown to know‚ or to believe‚ was true today. As a nonbeliever‚ I was made to believe that nothing existed outside of Earth. I didn’t believe in God‚ I believed in science‚ in what I could see‚ in the physical because

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    Gutierrez‚ Patricia Lorenza D. Mallari‚ Kimberly Rose J. Are you considered “beautiful”? Whenever you hear the word beauty‚ what first pops in your head? BEAUTY - a six-letter word yet has a wide variety of definition. The concept of beauty varies from one culture to another. What one finds beautiful someone else might find bizarre‚ outrageous‚ or sometimes‚ even ugly. Spray tans are the norm for the people in Jersey Shore‚ yet for people in Southeast Asia‚ they infatuate with the pale

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    YOU DECIDE: INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY 1 You Decide: International Case Study Andree Carmelita Pierre DeVry University Keller Graduate School of Management YOU DECIDE: INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY 2 Abstract Mary Wright is a human resources consultant for a telecommunications’ company in Miami‚ Florida‚ whose company has recently decided to expand its operations in the Arab Emirates‚ in Dubai. Mary’s extensive professional background along with her dedication

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    Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ is one of Joyce Carol Oates best short stories. Oates shows the reader what it is like to take things for granted and make mistakes through the main character‚ Connie. Throughout this story‚ Connie finds her identity and grows as a woman. In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ Joyce Carol Oates shows us the struggle of a young woman dealing with her family‚ sexuality‚ and common mistakes that can be made

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    Project Per.1 “Growing Up Online”: Persuasive Techniques The world today has been overthrown by technology. In the last decade this tech renaissance has changed our society and culture in America. The age group that has experience this effect straight on are children and teenagers. An episode of Public Broadcasting System’s Frontline named “Growing Up Online”‚ originally aired January 22nd 2008‚ enters the complicated world online and examines the impact the internet has on adolescence. This

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    in their self and no one should ever tell them otherwise. Many young girls are growing up faster than they should. But it all starts with the parents for teaching children from youth to adulthood. In the story by Joyce Oates’s‚ “Where are you going‚ where have you been”‚ illustrates a traumatic experience for a very young girl. The common perception is that many people are innocent and sincere until their true colors are revealed. Connie is a young child that is fifteen years old and displays the

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