In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” the author uses clothes as a symbol to reveal our protagonist and antagonist individualities. Connie who is our protagonist is a fifteen-year-old girl who has the habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors. Connie wears a pullover jersey blouse that looked one way when she is home and another way when she is away‚ in where she wears shorts. In the text‚ it states that “They must have been familiar sights walking around the shopping plaza in their
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In the short story “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ Connie’s house illustrates irony because of the changes that occur in Connie’s behavior towards her mom throughout the story. At the beginning of the story‚ Connie epitomizes a normal teenager’s feeling towards her parents‚ especially feelings towards her mother when at home. “Connie’s mother kept picking at her until Connie wished her mother was dead and she herself was dead and it was all over‚” (492). With
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their own‚ or figuring out if the decisions they make are right and if their experiences are going to help them or just hurt them more in the long run. In Connie’s experience with Arnold Friend‚ whether it is real or a dream‚ the theme of "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚" is ultimately about fear. Likewise‚ "We didn’t‚" while its dominant tone is comic‚ the underlying theme is based on fear. Both stories ultimately deal with the fear of crossing through the passage
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Name: Samuel Amda Date: 9/3/13 “An empty bag cannot stand upright” What does the proverbial aphorism “An empty bag cannot stand upright” mean and when do we use it? What does aphorism mean? When defining aphorisms‚ it can be said to be statements without any scientific grounds but based on keen observations. These statements can be either true or false‚ but they are pointed at something that has some meaning to convene. Aphorisms are more informative and statements of observation. Most
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"Where ignorance is bliss‚ ’tis folly to be wise”. Extracted from Thomas Gray’s poem‚ ‘Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College’‚ this adage is an existential conundrum ("the definition of ignorance is bliss"‚ 2016) . While some reflect in ‘hear no evil‚ speak no evil’‚ my outlook on this is that it is exceptionally vital to live in knowledge rather than in ignorance. I believe that ignorance isn’t bliss‚ its oblivion. Mankind has been in the pursuit of knowledge since its evolution. Human beings
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The Lemonade Stand simulation game puts players in charge of their very own virtual lemonade business. The player has the fundamental ability to change and influence the recipe of the lemonade‚ the price of the lemonade‚ and the items needed to sell the lemonade. To begin the game‚ the player first decides how long they want their lemonade business to last. This eventually leads players to begin selling their lemonade. The one challenge that players face is dealing with the changing weather.
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In the film “After the River I Stand”‚ it tells the story of how after integration‚ African Americans were pushed to the bottom of society. The film covers two months in 1968 that concluded with the success of the sanitation workers and the unexpected death of Martin Luther King Jr. In the documentary “At the River I Stand”‚ it tells the narrative of the sanitation workers strike in the year of 1968. In February 1968‚ the awful working conditions for African Americans came to attention with the
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Where Am I Wearing a New World Kelsey Timmerman‚ from rural Ohio‚ is the author of the book Where Am I Wearing. The spark that influenced his interest in traveling to other countries was because of the pile of clothes on his floor. After Timmerman saw this‚ he looked at the tags on his clothes. He then wondered exactly where did his clothes come from. The group of people that this book surrounds are American Consumers. Timmerman wanted them to lose their consumer innocence. He wanted them to change
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People feel that their rights‚ freedoms‚ and choices are taken away from them. Passage 1‚ "American Flag Stands for Tolerance‚" and Passage 2 claim the different ways that people’s rights can be infringed from them. Passage 1‚ "American Flag Stands for Tolerance‚" asserts direct ways that rights‚ freedom‚ and choices can be snatched. In the article it is stated that "each individual is to have the freedom to develop by his or her own lights‚ and not by the command of officialdom." Individuals should
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1 He Who Fights Monsters “He who fights monsters must see to it that in the process he himself does not become a monster.” Friedrich Nietzsche raises a crucial point: in a search for justice‚ how can one assure that one will not be consumed by one’s cause? The novel The Round House by Louise Erdrich focuses on Joe Coutts’s quest for justice and on how narrowly he avoids Nietzsche’s prophesied fate. Since the tribe Joe belongs to has no authority to prosecute Linden‚ the man who rapes his
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