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    Joyce Carol Oates’s short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” focuses on the seemingly typical life of a teenage girl‚ Connie. The character irony is found in the fact that a teenage girl in the 1960’s struggled with the same issues teenagers battle with in present society. Connie‚ the main character‚ fights with her parents‚ does not want to be like her older sister‚ and thinks very highly of herself. As a teenage girl typically believes‚ Connie imagines she is the center of attention

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    Oates ’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?": Arnold Fiend In Joyce Carol Oates ’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" critics argue whether the character of Arnold Friend‚ clearly the story ’s antagonist‚ represents Satan in the story. Indeed‚ Arnold Friend is an allegorical devil figure for the main reason that he tempts Connie‚ the protagonist‚ into riding off with him in his car. Oates characterizes Arnold Friend at first glance as "a boy with shaggy‚ black hair‚ in a convertible

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    Joyce Carol Oates captured more than just the reader when she wrote the story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” Oates recreates an event that took place in the mid-1960s‚ where a grown man‚ who had shaggy black hair and a boyish charm‚ would lure teenage girls into his car‚ rape and murder them‚ and then bury their bodies in the desert. The fate of the main character in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” lies between Oates’s wavering suspense. From the beginning Oates shows the

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    In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates there is bad parenting and it costs Connie at the end. Throughout the entire story there is little or no parenting‚ or sometimes there is a little parenting but it is not very good parenting. For example‚ “their father was away at work most of the time and when he came home‚ he wanted supper and he read the newspaper at supper and after supper he went to bed. He didn’t bother talking much to them” (Oates 1). So even

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    Flower Pharmaceuticals

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    Case Study: Flower Pharmaceuticals A. The table below lists each category and states whether the cost is relevant‚ if it is an implicit or explicit cost‚ and if the cost has been properly calculated (note: company is currently operating at 65% capacity). Cost category | Relevant | Implicit/Explicit | Calculated correctly? | Fully allocated capital cost1 | N | Explicit | Y | Direct labor cost2 | Y | Explicit | Y | Materials Purchased3 | Y | Explicit | Y | Materials Inventoried4

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    FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC V.C. Andrews Flowers in the Attic is a well recognised young-adult novel and was adapted into a horror/adolescent movie. The story revolves around”Dresden Doll” four siblings: Chris‚ Cathy‚ Cory‚ and Carrie. The father’s death in a car accident. The loss of all the Dollanganger’s wealth and possessions. The revelation that Chris Sr. was Corrine’s half-uncle. Corrine’s decision to move back into her parents’ Foxworth mansion in Virginia‚ where Chris Jr.‚ Cathy‚ Carrie and

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    Botany Bay Florist The Flower Shop When you choose Botany Bay for sending fresh cut flowers in Sandy Springs‚ Georgia you know that you are choosing the most professional‚ experienced florist in the area. Botany Bay flower bouquets are professionally arranged in a reusable vase. You can be confident that you are sending the most beautiful‚ fresh‚ quality floral arrangement available. As the best florist in Sandy Springs‚ Georgia your satisfaction is guaranteed. Flower arrangement from Botany

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    adulthood. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" the author goes into depth of the transition from being a carefree‚ innocent child to the complexity and uncertainty of the future when one becomes an adult. The message begins even before the story itself actually does. The title illustrates the passage of time in life such as the phrase "where are you going" refers to the question of what direction does one have for his own life. "Where have you been?" is a question which

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    Jessica Manginelli English 9H Per.1 12-04-12 Flowers It was the first day of Teacher Appreciation Week in 3rd grade‚ and no one really did anything for their teacher except maybe give them a hug and say thanks‚ or maybe the occasional suck up would give them candy. So when Lamont walked in with a bouquet of rainbow colored flowers‚ everyone was highly impressed that such a “bad boy” would do something so kind for his teacher. That day he shocked everyone who paid attention‚ but his actions made me

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    Connie in “Where are you going‚ Where have you been”‚ has a lot of underlying mental issues. Joyce Carol Oates created the perfect character to receive psychoanalytic criticism. The relationships Connie forms with her family‚ friends‚ and outsiders are all affected by Connie’s issues which come to consume her future. One of Connie’s biggest faults was the recognition of her beauty. She “knew she was pretty and that was everything” (Oates 1). This constant checking of herself in mirrors to make

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