“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates is a short story that brings many girl’s nightmares to life. The story is one about a young‚ naïve girl named Connie‚ and her deranged abductor‚ Arnold Friend. Oates uses the setting in Connie’s life to create a very realistic situation. Oates also uses descriptive language to create vivid images of the setting‚ charters‚ and the emotions Connie feels. By analyzing Connie’s home setting and the descriptive language Oates uses‚ we will
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In the articles titled “The Secret to Deeper Happiness Is Simpler Than You Might Think” by Ginny Graves (2017) and “Happiness Is Other People” by Ruth Whippman (2017)‚ both authors acknowledged that the source of happiness is important. Graves delivered her stand objectively and professionally‚ explaining that the source of happiness should come naturally by pursuing activities that coincide with one’s values and comes within oneself. In contrast‚ Whippman was overreacting and informal in her explanation
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Innocence Growing up every person in the world loses the purity they were once born with and the moment when one realizes that not everything in the world is the way it was thought to be‚ the world crumbles into pieces‚ but how does it happen? Joyce Carol Oates portrays an amazing detailed moment of theft of chastity‚ or at least what is left of it‚ in "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been?" With symbolic imagery‚ major bibliomancy‚ and extreme personal conflict Oates easily manages to get her
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“ENTREPRENEURS ARE BORN‚ NOT MADE” What do you think? When we talk or debate about if the entrepreneurs are born or made‚ we need to think about what makes an entrepreneur‚ what are his objectives as an owner of a business‚ what should be his main skills and what kind of challenges and tasks he needs to face when running out a company. The word entrepreneur‚ originally from the French verb “entreprend”‚ means “to undertake”. An entrepreneur is the person who undertakes a business. He is someone
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findings Film 1: little fockers Greg focker: henry‚ you gonna have your lasagna? Henry focker: no‚ thank you Greg focker: you know‚ you mother worked very hard making that lasagna for you Henry focker: no. it tastes funny Greg focker: henry‚ I’am your father and I’m requesting of you to eat the lasagna. Henry focker: fine. In the above quote‚ this conversation between father and son was influence due to the conversation he has with his father in law about been the Byrnes patriarch and leading the family
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and refinement: Originally my idea for the research project was something on the line of child development. I spent time thinking about my final questions carefully and have finally narrowed down to ‘What are the social‚ emotional and physical changes that occur during adolescences and what are some strategies parents can adopt?’. I am very interested in learning about the adults’ point of view and how it impacts them when their child is going through adolescence. Next‚ I used a lotus diagram having
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Where are you Going‚ Where have you been? Is a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. The story involves a 15 year old girl named Connie that is rebelling against her mother’s whishes. Connie often rides with her friends to a shopping plaza to hang out and meet other people. One evening while she is out with her friends she leaves with a boy named Eddie. On the way to Eddie’s car she sees a stranger in a convertible that tells her “Gonna get you‚ baby”. Then one Sunday after missing church Connie’s
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Charles Schmid‚ the serial killer that Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? was based on‚ would try to look like Elvis Presley to lure girls to him. Music is a motif that shows up in the story multiple times. Joyce Carol Oates uses music to show Connie’s comfort‚ emotion‚ and the bait that lured Connie to Arnold. First of all‚ Oates uses it to show when Connie feels comfortable. For example‚ “... the music was always in the background‚ like music at a church service‚ it was something to depend
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“The most interesting character in the play is Macbeth himself.” Do you agree? Why? The play Macbeth contains a contrast of characters with many different views and values‚ but the one character that you can’t forget about is Macbeth himself. Macbeth is by far the most interesting character as he perfectly represents the tragic hero‚ a great and honest man who is held in the highest regards but throughout the play has a great downfall all due to his own doing. The decline of Macbeth’s mental health
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Literature and Composition 1 As I read the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ I noticed that there are two stories taking place that would lead me to anticipate different future events. From the beginning of the story‚ the main character‚ Connie‚ shows to be a lazy‚ stylish girl who is trying‚ unlike her sister June‚ to be independent of family life in favor of breaking through sexual maturity and independence. Knowing about Connie’s desire to act as an adult made me believe that Connie
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