CHOOSE A CHARACTER FROM HARRISON BERGERON OR “WHERE ARE YOU GOING WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN” DO A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THAT CHARACTER. The story and characters that was chosen was “Where Are You Going Where Have You been.” The character Connie is a 15 year old teenager who doesn’t get along with her mother. She always fussing at her about staying in the mirror so much‚ her mother wants her to be like her sister June but‚ her parents showed her sister more attention
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The story “Where are you going‚ where have you been?”‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is a psychological thriller. It contains many elements throughout the story that the reader can only attempt to understand. This story can affect one on many different levels. It can cause one to be lost in thought‚ stuck on the complexity of the 15-year-old main character. It can forever creep one out by the unforgettable traits of the main antagonist. All the while employing many hidden meanings into the story
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Have you ever bullied or been bullied? If you have bullied or been bullied then you should know how bullying feels like. Bullying is very negative and creates major problems for our society. Nothing good comes out of bullying. It could very well change or ruin a person’s life. In fact‚ it does ruin many people’s lives. Kids can be mentally scarred if they are teased often. Even worse‚ they could be killed or fatally injured if the bullying gets extreme. There are many causes for bullying which must
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Going through life‚ adapting to changes as you grow older and transforming from a young and reckless‚ naïve child into a working‚ responsible adult could be very fearful. Change itself is one of the biggest fears people encounter each and every day. Having to do things on 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
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Jerinesha Hafford Tardiness Mr. Yoist 9/19/12 Have you ever been tardy to class? Do you get penalty for being tardy? Is it a good thing for students to be tardy? Is being tardy means that you are not smart? Why is that students like being tardy? Is it a habit? Imagine if all of sudden students decide to be tardy. What will be the outcome of that? Will being tardy affect the student’s future? A tardy student lack responsibility and shows no interest in following direction. Being on time
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Age Coming of age has different means to everyone‚ to hit puberty‚ to become self-dependent‚ to go from childhood to adulthood‚ and even simply becoming mature. Veronica Roth (Author of Divergent) takes you on a journey of her coming of age in a more creative way than most. She’s telling her own story in an entertaining and inventive way. Beatrice Prior was born into an Abnegation family full of hidden identities and a dystopian society full of corruption. When she turned sixteen she attended the
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better than average looking people? Sometimes you prejudice the people because of their appearance and personality. You might think the super-stars in Hollywood who have blonde hair or good-looking guys are not smart enough to study algebra and biochemical. Then‚ they have to use their attractive figure and acting talent to accomplice in their career. In contrast‚ the symbol of smart person might wear the thick glasses‚ carry a lot of books and have the pondering characteristic. They are considered
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Maddie Kramber 8 April 2016 Dual Credit English Per. 3B “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”: The Search For Self Still to this day in our lives‚ we struggle to figure out who we are‚ and what we are put here on Earth to do. In our society today‚ we have trouble with searching with who we are. In the short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ the author’s background as well as her usage of characterization and internal conflict‚ develop the theme of identity
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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 point
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In Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been Joyce Carol Oates uses compelling themes to convey real life issues to the readers. She also exploits many references to well know fairytales through symbols and motifs. This short story shares the theme of good versus evil to the fairytales Cinderella‚ Rapunzel and Snow White. The theme of evil is first expressed through Connie’s and Cinderella’s afflictions with their sisters that shape the essence of sibling rivalry. Like Cinderella‚ Connie’s sister
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