Parent-Child relationship in Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates and in In the Gloaming‚ written by Alice Elliott Dark are two different demonstrations of relationships that parents and children have with one another. In Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been the Parent-Child Relationship was strained and distant in In the Gloaming‚ the Parent-Child Relationship was close and open. In Where Have You Been‚ Where Are You Going? Connie and her mother were always
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questions‚ “If you knew you were going to die tomorrow‚ what three people would you call and why?”‚ many names and faces come to mind. Along with these‚ come a mix of emotion and feelings. Although it is a tough decision‚ my first call would be to my mother. Seeing how she is the woman who brought me into this world‚ it would only be fair that she would be the first to know that I was leaving it. Calling my mom would also serve two other purposes. The first being that my father would more than likely
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tree and the missing yard space where a pool now stands. As I look out of my window I could completely change the setting and move to my favorite place‚ Pigeon Forge‚ Tennessee. Although I could reverse all of these changes and ameliorate my life‚ these changes have made me who I am today‚ and they have given me my memories. Therefore‚ I would not reverse any of these changes. *Throughout my childhood my yard possessed a tree‚ a wonderful oak tree filled with life and virtue. This tree capturing the
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A time in my life where I was a nonconformist was when I chose to quit gymnastics‚ and instead decided to run track. The problem with this situation was that before I decided to quit I had been doing gymnastics for about 7 years. My parents were rooting me on to continue all the way for a gymnastics scholarship and my coaches were pushing the idea full force. My parents hated the idea of me quitting gymnastics because we all put in so much time and effort into the sport. They could not imagine me
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Are You Going Where Have You Been?” In the story‚ repetition and strands of music take on a role of a character for Connie‚ offering a safe haven for a troubled girl. Throughout the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have you Been?”‚ Oates uses the element of strands and repetition of music to create a safe haven for Connie in which she can escape. The theme from a 1950’s song “It’s all Over Now‚ Baby Blue.” By Bob Dylan connects to the theme of escaping from “Where Are You Going? Where have you
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“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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Silicon Valley Technologies Analysis Paper This paper discusses my experience and learnings as I participated in the Silicon Valley Technologies (SVT) simulation. SVT simulation was a unique experience as it put me in situations which I were new to me and made it clearly evident that when dealing with complicated corporate issues “effective communication” was the only way to make your opinion count. This simulation gave me an opportunity to put to practical use the concepts that I learnt in MGMT
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Have you ever felt nice? In the story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes‚ Mrs.Jones is nice. One reason she is nice is Mrs.Jones is forgiving. Another reason Mrs. Jones is nice is she is trusting and the last reason Mrs. Jones is nice is she is caring. In particular Mrs. Jones is nice because she is forgiving. The reason she is forgiving is she brought Roger into her home and washed him up. She also fed him lima beans and ham after Roger took her pocketbook. I think that Mrs. Jones wants Roger
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I have a niece. Her name is Batrisya. She is four years old yet she speaks like an old woman. She is very talkative and sarcastic too. Her father is a smoker. Once‚ I overheard her conversation with her father. Her father was asking her to take his cigarette for him because he wants to smoke. “Dad‚ I will not give or take the cigarette for you. It is dangerous to smoke”‚ *pause for 3sec* Batrisya answered. As I have told you before‚ she is a four year old kid. You would not expect her to say
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The Fantasy of Life In the novels The Great Gatsby and "Where Are You Going and Where Have You Been" authors F. Scott Fitzgerald and Joyce Carol Oates show a theme of fantasy versus reality to convey a deeper meaning within their novels. They express this theme using characters such as Gatsby‚ Connie‚ Daisy and Arnold Friend within the stories. Through these characters lives and experiences the theme is created connecting both stories. The theme of fantasy versus reality is used to a great extent
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