in general are often stereotyped into one general category: unruly‚ uncaring‚ and self-absorbed. In the short story “Where are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates plays on this stereotype. She uses imagery and point of view to direct the reader’s attention to the teenage girl psyche‚ selfish‚ whimsical‚ and longing for attention and affection‚ and how this stereotypical psyche can be distorted and controlled. The protagonist of the story‚ Connie‚ is a vain‚ “typical” teenage girl
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Dreams that have not been touched Langston Hughes realized the importance of dreams and having those dreams which are torn apart. His poem‚ “Dream Deferred”‚ uses strong images to create a picture of negative and destructive outcome for a dreamer left unable to dream. The theme of the poem is what unites and joins every line to the poem as a whole. Langston Hughes also uses indirect references to illustrate that this is not about a dream of an individual but the whole nation’s struggle to attain
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The story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates shows the reader the self-created illusion that the main character Connie has created in order to better understand herself. Connie’s reality is altered as she has this dream that has manifested due to her desire for attention from others. Throughout the story there are many occurrences that support the idea that the entire story is a dream that was made up by Connie’s subconscious. Throughout the story‚ Arnold mentions many
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What I Have Lived for ---Bertrand Russell Three passions‚ simple but overwhelmingly strong‚ have governed my life: the longing for love‚ the search for knowledge‚ and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions‚ like great winds‚ have blown me hither and thither‚ in a wayward course‚ over a deep ocean of anguish‚ reaching to the verge of despair. I have sought love‚ first‚ because it brings ecstasy --- ecstasy so great that I would have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few
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In the short story Where Are you Going Where Have You been‚the main character Connie is very promiscuous and struggles with finding herself. Joyce Carol Oates takes the reader on a journey of teen rebellion turned tragic and uses Connie to show that becoming independent is not easy. Throughout the story you can interpret that Connie felt vulnerable and neglected by her family and friends. Her mother always talked about how she should be more like her older sister‚ Jane “she was so plain and chunky
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Why would people have to save kids? Well they want To help German children. The people had to come up with a plan. After Hitler made everyone think Jews where bad people and after he started burning buildings down and stealing things from the Jews people wanted to help them. The other countries told Adolf Hitler that they wanted to form a transport to save all the lives of Jewish people. He only allowed children to board the transport. After everyone knew it was ok to form the KinderTransport they
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Review of Literature-What effect does different foods have on my birds reaction? What my topic is about is on‚ what effect does giving a bird different foods effect his actions. And the reasonthat I find this topic intrestingis that since I have a bird‚ and nly not just because of that but also because Its for a science project also because I want him to eat more foods and have different diets an get great nutritons that are to make him more heathly. Also I’m just doing this I want to see and find
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“Where are you going‚ where have you been” by Joyce Carol Oates In the short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” author Joyce Carol Oates depicts the main character as a fifteen year old daydreamer. Her name is Connie‚ and she is obsessed with her appearance. Connie’s mother constantly teases her about looking in the mirror and always obsessing over her looks. Connie believes her mother does this because her own looks have faded. Connie has an older sister‚ June. June is constantly
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and Charging by Friction Review The electrostatic series is used to determine the charge on objects charged by friction. Objects at the top of the electrostatic series have a weak hold on electrons and are electron givers. These objects lose electrons and become positively charged. Objects at the bottom of the electrostatic series have a strong hold on electrons and are electron takers. Objects at the bottom of the series gain electrons and become negatively charged. The object higher on the list
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Writing doesn’t have to be political to be a good work although George Orwell argues that political purpose is necessary for a successful work. Fundamentally‚ I think Orwell’s opinion about good writing doesn’t leave any room for discussion because of his definition of being political. He defines being political as having “desire to push the world in a certain way.” However‚ this is an overly broad definition since we do this every day if we are “thinking” human beings. There are some occasions where
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