Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ is one of Joyce Carol Oates best short stories. Oates shows the reader what it is like to take things for granted and make mistakes through the main character‚ Connie. Throughout this story‚ Connie finds her identity and grows as a woman. In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ Joyce Carol Oates shows us the struggle of a young woman dealing with her family‚ sexuality‚ and common mistakes that can be made
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killing spree that we have ever seen. It killed children‚ a lot of families. The Genocide was sparked when the Rwandan president Juvenal Habayirmana by getting shot down outside Kigali airport( he was a Hutu). The Genocide could’ve been prevented many many ways‚ outside leaders could have interfered with the whole mass killings and stopped Kalimanzara from supplying all the weapons. Tutsis also had a name or a symbol for them to be easily recognized by the Hutus for them to been killed. The Genocide
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character‚ Connie‚ in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is depicted as a self-centered‚ condescending‚ insecure fifteen year old girl growing into a woman. Connie comes off as a troubled young girl who consistently uses her sexuality for attention but at the same time is afraid of intimacy. This is said be due to her fractured relationships with her family; her frequent excursions with older boys that appeared to not have any interest after the first encounter with them
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"Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" By Joyce Carol Oates A short story titled "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" tells a tale of an adolescent girl who suffers consequences of growing up in the unsupportive environment and the society preoccupied by the media. It is considered to be the most famous work of Joyce Carol Oates‚ an American writer‚ the winner of many significant literary awards and a two- time candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The story was first
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world have been changed by globalisation. Normally‚ we just know that globalisation makes technologies around the world have changed such as software‚ smartphones‚ or computers. Because in nowadays everybody use very smart technologies in dairy life for example people can communicate with each other by use application on internet even they are not in the same country. Actually‚ globalisation makes almost everything around the world such as economy‚ politics‚ trade‚ fashion‚ etc. have been developed
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Going Where Have You Been?” presents many themes and symbols to the reader. One that jumped out at me while reading the story was the overall feeling of innocence. Joyce Carol Oates shows us innocence from the very beginning of the story to the end where Connie loses self-control and power. From the first paragraph of the story we learn that Connie is a young fifteen year old who longs for attention and acceptance. I was able to relate to the story better when I paused and remembered what it was like
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INTRODUCTION: “Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol‚ showcases the inevitable effects of youthful exuberance in a teenage girl. The story is a compelling tale which unveils the vulnerability of Connie‚ a young teenage girl who could barely substantiate fantasy from reality. She prides herself as a pretty girl who understands the basic principles of life. Her encounter with Arnold Friend reveals her as someone who lacks the mental ability to make meaningful decisions and accurate
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Could the American Revolutionary war have been avoided? The American Revolutionary war is a war that changed the American history because America was able to gain freedom from England. When looking at this war after many years and analyzing all the conflicts that lead to it‚ it can be concluded that the war could have been avoided. There are several reasons that ignited the war such as the refusal of the Olive Branch Petition by King George III‚ the Pamphlet‚ Common Sense‚ published by Thomas Paine
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frustrating and confusing‚ and in most adolescents‚ is filled with apprehension and anxiety. For the protagonist Connie‚ this distress is expressed in her dreamlike encounter with Arnold Friend. In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Joyce Carol Oates used the interaction between her two main character‚ to reveal the internal fear and conflict of a fifteen year old girl maturing into a young woman. Oates chooses narrate her story in the third person giving us a glimpse
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“Time of Change” “Three key Ideas of the Renaissance” “What a piece of work is a man!... in form and moving how expressed and admirable! In action how like an angel!”- William Shakespeare‚ from Hamlet. The English Renaissance period happened from 1485-1625. This was the time of some great events. The Renaissance‚ meaning “rebirth‚” was characterized by innovations in art‚ science‚ and exploration. In this essay‚ I will explain to you why those three things are the key ideas of this time. Artists
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