Teenagers 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”
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Hello‚ everyone. Today I would like to talk to you about traveling. When people were asked what they like to do‚ most of the answers would include travelling. There are many ways to travel‚ but the most two common ways used by most people are backpacking and staying in hotels. There are always bad and good points about both of them‚ but in my presentation‚ I will compare and contrast the three major differences between these two. They are the costs‚ the safety of the staying‚ and the availability
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The Object-Oriented Question: A Contribution to Treatment Technique B. D. Margolis‚ Ph.D. Introductory Observations The object-oriented question is a technical device favored in the treatment of the preoedipal patient (Spotnitz‚ 1969‚ 1976). It is‚ to all appearances‚ relatively uncomplicated‚ and seems to play a largely protective role in safeguarding the patient ’s fragile ego from experiencing more tension that it can tolerate. If‚ in the process‚ it helps resolve resistance and fosters the
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In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ by Joyce Carol Oates‚ the setting creates division between innocence and adulthood. In the story‚ the protagonist is a complicated and confrontational young woman named Connie. The narrator explains that “Everything about her had to sides to it” (Oates 1). Connie has two personas‚ the person she is at home and the rebellious and carefree young woman she is away from her home. Throughout the plot‚ the doorway symbolizes a threshold that Connie has to
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DIRECT OBJECTS I OBJECT! Think of direct objects as receiving the action of the verb. Not every sentence will have a direct object. In order to have a direct object you must have three things: • • • An action verb The direct object must be a NOUN. You can answer the question‚ “what?” or “whom?”* Be sure to ask the correct question. Otherwise‚ you might find the subject. The correct question will follow this form: subject + verb+ WHAT? subject + verb+ WHOM? Check out the example
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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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Desiree Rielly Professor Guy Pollio 5 December 2012 English 101 What Shapes You? Often times‚ we rely on the world to we live in to shape us. From mass media‚ to magazines to commercials‚ we always find ourselves seeking the next best thing instead of what we already have. The way society shapes us develops each and every one of us because we are persuaded by such advertisements. Robert Scholes of “On Reading A Video Text”‚ and Shirley Jackson of “The Lottery”‚ show appropriate
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Going Somewhere The author of the short story ‘Going somewhere’ uses key language features and phrases to convey the audience of his/her message to anyone could be homeless and how quickly your life can change. The author displays this throughout the story with a man that had a purpose to than a man that’s life has drastically changed from what it used to be and is represented in an implicit view the shows this with quotes as calling the man a “stylish” person to than being later called a
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Southern literature paper In the short story “Where are you going and Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates one of the main things that readers find is the suspicion surrounding the character Arnold Friend. Supporting this is Friend’s words which are so impactful on Connie‚ and why she didn’t just pick up the phone and call nine-one-one to end the whole conflict in the first place. Much of the research I found was based off this question pointing out how a person would react to this scenario
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Commentary on Impossible Object (Nicholas Mosley) Tara Singh 12/3/12 English Grade 12 In Nocholas Mosley’s prose piece Impossible Object he depicts the life of a Hippolyta a mother of one child who is separated from her husband. Mosley’s depiction of Rome as a city‚ along with his depiction of Hippolyta herself and her relationship with her husband and child illustrates his main idea of happiness and love being unattainable for an affluent member of society. Hippolyta: 1) The
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