Fantasy versus Reality in Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates has a constant theme of reality and fantasy running parallel for 15 year old Connie. This short story begins with a description of Connie’s vain personality. The narrator describes her as pretty and self-centered (Oates 421). To emphasize her selfishness‚ Connie is contrasted with her sister‚ June‚ who is chubby‚ plain‚ and well-behaved. Connie’s mother always praises
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What art means to me. Art has many different meanings to me. First thing I would look for in a painting would be to find out who the author is of the painting itself. Then the next thing I would look for in a painting would be how the author felt while painting a picture. For example the color would tell me what the person felt before painting. Third and foremost thing I would do is research on the painting so I could find out the value of the painting Finding out who the author is can be very
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Grammar………………………….…….5 Chapter 1.1: The Subject as the Principal Part of the Sentence…………7 Chapter 2: Ways of Expressing the Subject…………….……….………12 Conclusion………………………………………………………..……….16 Bibliography…………………………………………………….………..18 Introduction The title of this term paper is “Ways of Expressing the Subject”. The main goal is to identify the main features of the subject in the sentence and to examine the subject and its features in fiction. Before turning to subject we will study the structure of English
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my Northern Renaissance painting the Arnolfini Wedding by Jan van Eyck‚ who lived from 1395 to 1441‚ Oil on oak panel of 3 vertical boards in 1434 and is currently located in the National Gallery‚ London. Botticelli uses a more two dimensional background in his painting while van Eyck uses light and linear perspective to add a sense of depth to the room. Botticelli does use some limited atmospheric perspective to the land mass in the distance but it still feels very flat. Botticelli
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The Object Oriented Model The object-oriented(OO) model actually had its beginning in the 1970s‚ but it did not see significant commercial use until the 1990s. This sudden emergence came from the inability of then existing RDBMSs (Relational Database Management Systems) to deal with complex data types such as images‚ complex drawings‚ and adio-video files. The sudden explosion of the Internet and the World Wide Web created a sharp demand for mainstream delivery of complex data. An object is a
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Comparison of Smooth Talk to “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oakes’s short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” was written in 1966 and twenty years later was made into a movie entitled Smooth Talk‚ winner of the 1985 U.S. Film Festival for best dramatic picture. The writing by Oates is loosely based on a true story described as “the tale of Charles Schmid‚ a twenty-three-year-old who cruises teenage hangouts‚ picking up girls for rides in his gold convertible”
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Define‚ then compare and contrast‚ the concepts of individualization and interactivity. Individualization refers to the idea that the user has control over their internet experience. The internet is a free and open environment in which the user has access to a seemingly infinite amount of information and entertainment. Because the internet is so vastly large‚ the user has the ability to see what he or she wants to see. Unlike television or radio‚ internet users can choose what to look at and when
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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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1. What were the two phases of Reconstruction? What policies or decisions helped to shape each phase? • One phase of the Reconstruction era was the presidential era which started after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln‚ the man to take his place was Andrew Johnson. But as stated in the textbook “Johnson was a bitter racist” (411) he was against the idea of black equality. In May 1865 a lenient policy toward the South was designed to try and re-establish the southern state governments. The second
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articles in question but not without notable time consumed as well as frustration traverse the site. Subsequently‚ sometimes inquiries are effectively accomplished in person. Easterly’s article takes the approach in dealing with ‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ to be somewhat of a mythical with underlying evil tone. The story of an attractive adolescent girl left all alone at home while her family is absent is swayed into forsaking the safety of her home by this eccentric yet fascinating
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