Do not knock on the devil’s door‚ for he is bound to answer. Unfortunately this is exactly what happens to Connie‚ the main character in the short-story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” written by Joyce Carol Oates. In the story‚ fifteen year old Connie is like any other teenage girl. She is vain‚ unkind to her parents‚ and desperate to grow up. Connie makes rebellious decisions such as sneaking across the highway to a drive-in restaurant for older kids‚ experimenting with sex‚ and lying
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basis for classroom discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative or business situation. Please address all correspondence to Dr Susan Tai‚ Department of Business Studies‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong‚ E-mail: bustai@polyu.edu.hk. Supermarket Cyber Storm: Where adMart Went Wrong INTRODUCTION A revolution was taking place in the grocery store industry‚ and was creating the potential for drastically lower food bills for
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Alex Stough Prof. Minner English 1301 9 November 2012 Where There’s a Will‚ There’s a Way Many people who are physically challenged have accomplished a lot during their lifetime‚ proving that they are not “handicapped”. Bob Sampson and Steven hawking have created successful careers while being confined to a wheelchair. Sampson‚ despite having muscular dystrophy‚ has worked for United Airlines for more than thirty years‚ and has also earned a degree in law. Steven Hawking‚ most famous
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Where Three Roads Meet When told to analyze a play‚ take Oedipus the King by Sophocles as an example‚ there are many ways in which you could do so such as explaining their ideas‚ theories‚ images and symbols. The images of the plague‚ blood‚ and birds convey the darkest images that Sophocles wanted to bring to his listeners. The image of the plague is brought to attention in the beginning of the play once Oedipus had already been King for multiple years‚ married to Jocasta‚ who is both his mother
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When I read Joy Kogawa’s poem‚ “Where There’s a Wall‚” for the first time‚ my initial impression was that the title was a metaphor for breaking free‚ where the wall represents conformity that can be overcome in several various ways; the phrase “Where there’s a wall there’s a way through a gate or door. There’s even a ladder‚” indicate the various methods a person can conquer a wall. The message of the poem illustrates that people have many options to live their lives; some may opt to be loud and
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Life is fraught with challenges to be overcome and obstacles to experience‚ and from the start we must learn how to bounce back from those challenges and obstacles. In Anna Harrington’s article‚ “Where There’s a Will‚ There’s a Way”‚ she defines resilience in a number of facets and argues that resilience is key to conquering life successfully. She states that resilience‚ or the art of bouncing back‚ is not about struggling in isolation‚ but about using and mobilizing normal human processes such as
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The 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
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Essay: Where I come from Student: Valentin Turri The poem is divided in two stanzas and two extra lines. The poet is an old woman that talks about her present and her old past. In the first stanza the poet starts like introducing us in the text‚ explaining us the meaning of ‘’people are made of places’’‚ this means that all we are made of memories‚ places where we come from
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Where I Come From – Elizabeth Brewster From the title of the poem‚ we can assume that Elizabeth Brewster’s “Where I Come From” is about the place or places where the writer was born in or where she spent her whole childhood. We also assume that she is going to describe‚ tell memories and her opinion about the completely different places. Although the opening line “People are made of places” can be loosely described as form of alliteration‚ the repetition of the “p” sound is particularly effective
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possible to have a second chance at love? Gayle Forman’s young-adult fiction book‚ Where She Went‚ brings you on a rollercoaster of emotions. It has been three years since Mia walked out of Adam’s life since her accident. Fate has brought them together again in New York when they find each other coincidentally. Will the love they had for each other go away forever‚ or bring them back together for a second chance? Where She Went perfectly displays to the reader love‚ grief‚ hope‚ anger‚ and reconciliation
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