The character in “where are you going‚ where have you been?” Connie is affected by the role she plays in modern society. Fifteen year old Connie has the confusing‚ often exterior behavior typical of those girls who are facing the difficult transition from girlhood to womanhood in the 1960s. She is caught between her roles as daughter‚ friend‚ sister‚ and object of sexual desire‚ uncertain of which represents her real self. The sixties were the age of youth‚ young people wanted change. The changes
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Finding Her Identity: An Analysis of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? Joyce Carol Oates‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been is about a fifteen year old girl named Connie who is searching for her independence from her mother. The exposition is in the month of July at their home‚ where Connie is being scolded by her mother about her being obsessed with her looks. Her mother says‚ “Stop gawking at yourself. Who are you? You think you’re so pretty? (171) Her mother wants her to be more
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Wrong Impressions The short story‚ “Where Are You going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates explains how a young girl was struggling to find herself. Oates writes about a girl named Connie who was 16 years old and was lost in a world of fantasy. Connie had a split personality/image while at home and when she was out with her friends. Living in a world of fantasy‚ Connie would ignore her family by tuning them out and being distant. Connie would constantly be in front of the mirror admiring
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painting‚ you can admire it from a distance‚ but as you get closer‚ it becomes incoherent. You lose sight of the big picture (literally). The same is true of the American Dream; you can admire it as a concept‚ but as you get closer‚ what was so clearly compelling begins to dissolve. You are absorbed in the pursuit of something fleeting––a mirage‚ just out of reach. What’s next when you have everything and are still left wanting? Jay McInerney’s It’s Six A.M. Do You Know Where You Are? and F
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liberties. So the question arises: When should a parent let their child make their own decisions? Of course any sane parent know that their child is not ready to go out into the world and make their own decisions about things as soon as they come out of the womb‚ but some parents do believe that they still are not ready for the world even after they are legal adults. To the government that child is now allowed to vote‚ smoke tobacco‚ go to a gentleman’s club‚ and even do time in the big house. But to
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spending so much time are because of the internet. Internet has made people to connect with the world. One cannot imagine a life with internet. It has become so popular in people lives. Internet has made communication and access to information easy. Though internet has made people lives simple and convenient its has also wreaked havoc in their lives. The writer will show the advantages and disadvantages of using the internet. Oxford dictionary( ) has defined internet as ‘a global computer network providing
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vocabulary‚ grammar for me. Thanks you all. Topic: The Internet has provided great benefits‚ but at the same time it has also created new problems and inequalities. What’s your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. No one can deny the benefits from the Internet as it helps us a lot in our life. However‚ the Internet also has many stints and caused many problems to people. For one thing‚ while we can get the latest news from the Internet fast‚ we have to deal with a
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When teachers asked that what it is you want to be when you grow up‚ most children do not respond with "a career in financial services". Like most children‚ I responded with reference to jobs that seemed fun at the time. My first choice was a typewriter and translator‚ second naturally a pianist‚ but the third and most important choice was a computer engineer because I like computer‚ typing‚ translating a work and playing piano. If I were a computer engineer‚ I will
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What does it mean to say that we are going to use a sample to draw an inference about a population? | | |Why is a random sample so important for this process? If we wanted a random sample of students in a cafeteria‚ why couldn’t we | |just take the students who order Diet Pepsi with their lunch? | |Comment on the statement‚ “A random sample is like a miniature population‚ wheras samples that are not random are likely to be |
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March 8‚ 2013 Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? The story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” is a very interesting short story written by Joyce Carol Oats. Her story begins in the summer‚ and 15-year-old Connie spends much of her time lounging around the house‚ going out with friends‚ and meeting boys. One night a strange guy makes a threatening gesture to her in the parking lot of a local drive-in restaurant. She thinks nothing of it until one Sunday afternoon‚ when the rest of her
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