Where Are You Going ‚Where Have You Been is a story written by Joyce Carol. The story talks about this fifthteen year old girl named Connie. Connie is the young child in her family. Her mother and her does not have a great relationship‚ because she is always being compared to her old sister June. Connie goes out with her friends to the mall. They walk pass this gold cadillac where this man named Arnold Friend says that he is going to get her. On Sunday her family went to BBQ and Connie decided to
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Is the Internet Bad For You? Socrates feared writing would make us forgetful. He believed written knowledge didn’t give us the same wisdom as oral knowledge (100). Hieronimo Squarciafico‚ the Italian humanist‚ believed the easily available books that the printing press provided would lead to weaker minds (100). Writing and the easy access to books‚ two of the world’s biggest discoveries‚ yet they were seen as things that would harm people rather than help. Nicholas Carr advocates the harmfulness
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11/21/13 First draft Blurred Lines: Where No Means Yes In a society where rape culture is beginning to seem so normative‚ Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke reveals how rape culture is imbedded in our society through our collective beliefs and has rendered sexual violence as acceptable and ordinary. The song has a catchy beat and is fun to sing along with‚ however‚ the meaning behind the lyrics go far deeper than most people think. This paper examines Blurred Lines to claim that the song perpetuates
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During the Gilded Age‚ in the end which would be from 1875-1900 it was an era of prosperity and poverty. It is often remembered by the lifes of those like the Rockefellers and Carnagies‚ while the other majority of the people were working class. However‚ the movement towards organized labor was unsuccessful in improving the position of workers because of the failure of strikes‚ the superiority feeling employers had over employees and most importantly the lack of governmental support. Therefore the
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“You can’t change who you are. No matter how you struggle‚ some things will never change. And maybe they shouldn’t” (Thurman‚ Rob). “Identity is a powerful organizing presence in social life today” putting people into sections concerning likes and dislikes‚ culture and customs‚ separates them via social‚ economic and religious differences‚ identity makes a person‚ a person (Leve‚ Lauren). The character regarding one’s self is shaped by identity‚ how they view themselves‚ and largely how society
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Using Authentic Material for Adult Greek Learners 6th SEMESTER COURSE: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODOLOGY Introduction 1. Adult education Adult education‚ also known as continuing education‚ is a broad term for the practice of teaching and educating adults and holds a significant role in the lifelong learning process. Most of the advancements in adult education appeared in the nineteenth century‚ during the period of industrialization‚ mainly because of the acceleration of scientifical
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Benefits from using the Internet What is the Internet? The Internet is the mechanism or matrix that connects networks around the world to each other and is generally referred to as the World Wide Web. Since the conception of the Internet‚ those who are not afraid to learn or try something new have benefited greatly in many ways. Businesses as well as individuals reap the benefits from using the Internet on a daily basis. Since the invention of IP‚ or in other words‚ Internet Protocol (Microsoft)
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Music in “Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?” In the story‚ repetition and strands of music take on a role of a character for Connie‚ offering a safe haven for a troubled girl. Throughout the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have you Been?”‚ Oates uses the element of strands and repetition of music to create a safe haven for Connie in which she can escape. The theme from a 1950’s song “It’s all Over Now‚ Baby Blue.” By Bob Dylan connects to the theme of escaping from “Where Are You Going? Where
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characteristics of cool is its mutability—what is considered cool changes over time and varies among cultures and generations.[1] Nick Southgate writes that‚ although some notions of cool can be traced back to Aristotle‚ whose notion of cool is to be found in his ethical writings‚ most particularly the Nicomachean Ethics‚[2] it is not confined to one particular ethnic group or gender. Although there is no single concept of cool‚ its definitions fall into a few broad categories. Cool as a behavioral
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with music‚ miniskirts‚ sexual freedom and drugs. At that time‚ Joyce Carol Oates created her works‚ in which she talked about ordinary everyday affairs‚ giving them a specific dark climate fueled by the second bottom. A short story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" was written in such climate. Oates addressed the problem of growing up in the 1960s. For many people this period seemed to be bliss‚ but for others it was a period full of doubts and dilemmas. The main character of this story
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