ENG 101 (30) Mr. Clifford 20 March 2013 What You See‚ Is Not Always What You Get When you hear the word janitor‚ obviously nothing glamorous comes to mind. All we think about is scrubbing toilets or mopping floors‚ basically cleaning up after other people who most of the time show no appreciation. When asked what comes to mind when you hear the word janitor‚ some people would say someone who is poor and not well educated. Not very many
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In the short story Where Are you Going Where Have You been‚the main character Connie is very promiscuous and struggles with finding herself. Joyce Carol Oates takes the reader on a journey of teen rebellion turned tragic and uses Connie to show that becoming independent is not easy. Throughout the story you can interpret that Connie felt vulnerable and neglected by her family and friends. Her mother always talked about how she should be more like her older sister‚ Jane “she was so plain and chunky
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the themes of duality and reality vs. fantasy‚ Oats takes us on a journey through Connie’s transformation. Imagery and symbols throughout the story strengthen the main themes to show the contrast of Connie’s fantasies and reality. “Where are you going‚ where have you been.”‚ leaves us with the question can we handle such a change? Good and evil‚ yin and yang‚ the idea of everything and everyone having two opposite sides has been talked about by humans for centuries and that’s just what Oats is commenting
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otherwise. Finny struggles to accept how things are considering he lives in his own perfect world. Connie put herself in an adult and more mature world when her mentality was still in a young and innocent state. In Night by Elie Wiesel ‚ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates‚ and A Separate
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Maria Bustos Instructor: Ms. Cowart English 102 February‚ 4‚ 2015 Short Story Essay #1 “Where are you going‚ Where have you been” The short story about Connie deals with the experience of a young girl that is haunted by her good looks and cryptic behaviors. Inspired by a Life article of a serial killer‚ Oates created the story to: “It was not the number of murders that intrigued me‚ but the disturbing fact that a number of teenagers –from “good” families—aided and abetted his crimes” (Oates
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Tennessee Williams and “Where Have You Going‚ Where Are You Been?” by Carol Oates respectively. By psychoanalyzing both Laura and Connie‚ it becomes evident‚ through actions and dialogue‚ that both females display symptoms of having a fatal flaw‚ which in turn causes them to make decisions that lead to each one’s undesirable fates. In The Glass Menagerie‚ Laura is often characterized as a shy and nervous girl who
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Within the next five years I am reaching to be at cal state Long Beach (CSULB). To get to that point may be a little bit of a struggle but it will be all worth it when I become a crime scene investigator. There is one small trick to this though‚ I am not sure if I still want to be an investigator. I have been thinking about how many positions will be open and financial wise. I am also thinking about becoming a dentist and going to Loma Linda University (LLU). Last year I was looking into those
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Where are you Going‚ Where have you been? Is a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. The story involves a 15 year old girl named Connie that is rebelling against her mother’s whishes. Connie often rides with her friends to a shopping plaza to hang out and meet other people. One evening while she is out with her friends she leaves with a boy named Eddie. On the way to Eddie’s car she sees a stranger in a convertible that tells her “Gonna get you‚ baby”. Then one Sunday after missing church Connie’s
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Eighth Five Year Plan of our country runs through the period from 1992 to1997. Prior to start of the plan‚ there was a period of economic instability in India and hence no five year plan was implemented during 1991-1992. In 1991‚ India faced a crisis in Foreign Exchange (Forex) reserves‚ left with reserves of only about US$1 billion. Thus‚ under pressure‚ the country took the risk of reforming the socialist economy. P.V. Narasimha Rao was the twelfth Prime Minister of the Republic of India and
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Analysis of twelfth Five Year Plan 2011 Submitted By: Gautam Chimagundi 2011A08 Leena Khiani 2011A09 Asita Ajgaonkar 2011A14 Rudhreesh Kapur 2011A23 Contents 1.1 Introduction 2 2. Prospects for the Twelfth Plan 2 3. Drivers of Growth in the Twelfth Plan 2 3.1 Macro‐Economic Fundamentals 2 3.2 Management and Labour Skills 2 3.3 Aspirational Drivers 2 4. Growth Targets for the Twelfth Plan 2 5. Energy 2 6. Transport 2 6.1 Roads 2 6.2 Railways 2 6
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