The Devil’s Favorite Sin: Vanity In "Where are You Going‚ Where Have you Been?" Joyce Carol Oates uses an allegorical figure of evil to illustrate the theme of temptation. Oates alludes to hell through the character Arnold Friend‚ as the devil‚ and his victim Connie‚ who invites him in by committing one of the devil’s favorites sins: vanity. The narrator implies that Arnold Friend is Satan by giving certain clues that the reader can easily deduce. The name that Oates gives to the character
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Not Your Average Joe of a Teacher The school year had just started; I was walking into the classroom of one of my most difficult classes that junior year. As I enter the room I see a man who looked like a basic high school male teacher. Although he looked like many male teachers I have seen before‚ I was a little intimidated by the presence he gave off. As I sit down‚ and class begins‚ I realize that this average looking teacher is not the intimidating man I thought he was. On this day‚ I met a
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How do you spend your free time? There are many different things which you can do in your free time. Personally I don’t have much free time. I am preparing to my mature exams. However‚ there always happen some free moments on the weekends. I don’t do any especially exciting things then. Sometimes I simply lie on the sofa and watch TV. I like series movies‚ like "Friends". I must admit that I also watch soap operas to entertain. In my mind you cannot learn anything watching TV so I generally choose
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“You Got To Do What You Got To Do‚ To Get Where You Got to Get” In Ralph Ellison’s story “Battle Royal”‚ Ralph’s dying grandfather gives his son advice on how to advance in life as a black person‚ in the United States. Ralph’s grandfather said‚ “I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses‚ undermine ‘em with grins‚ agree ‘em to death…”(1042). Basically‚ by being really nice to white people‚ he could gain favor and possibly be rewarded for his obedience. Ralph‚ took his grandfathers advice‚ and was eventually
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car would break down five hours later in a beach town called Treasure Town. She initially meets two men‚ mechanics who are very attractive but keep their distance‚ when she’s told her car isn’t worth fixing she must make some decisions on where to go and what to do. Getting a job in the local hang out spot just sort of happened.
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contrasting the novel of “Dracula” to film extracts of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”‚ values‚ meaning and context discovered lie between discrepancy and similarity. The change from differing mediums‚ novel and film‚ reveal characteristics and possibilities of narratives. Through the advancement of technology‚ modern writers have gained a cinematic approach to their writing. However Dracula‚ written in 1987 by Abraham Stoker‚ where the introduction of technology was gradual‚ forging inventions such as the typewriter
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Thursday‚ June 13‚ 1996 A Dream Come True There I was‚ sitting on my bed at 2:30 am. Wondering about the dream I just had. Not only was it stupid‚ but I have never had such a weird dream. It was really different. The dream was about a little dog. The dog was walking on my chest‚ while I was lying on something soft. I think it was a mattress. The puppy walked towards y waist. I knew that it was going to bite. "Get lost". I yelled. The dog remained calm. Now it was standing on my waist. It lowered
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Azraf Chowdhury VIII (Sunshine) What do you hope to achieve in your lifetime? According to my religious beliefs‚ life is eternal but not this one. Comparing the span of this life with my afterlife is a lot like comparing a millisecond to a millennium. Even this comparison is inadequate for the span of my afterlife. Nonetheless the time to achieve something great in this life‚ only if God keeps me alive and healthy to an approximate age of my country’s life expectancy‚ is supplementary. The things
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Do We Know? Everyone in this world has their own opinion and I have mine. Do we really know if God is white‚ black‚ Hispanic‚ Jewish‚ Muslim‚ female‚ or male? In entertainment industry movie producers are playing games and changing things from the traditional God being white to God being black. In Bruce Almighty God is black. In previous years in movies God was always a white male. Through time it seems that people open up their minds to new ideas. I don’t believe that God is black
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use violence everyday as a sense of protection and even because it seems like the thing to do. Violence is so widespread it has become normal‚ and society is slowly becoming numb to the idea that violence is making our world worse. Many innocent people are being killed and questions are not being asked as well as the right actions are not being taken for the people using violence illogically. When reports come in saying someone was murdered there is always an excuse for a criminal’s actions. Usually
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