“Where are you going‚ Where have you been” Analysis Evette Paden Shorter University “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” is a chilling tale of rape and murder with a plot to create suspense. On a symbolic level it becomes a metaphor for simplicity and innocence. Oates’ use of literal and figurative‚ psychological and allegorical levels makes this story a powerful and fascinating story. One contributing factor to this story’s power is her depiction of the two main characters’ double
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seem to think of any danger that might arise from the car. Any aware person would lock the door and have the phone ready to call the police but not this girl. This girl is easily lured into a trap and taken away from everything she loved. This girl is the protagonist‚ Connie‚ from Joyce Carol Oates short story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been.” Rather than heed the gut feeling most readers have at this moment in the story‚ Connie ignorantly emerges from her house and engages the stranger‚ Arnold
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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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“Gone Baby Gone” First Maxim Based on the main final action of the movie “Gone Baby Gone” it can be asserted that Patrick Kenzie acted in agreement with the moral aspect. This assertion rests on the fact that he acted in the right manner without any condition. This statement is true since he opted to report the matter about the kidnapping of the four years child to the police rather than remaining silence. Even though he was persuaded by Angie Gennaro and Jack Doyle not to report the matter to the
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many interesting points about the character of Arnold Friend in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been”- the main idea being that Arnold represents Connie’s “other self”. According to the article‚ this can be observed in how Connie and Arnold are opposites in both appearance and behavior‚ and Arnold’s purpose is to induct Connie into adulthood. I disagree with the idea that Arnold is Connie. While the article gathered a lot of good evidence to support this claim‚ I think the claim actually begins
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11 April 2013 The Only Journey is the One Within The purpose of the journey of life is the journey itself - not to get somewhere. We already are somewhere‚ exactly where we need to be and to go forward from. It’s not about the destination/ending point‚ but about destiny‚ which is an eternal going forward that is already here‚ all along the way. It is our manifest destiny to live and learn and grow throughout eternity. Life is often described as a journey of discovery and growth‚ and the function
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Charlie. The surgery was supposed to make you smarter and it did. However it was not permanent and it took a while to start working. In my opinion I don’t think that they should have done the test on Charlie or any human because something could have gone horribly wrong. It could have gone wrong on Algernon too. It could have been very dangerous. Charlie’s Decision Charlie wanted to be the first human to get his intelligence higher. However his night school teacher Miss Kinnian didn’t want
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reproduction and the family have in recent decades been increasingly dismissed‚ rendering the traditional institutions of marriage and family obsolete. Proponents argue that men are not needed in a family unit‚ providing the mere genetic code for their children‚ thus are replaceable and “obsolete”. I believe that this can be best explained by developments in reproductive technologies and the gender revolution – its effects on marital satisfaction and meanings attached to roles of men and women in a traditional
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more conscious of their identity when put into situations where they stand out.
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Considering all that I have read regarding this Star Trek Episode‚ The Measure of a Man‚ I can truly say that Piccard had a Dualism view when it came to the situation at hand with Data. He believed that data was a close to being a human as possible. When a robot is given the rank of a Lt Commander‚ I would have to question this fact. It seems a little strange to give a typical robot that kind of rank. Hasker told us that “Dualism begins by taking quite seriously the fact that human beings have both physical
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