This is where it ends Have you ever wondered about school shootings‚ or heard of them on the news? What is the theme of This is Where it Ends? How do the elements of POV‚ perspective‚ and setting help develop this theme? I think the theme is be thankful for your life this is supported by the POV (4 first person)‚ the perspective for Sylv‚ and setting of it’s remote location. After reading this is where it ends‚ it is concluded that POV‚ perspective‚ and setting all play a big role in the story. In
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Commentary on "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" 10/17/06 Joyce Carol Oates has achieved many things through her writing‚ and is recognized worldly for her short story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" This story is centered on a young teenage girl as many of her stories are. Oates as a writer is fascinated with adolescence of young females. She chooses to write about the trials and tribulations of growing up in modern society. She pries on the dark aspects of youth often
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Renewables contributed 19 percent to our energy consumption and 22 percent to our electricity generation in 2012 and 2013‚ respectively. Both‚ modern renewables‚ such as hydro‚ wind‚ solar and biofuels‚ as well as traditional biomass‚ contributed in about equal parts to the global energy supply. Worldwide investments in renewable technologies amounted to more than US$ 214 billion in 2013‚ with countries like China and the United States heavily investing in wind‚ hydro‚ solar and biofuels. Renewable
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Weinberger’s article makes 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
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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 Friend. As soon as she leaves the safety of her home‚ she has unknowingly
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Lurvin Magana-Calles Heidi Kozlowski English 1B September 28‚ 2014 Where Are you Going‚ Where HaveYou Been? Analysis “Where Are you Going‚ Where Have You Been? Is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates about a fifteen year old girl’s that lives a dual life for self-importance‚ an unforgiving desire for irresponsibility‚ yet doubtfulness to leave the security of family and the comfort ‘of sleeping on her bed again’ ( Oates 77) . Connie is a young girl that likes listening to music ‘that made everything
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Term Project The Effects Geographic Location and Age Have on A Credit Score Nicholas Rogers EC315 10 March 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS PURPOSE STATEMENT AND MODEL………………………………………………………..3 DEFINITION OF VARIABLES…………………………………………………………………3 DATA DESCRIPTION…………………………………………………………………………..5 PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS………………………………….7 WORKS CITED…………………………………………………………………………………10 DATA SOURCES……………………………………………………………………………….10 REGRESSION
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Key words: Student voice‚ democratic participation‚ egalitarianism‚ meritocracy‚ commodification‚ consumerism‚ post-modernism. 1 Every Child Matters ? In 2003‚ the Government published the green paper ‘Every Child Matters’ (ECM); this was published alongside the Climbie report (2003). The ECM (2003) emphasis’s four key themes: supporting families and careers‚ child protection‚ multi-agency collaboration‚ and ensuring that the people working with children are valued‚ rewarded and trained. The
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” should not be read through a fantasy/allegorical lens‚ but through a lens of reality. Reading it through the former limits the potency of the story. Everything that takes place in the story is believable‚ and in fact‚ many details of the story are based on real events. Arnold Friend is based on Charles Schmid‚ a real life serial killer who was responsible for the murder of three young girls. Schmid was arrested in 1965 for the rape and murder of Allen Rowe;
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Research Proposal DIFFERENT WATER STATES AND LOCATIONS IN POLLEN GRAINS • Principal investigator‚ visiting scientist Ettore Pacini Nationality: Italian Position: professor of Botany Place of work: Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale‚ Sezione Botanica‚ Universitá di Siena‚ Via P.A. Mattioli 4‚ 53100 SIENA Italy. Phone –39 0577 232863; Fax –39 0577 232860; E-mail pacini@unisi.it Partecipating researchers * Massimo Nepi Nationality: Italy Position:
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