I distinctly remember having lost all feeling in my tongue and walls closing in around me. I remember sitting on my bed‚ feet dangling over the edge. Visions of my brothers‚ my nephew‚ and my unborn son flashed in my mind like lights warning me to not come any closer; for if I did‚ I would meet a similar fate. The light from the television flickered on our faces; mine blank‚ two shameful‚ and the last with rage. There is not a single noun‚ verb‚ or complex sentence in any language to describe how
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Paper “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is a short story that poses many questions centered around the protagonist‚ Connie and the antagonist Arnold Friend and his “comrade” Ellie. The fate of Connie at the end of the story is still up for debate after all these years after the story was published in 1966. The main question posed is who actually is Arnold Friend? Is he the devil or something else? The answer may never be fully known but in
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Innocence “Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?” presents many themes and symbols to the reader. One that jumped out at me while reading the story was the overall feeling of innocence. Joyce Carol Oates shows us innocence from the very beginning of the story to the end where Connie loses self-control and power. From the first paragraph of the story we learn that Connie is a young fifteen year old who longs for attention and acceptance. I was able to relate to the story better when I paused
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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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Where Children Live Literature has played a significant role in influencing the nation’s viewpoint and belief. Many prominent authors have presented their audacious and vivid literature which has intensely liberated the hearts of Americans. Naomi Shihab Nye is considered one of those prominent authors in the twentieth century. In “Where Children Live‚” Nye expresses how children can create their own identity. It demonstrates how children are blithe towards life. As a result‚ children are capable
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Some say “home is where the heart is.” Home can be everything to some. Home is their safe comfort place they have in life. Home determines a sense of one’s identity. One poem called “The Youngest Daughter” by Cathy Song involves characters experiencing conflicting situations between the demands of their home and identity. One might think that this poem is simply about mothers versus daughters; however‚ this poem evokes a broader sense meaning that daughters are torn between either pulling away or
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stories “Where are you Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Oates and “Castle Nowhere” by Woolson offer a strong basis for comparison and contrast in terms of canonical and non-canonical texts through characterization‚ genre/tone‚ setting‚ themes‚ and symbolism. While many of the obvious differences reside in concrete categories like setting‚ genre/tone‚ and characterization‚ there are alluring similarities in theme and symbolism that can allow the reader to conclude the canonization of “Where are you
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In Thomas? "Fern Hill" and Cummings? "anyone lived in a pretty how town‚" both modern poets utilize a juxtaposition of paradoxes to express the irrevocable passage of time and the loss of innocence attributed to it. While Thomas projects his mature feelings into a nostalgic site of his childhood‚ Cummings takes a more detached approach by telling a seemingly trivial‚ paradoxical story of "noone" and "anyone‚" which through negation tells a universal life story. "Fern Hill" is a personal
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Change Is Growth Any major change on the nursing care environment‚ such as adoption of a nursing model of care‚ requires ongoing support and reinforcement in order to maintain the benefits of such change. The process of implementing Johnson’s nursing model would take time and that using a strategy of making new changes‚ providing education‚ and then reinforcing the change‚ would afford the most success with nursing staff. Nursing rounds would also be facilitated‚ using this model as a guide.
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shooting pains‚ seizures‚ and finally death. The mood inside of the abbey is happy‚ dauntless‚ and Prince Prospero doesn’t want to be bothered by the people outside‚ who are suffering in pain due to the "Red Death." Now comparing the outside and inside of the abbey‚ there isn’t much of a comparison since the inside is bright and full of laughter‚ while the outside is dull and gray. The inside and outside of the abbey are based upon the mood set in the story. The mood which is a mixture between revelry
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