In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates there is bad parenting and it costs Connie at the end. Throughout the entire story there is little or no parenting‚ or sometimes there is a little parenting but it is not very good parenting. For example‚ “their father was away at work most of the time and when he came home‚ he wanted supper and he read the newspaper at supper and after supper he went to bed. He didn’t bother talking much to them” (Oates 1). So even
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"The Man in the Black Suit" and Oates’s "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?"‚ fears related to family are exploited by antagonists in young and vulnerable protagonist. "The Man in the Black Suit" presents a young boy‚ who after the traumatic loss of his brother‚ has an encounter with the Devil. In this short story‚ the fear that the antagonist plays upon is the loss of the young boy’s mother. Oates’s "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚" also plays with the protagonist’s family‚ as the
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1a. Why do you think that Louisville Slugger purchased the Alcoa factory rather than continue letting Alcoa make it’s bats? as a cost effective investment which allowed them to leverage purchasing power for raw materials and renegotiate existing contracts based on a larger business model more involved in quality control in order to maintain a positive reputation gain knowledge of experienced people which allowed them to get into the market more quickly (To me‚ this has an element of why purchase
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Globalisation is not new‚ but its pace and scope has accelerated in recent years. Firstly‚ the rapid rise in globalisation in recent years is the result of a fall in transportation cost. This is because of the emergence of many logistic firms which lead to fierce price war in order to increase its market share. Also‚ the usage of larger containerships which allow cost per container carried to be cheaper combined with the advancement in the mode of transport such as air flight encourages imports
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In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are you Going‚ Where Have You Been"‚ Oates used figurative language to show the evil in Arnold Friend and how he as a Fiend tries to pull Connie into his corrupted world. The harsh reality that Oates includes in her story is that there are fiends that may seem like a friend around us like Arnold. By using figurative language Oates can create a fiend from what Seem to be a Friend. There are many hints that Joyce left to show that Arnold Friend is not a friend at all
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Carol Oates captured more than just the reader when she wrote the story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” Oates recreates an event that took place in the mid-1960s‚ where a grown man‚ who had shaggy black hair and a boyish charm‚ would lure teenage girls into his car‚ rape and murder them‚ and then bury their bodies in the desert. The fate of the main character in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” lies between Oates’s wavering suspense. From the beginning Oates shows the reader
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Our Founding Fathers never expected Congressmen to serve life-long terms. They had intended on a system of citizens serving for a few years and then returning to their respective communities. Nowadays‚ our representatives are making permanent careers out of Congressional positions. They are able to maintain their place in government and make a living off of pay raises and benefits. Polling of voters has shown that there is a general distaste for political careerism. The practice of Congressmen keeping
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production of various technology sources which enable humans to get information at their finger tips and through merely the press of a button. Since then‚ there is a lack of creative and communicative skills among the people all around the globe. Do you agree that people in the last few decades were more creative than now? In my point of view‚ I would agree that people in the last few decades were more creative than people in this current generation. First and foremost‚ there is lack of creative
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Do you think that smoking should be banned in public places? I believe that smoking should not be allowed in public places. First of all‚ smoking is bad for our health. Banding smoking from public places should be enforced throughout the whole United States. Here are three reasons why smoking should be banned. Cigarette smoke is very harmful to non-smokers. Smoking in front of young people is a bad influence on them. Office buildings and homes have caught on fire from someone smoking inside
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It costs $1.7 billion per year for Standardized testing. Do you think it’s really worth it? We came up with three solutions to solve the problem with standardized testing. The first solution was to have a choice. The second solution was one big project for the whole year. The last solution was have a standardized test but not be timed and have it just be one big test‚ instead of having a whole bunch of small tests. Standardized testing causes
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