Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ is one of Joyce Carol Oates best short stories. Oates shows the reader what it is like to take things for granted and make mistakes through the main character‚ Connie. Throughout this story‚ Connie finds her identity and grows as a woman. In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ Joyce Carol Oates shows us the struggle of a young woman dealing with her family‚ sexuality‚ and common mistakes that can be made
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and comments tends to be the same. So why do my classmates favor the male student’s remarks over the female student’s? Everyone has their own way of saying things‚ however the way we hear what a women says is often completely different in comparison to how we would hear it if a man had said it instead. When hearing both genders communicating‚ we unintentionally put males above females. We look at men as more powerful than women. In Deborah Tannen’s book‚ You Just Don’t Understand‚ she explains
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wildlife is everywhere. That place is Hawaii. It’s one of the most beautiful and exotic places. But more specifically than Hawaii‚ we’re talking about Oahu. It is the third largest of all the islands but it is the most populated of them all. It also has the state capital‚ Honolulu. There is an abundance of beautiful plants and animals but there are also dangerous ones living among the people of Oahu as well. It’s a beautiful place but it needs to be respected and cautiously traveled. There’s a good
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institutions of government. “It has many roles which include giving advice on the exercise of prerogative‚ (A Prerogative is an exclusive legal right given from a government or state and invested in an individual or group‚ the content of which is separate from the body of rights enjoyed under the general law of the normative state) powers and certain functions assigned to the Queen and Council by the Act of Parliament.”1 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council also has a major role to play‚ as it
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Progression is clear in all aspects of our lives‚ however most fundamental in fostering ‘progress’ is technology. We most often think of technologies as ‘things’‚ and therefore they can be clearly measured and linked to progress. (Slack and Wise 2005 p. 12) Technology can be seen as synonymous with a better life‚ as it has many benefits in allowing society to advance and improve‚ however technological advancement can also have severe ramification on users and society as a whole. This can be clearly
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through systematic training and instructions principally at school level. The debate whether girls should be allowed the same education as boys has been going on for many years and‚ in fact‚ in some countries‚ is still going on. Before really starting up these arguments‚ the fact should be considered that during the past few years‚ girls have made really big progress in various fields. Indeed‚ even now‚ there are very few fields in which girls have not yet set foot in or have not yet tried their luck in
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NUT Which Nut has More Energy? Aidan J. Flood Christ the King Many people ate peanuts such as explorers; the ones that explored the colonies. They lived off of the types of nuts grown in the colonies. (The life and Times of a Peanut) Many people ate nuts such as walnuts‚ peanuts‚ and almonds. All of the nuts pack a ton of energy inside. The testing was on which nut had more energy. It is necessary to test or experiment with the power of a nut‚ so people know how much energy each nut really
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In the history of entrepreneurship‚ passionate commitment to the vision‚ certainty that the vision can be achieved and is worth achieving is a conviction to be observed in all successful entrepreneurs. But very few of them have changed our lives‚ changed the way we exchange thoughts‚ changed the nature of technology‚ and in fact shook the industry. Even fewer have brought changes across industries. These are the great innovators who make us believe that ideas matter‚ that ideas shape the future and
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KENDRIYA VIDYALAY VIRAMGAM REVISION WORKSHEET Name ______________________________________________________________________________________ Class _________________ Roll no ______________________________________________ Read the passage. Then answer the questions below. Christmas is my favorite holiday. My grandmother makes ham‚ salad‚ and cupcakes on Christmas. I also get a present on Christmas! Last year I got a new set of paint brushes. This year I hope to get new pencils and a drawing pad
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True Meaning “Everything about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home”(1369)‚ this character‚ Connie‚ in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is depicted as a self-centered‚ condescending‚ insecure fifteen year old girl growing into a woman. Connie comes off as a troubled young girl who consistently uses her sexuality for attention but at the same time is afraid of intimacy. This is said be due to her fractured relationships with
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