BIG THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES For some‚ birthday celebrations are mandatory. But for our family‚ birthdays are seldom celebrated. The 16th day of March 2011‚ for other people‚ is just a typical day. But for me‚ it was more than what met my eyes and what I have felt during that day. I woke up feeling lively and sound. For a while‚ I stopped and started counting the days in the calendar. Adrenalines rushed through my system when I remembered correctly. I will never be wrong—today is my birthday
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In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ the main character‚ Connie‚ is on the brink of adulthood and is experimenting with the sexual freedom that comes with it. On the weekends‚ Connie and her friend go to the mall or the diner and pursue older boys with which they will slip into dark alleys or cars. One night‚ when leaving the diner to go hang out with a boy‚ a man in a gold convertible catches Connie’s eye and says to her‚ “Gonna get you‚ baby”. Later in the story‚ Connie is tanning outside
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Joyce Oates constitutes the use of allegories to create a sense of suspense in the story. The story depicts the way society was in the 1960s. In this time period‚ there were a lot of controversies that cause a lot of frustration. Many stories written during the 1960s involved a lot of the same things that are in this coming-of-age story. The issues incorporated into “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”
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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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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 Friend. As soon as she leaves the safety
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Blurring the ’Male Gaze’ "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" is a 1953 Musical-Comedy released by 20th Century Fox‚ directed by Howard Hawks and starring Marilyn Munroe and Jane Russell; the two greatest sex symbols of the era. The camera’s point of view is that of the ’male gaze’‚ where women are regarded as objects of fascination and the men are assumed to have a position of power. Hawks shows how it can be easily hijacked by females smart enough to control‚ manipulate and ultimately blur the ’male gaze’
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Vallejo Library. For example‚ the style in which Gaines tells the story of A Gathering of Old Men is very reminiscent of the technique of William Faulkner‚ a famous Southern writer‚ which tells the story from one character’s perspective for a chapter. Gaines uses this approach to bring a variety of voices to the novel and add a layer of complexity that could only be achieved by using Faulkner’s approach. Additionally‚ A Gathering of Old Men is described as “. . . an honest novel by an honest‚ no-frills
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From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report‚ I found that the number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions is about 14.4 million. ("Bureau of labor‚" 2013) If you ask me‚ why would I join a union? The first reason why I choose to join a union is that the union can protect my rights. As we know‚ union is an important organization for employees. Employees can solve problems at work more effectively as a group. Through forming a union and negotiating a contract‚ employees can secure the
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whether or not its going to affect there future. In some people views in innocence is freedom from sin‚ moral wrong‚ or guilt through lack of knowledge of evil. At some point in everyone’s life they will eventually lose there innocence‚ it just depends on the choices they have made. In Joyce Carol Oates “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” She uses characterization and imagery to show how Connie is dealing with the loss of her innocence Oates characterization of Arnold Friend shows how Connie’s
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is the suspenseful tale of fifteen year old Connie and her situation with a strange man. Connie‚ who usually enjoys the attention of the older boys‚ sees the man randomly when she is on a date. Some time later‚ the man shows up to Connie’s house and asks her if she wants to go for a ride with him and his friend. The man introduces himself as Arnold Friend‚ claiming to be eighteen years old. Connie soon begins to realize the two men look much older than
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