- � PAGE �1� - Park � PAGE �1� "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been" Vanity can be exposed as one ’s greatest weakness. "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been"‚ a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ describes Connie ’s misconception of beauty as her only value‚ and also the ways in which Arnold Friend‚ a potential rapist and murderer‚ manipulates and takes advantage of Connie ’s vanity. Connie is a fifteen year old girl who knows the extent to which her beauty can be used to her
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You Decide Chamberlain College of Nursing After a careful review of several candidates’ backgrounds‚ I have chosen to hire Jyoti as one of the new sales consultants for the fiber optics division of Fortune 500 Company. Her skills and background more closely aligned with the qualifications of the role than the other candidates who have applied for this position. I was immediately drawn to her once I saw that she was the Manager of Wireless Retail store and is an expertise
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would have shared Orlando’s resentment. In this opening scene‚ Shakespeare begins to muse on another theme common in pastoral literature: the origins of gentleness. As scholar Jean E. Howard makes clear in her introduction to the play‚ “gentleness” refers to both nobility and a virtuous nature (p. 1591). Elizabethans were supremely interested in whether this quality could be achieved or whether one had to be born with it‚ and Orlando shows himself to be a man of the times. Though Oliver has denied
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In the future‚ when your children ask you what you have done in life that you feel must most of proud of. What will you answer be? In my life‚ I overcame many obstacles‚ achieved more success and had defeats. Up to now‚ I do not care about what I do best. Once‚ my children asked me what I have done in life that I feel must most of proud of‚ I recognized that I have not thought about it before. But I know some things that I never forget and I always feel proud of it because I did it well. That is
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tradition. * | Colonial literature Owing to the large immigration to Boston in the 1630s‚ the high articulation of Puritan cultural ideals‚ and the early establishment of a college and a printing press in Cambridge‚ the New England colonies have often been regarded as the center of early American literature. However‚ the first European settlements in North America had been founded elsewhere many years earlier. Towns older than Boston include the Spanish settlements at Saint Augustine and Santa
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can connect to their accounts instantly by using apps on their cellphones. In addition to the increased use of social media apps‚ the popularity of dating apps has greatly increased in recent years. These dating apps are sometimes misleading and can lead to potentially dangerous meetings. In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ the protagonist‚ Connie‚ often meets up with older boys and lies to her mother about her whereabouts. Many teenagers utilize dating
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ALL ORGANIZING IS DIG-ORGANIZING AND RE-ORGANIZING BY Michael Gecan Metro Industrial Areas Foundation Your congregation – be it Catholic or Protestant‚ Jewish or Muslim‚ Buddhist or Bhai- has been around a while. You may have had only one or two clergy leaders‚ or you may have had many. Like all organizations‚ you have fallen into certain patterns of operation‚ some good and some not. Again like all organizations‚ you have two choices: to continue to do what you always have done (because that’s
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In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" the author goes into depth of the transition from being a carefree‚ innocent child to the complexity and uncertainty of the future when one becomes an adult. The message begins even before the story itself actually does. The title illustrates the passage of time in life such as the phrase "where are you going" refers to the question of what direction does one have for his own life. "Where have you been?" is a question which involves
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It all happened on a warm sunny saturday morning in “Where are you going. Where have you been’’ by Joyce Carry Oates. It started with an unfamiliar car bouncing along Connie’s long drive way. When she first heard the car she rushed to the window excitedly‚ frantically fixing her hair. Making sure she looked good‚ seemed to be an insecure habit for Connie. She saw an uninvited boyish looking man who was situated in the car parked now in her driveway. There was a tension of unease about the boyish
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Significance and Relevace of ’’As You Like It" ’’ Shakespeare’s As You Like It is a good play for anyone to read or see. Some readers would enjoy one aspect of it‚ some would enjoy another. But all would‚ in general‚ enjoy the play. Albert Gilman says that Shakespeare intended to imply that all that people need to live together in harmony is "good sense‚ love‚ humor‚ and a generous disposition." (Gilman lxvii) This play is deeper than the surface‚ and that is part of its
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