Hunter Vernon English 1100 Charles Radcliffe Essay 2‚ draft 1 Devil in Disguise In Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where are you going‚ where have you been?”‚ Oates tells the story of a young girl named Connie‚ who is vain‚ self-centered‚ rude to her parents‚ and in an incredible hurry to grow up. She has two different personalities‚ “one for home‚ and one for anywhere that was not home.” Everything about her including her smile‚ her laugh‚ and her walk transforms as soon as she steps out her front
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shoulders rigid with excitement‚ and listened to the music that made everything so good: the music was always in the background like music at a church serve‚ it was something to depend on.” This paragraph in the short-story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ is a look into how the author Joyce Carol Oates views adolescent values. She parallels religion and religious practices with the main character’s Saturday nights. Oates carefully designed this paragraph to illustrate a social gathering
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other. While at other times‚ a change can be as major as transitioning from childhood to adulthood. For much of the 20th century in America‚ the dynamics of communication among parents and their children was not fundamental. “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” written by Joyce Carol Oates introduces these “ills” of the 20th century to be examined in a more psychological depth. This ominous literal piece unfolds the story of protagonist Connie‚ a self-absorbed‚ disoriented‚ beautiful fifteen-year
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Cuba has established‚ and when looking at the political‚ economical‚ and social aspects of Cuba as it is‚ it is evident that Communism has been good for Cuba. Despite everything Cuba has going against them‚ Castro and his communist policies have benefited the economy of Cuba greatly. The U.S.A. has had an embargo placed on Cuba since the 1960’s and the Soviet Union cut off resources in the early 1990’s. Even with these 2 factors making a huge blow to the economy of Cuba‚ Fidel Castro has been able
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our personality is fantasy oriented and irrational. Joyce Carol Oates places Arnold in her short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Arnold Friend represents the id in Connie’s personality. Everything Connie wishes about her life is exactly what Arnold represents. Arnold sets Connie free and gives her the things she has
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Have you ever been skeptical about what you eat everyday is not essential as you think? You may doubt that what am I talking about. I am going to talk about something that you eat everyday. Guess what? That is rice! Recently‚ my mother decided to choose brown rice instead of white rice as our food staple. This raises my attention about white rice. At present‚ half the world’s population sees rice as their staple food‚ mainly in parts of Asia‚ southern Europe‚ tropical America and Africa. Among the
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life. We may think that the rich get rich and the poor stay poor‚ because that is just “the way it is.” However‚ this is not the case. In Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times economic journalist David Leonhardt’s article from May 2014 “Inequality Has Been Going on Forever...but That Doesn’t Mean it’s inevitable‚” Leonhardt learns from French economist Thomas Piketty that income inequality occurs due to some individuals having extra capital to make more capital. Leonhardt specifies in his article that
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Where are you going‚ Where have you been? Stephanie Bumpase AIU Where are you going‚ Where have you been? The character Connie in the story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?” was a young 15yr old girl in a small town. She was beautiful and knew that she was beautiful. A flat character is a character that stays the same throughout a story (Gioia & Kennedy‚ 2010) and a round character is the opposite of flat in which the character changes significantly (Gioia & Kennedy‚ 2010)
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One story from the short story unit that depicts impossibilities is “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” Connie’s vanity is not abnormal; many teenagers who are her age and attractive act the same way. The impossibility of the story appears in the form of Arnold Friend. Whether he is Satan‚ a serial killer‚ Jesus‚ Bob Dylan‚ or none of the above‚ his presence seems odd. Arnold Friend seems to know too much about Connie’s life to simply be a stalker. He know that the rest of Connie’s family
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I. Food Manufacturing Industry in Philippines Food manufacturing‚ which includes food and beverage processing‚ remains the Philippines most dominant primary industry. The industry is worth a gross added value of more than $2 billion and grew by 3.2 percent. The Philippines Bureau of Food and Drugs Statistical Report of Establishments lists a total number of 11601 food processing establishments nationwide. Most of the companies are owned by a single proprietor that is common among micro‚ cottage
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