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    Where Are You Going ‚Where Have You Been is a story written by Joyce Carol. The story talks about this fifthteen year old girl named Connie. Connie is the young child in her family. Her mother and her does not have a great relationship‚ because she is always being compared to her old sister June. Connie goes out with her friends to the mall. They walk pass this gold cadillac where this man named Arnold Friend says that he is going to get her. On Sunday her family went to BBQ and Connie decided to

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    Lust vs Love: Do You Know the difference? By Judith Orloff‚ a psychiatrist‚ she states that‚ “Lust is an altered state of consciousness programed by the primal urge to procreate.” Although this based off of pure lust it helps explain the sexual urges one might feel towards their partner. Love and lust do both involve sexual interactions but their is a border between the two. Later in her article she states that‚ “lust is fueled by idealization and projections…” or see what you wish to see in a person

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    LONDON SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS Explain how the modern corporate have managed change in the present scenario By: ARUN MANTOOR Student Id: LSSPGB33122 Course: PGDBM leading to MBA 2009 Professor: K. RAJA Introduction: In the modern organization change process an important aspect for the survival of its business. Change is the process which is applied for the organization development‚ these changes are not similar in nature‚ some are planned and some changes keep on happening in nature. The

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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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    In the autobiography‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ Maya Angelou writes fondly of her mother Vivian Baxter. Maya writes about her mother with admiration of her beauty and grace. In one instance‚ Maya and her brother Bailey compare their mother to the Caucasian actress Kay Francis because of her magnetic personality. The praise Maya gives to her mother is similar to the praise Bee gives to her mother Bernadette in the novel‚ Where’d You Go‚ Bernadette? by Maria Semple. In the novel‚ Bee shows

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    The real world chooses to hide the wickedness of mankind‚ while the world of fiction chooses to highlight it. In the stories “The Overcoat” by Nikolai Gogol‚ “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez‚ and “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ especially highlight the time the horrible aspects of man. Each one highlighting the corruption of man in their own unique way. The social hierarchy is a key part to the wickedness of mankind. This is a major

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    Leaving The Past Happiness is something that everyone strives to create and continue to push for. But happiness is not that simple and can not be created by something. people have to accept life for what it is and not try to make up for the past‚ people should not try to create happiness like Granny weatherall a woman who attempted so many times to create her own happiness and feel better after being left at the alter. People need to accept their past‚ live on and know that they have accepted their

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    Guys/Tough Towns Elements of a “Tough Guy” Novel Being a tough guy is not an easy job. There are unique and brute characteristics that are expected to come with any “tough guy” image. A tough guy needs to be daring and adventurous‚ have a mysterious persona‚ and of course have the ability to not only start fights‚ but also finish them. Aside from the tough guy’s visceral features‚ not all of them are heroes‚ or even good people at all. However‚ there is one specific element that all tough guy novel’s

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    Do you have a favorite sport‚ one that you want to do more than any other‚ play it on a team‚ every day and every weekend? This summer I had to make the hardest decision‚ yet‚ in my life. I had to choose between dance‚ that I have been doing since I was 3 years old‚ and soccer. Dance and soccer practice were scheduled at the same time on the same day. Soccer is my passion; this is why I made the decision to continue soccer. I enjoy the challenge of practice‚ the running‚ and skill workouts give

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    Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is about a 15 year old girl named Connie. Connie is the dark blond haired girl who catches all the attention and knows she looks good. The story is somewhat journalistic in the sense that there are few extreme stylistic flourishes or complicated sentence structures. Oates’s spare style allows the images in the story to stand out in realistic coherence‚ in a way that makes one feel they have some unexplainable importance. “There’s your

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