The short story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?‚” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is a tale about a teenage girl making the journey from her known world into something she has never experienced before. The main character lives the normal teenage life listening to the latest music and going out with her friends to the mall. “They must have been familiar sights‚ walking around the shopping plaza in their shorts and flat ballerina slippers that always scuffed the sidewalk” (753). One night with her
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Maria Bustos Instructor: Ms. Cowart English 102 February‚ 4‚ 2015 Short Story Essay #1 “Where are you going‚ Where have you been” The short story about Connie deals with the experience of a young girl that is haunted by her good looks and cryptic behaviors. Inspired by a Life article of a serial killer‚ Oates created the story to: “It was not the number of murders that intrigued me‚ but the disturbing fact that a number of teenagers –from “good” families—aided and abetted his crimes” (Oates
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The Ghost Story Because of all the recorded evidence of paranormal activity‚ this leads to the evidence being real. Yet‚ because of skeptics and nonbelievers debunking the evidence‚ some people are led to believe paranormal activity is fake. Many people have obtained facts that suggest ghosts are real. Whether someone believes in ghosts or not‚ there will always be logical theories and unanswered questions to ghostly encounters. Ghost stories have been told through real-life experience (hauntings)
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" I’m here to kill you!" "Jae get inside the room and lock the door" Jaejoong heard Yunho shouting from the other line but‚ Karam pushes Jaejoong hard against the wall and his back hits it with a slight thud.Karam grabbed the phone on his hand and threw it in the floor. Karam point the gun at the base of Jaejoongs skull and it made Jaejoong whimper. He pushed the barrel a little harder and looked at Jaejoong quizzically. The two of them stood silent‚ staring at each other‚ without moving
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Short Story Unit: Using the HACC Library The HACC online library seems somewhat temperamental to navigate for me at least. Although‚ I was able to find the articles in question but not without notable time consumed as well as frustration traverse the site. Subsequently‚ sometimes inquiries are effectively accomplished in person. Easterly’s article takes the approach in dealing with ‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ to be somewhat of a mythical with underlying evil tone. The story of
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everything you can think of‚ A nice house‚ a nice car‚ an adorable dog‚ a bunch of nice jewelry‚ etc. One fall afternoon The Robinsons had company over for dinner‚ the couple that lived next door. The young boy tommy was talking to mr.ferro about halloween. “Now tommy what is it you would like to be for halloween” ask Mr.Ferro ‘I was hoping to be a pirate‚ but thats what my friend is gonna be i wish my friend would be something else so i can be a pirate.” said Tommy “If you had 3 wishes would you wish
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meeting them I knew they were perfect for me because I coincidentally looked like my mom and had her stuberness but had my dad’s soft side. I already had the night planned in my head‚ I would go and play then eat a delicious dinner and then convince my parents to watch The Little Mermaid before I had to go to bed. When I got to my new home I rushed to play doctor with the chocolate labs who would soon become my best friends. I was later called to dinner and that’s where my vision of the perfect first
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FIVE ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY Plot -it is the sequence or flow of the events in a short story that would help develop the author’s idea. There are five elements of plot structure-- introduction‚ rising action‚ climax‚ falling action‚ and denouement. Character -considered as being one of the most important factor to a good short story‚ the characters are sentient beings who carry out the actions of the story. Setting -the when and where in which the story takes place. Authors often
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The future was very different. People transported in quadrapods and didn’t go hungry anymore. It was a happy life‚ except for a guy named Vanderhoof‚ who was in jail. Vanderhoof was powerful. Everyone worried that one day he would break out of jail‚ and he did‚ one sunny hot day in the spring of 3059. Dianna was on her way home from school when she saw him. She ran home as fast as she could. She opened the door of her house and ran in to tell her mom. Only her older brother‚ Calvin‚ was home. Dianna
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of what might be called the self-preservation and self-defense instincts. People who are incapable of getting angry are also incapable of standing up for themselves. It is important then that people learn how to express anger appropriately .People need to learn healthy and socially respectful ways to express
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