Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ is one of Joyce Carol Oates best short stories. Oates shows the reader what it is like to take things for granted and make mistakes through the main character‚ Connie. Throughout this story‚ Connie finds her identity and grows as a woman. In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ Joyce Carol Oates shows us the struggle of a young woman dealing with her family‚ sexuality‚ and common mistakes that can be made
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ABC Corporation MEMO AGBM1208B MGT 308/ Managing Diversity Harlen Williams‚ Jr. July 13‚ 2010 ABC Corporation Memo ABC Corporation strives to implement a multicultural corporation. Our corporation requires a workforce appreciative and helpful to individuals with ability‚ dedication and commitment for the advancement of the corporation. Achievement requires obtaining and keeping the most skilled individuals in the workforce – the most skillful and the most dedicated‚
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only have a theme of lost love but also a theme of Overcoming lost‚ not just with love but with things in his life overall. In the song “Look What You’ve Done”‚ Drake touches on his past when he lived at home with his mom in 2009. In 2009‚ he lost his job as a star in Degrassi and was on the verge of having to get a regular job to take care and help his mother with bills. He raps‚ “Maybe I wouldn’t have to work so hard if you were healthy/ and it weren’t so bad/ Maybe I should walk up the street and
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Delprøve 1.2 Nedenstående sætninger er fra novellen “Kiss and Tell” af John Sam Jones. Angiv det understregede verballeds (udsagnsleds) tid og tag stilling til (sæt kryds)‚ om hovedverbet (hovedudsagnsordet) er regelmæssigt eller uregelmæssigt. Brug relevant grammatisk/faglig terminologi. 1. Seimon had decided it wasn’t easy being fourteen. 2. Seimon found him fascinating to watch;… 3. … in 2005 teachers were offered in-service training on how they could support gay and lesbian students in educational
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adulthood is frustrating and confusing‚ and in most adolescents‚ is filled with apprehension and anxiety. For the protagonist Connie‚ this distress is expressed in her dreamlike encounter with Arnold Friend. In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Joyce Carol Oates used the interaction between her two main character‚ to reveal the internal fear and conflict of a fifteen year old girl maturing into a young woman. Oates chooses narrate her story in the third person giving
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"Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" Music is one of the symbols mentioned in this story. The author mentions the music played in everywhere in the story. The author says that "The Music was always in the background". The music comes from restaurants‚ homes and cars. Music symbolizes the feeling and the emotions of the characters. For example‚ music for Connie is a pattern for romantic relationship. When she is happy‚ she hears music in everywhere. On the other hand‚ when she is sad‚ she
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"Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" By Joyce Carol Oates A short story titled "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" tells a tale of an adolescent girl who suffers consequences of growing up in the unsupportive environment and the society preoccupied by the media. It is considered to be the most famous work of Joyce Carol Oates‚ an American writer‚ the winner of many significant literary awards and a two- time candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The story was first
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CASE ANALYSIS ABC STEEL COMPANY (for Human Behavior in Organization) VIEWPOINT: a) Mr. Robert Cruz‚ newly appointed Shop Manager of ABC Steel Company. The company had placed Mr. Robert in charge of all shop operations; OR b) Top Management TIME CONTEXT: At present I. PROBLEM STATEMENT: How can ABC Steel Company avoid delays in the production and delivery of the products to the customer? II. STATEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVE To strictly comply with the stated delivery schedule requirement
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Connie’s Paradigm In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” we follow the main character Connie as she faces an inner transformation. The author introduces Connie as a vain and inexperienced adolescent who seems to daydream about things she doesn’t quite understand as she has more of a naive idea of what adulthood is all about. She takes pleasure in having control over everyone and everything around her. These ideas as well as her security are shaken when the
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significant in a person’s life and it can be different for men and women. Not all transitions to adulthood are peaceful; they can violent transitions as seen in Richard Wright’s The Man Who Was Almost a Man and Joyce Carol Oates’ Where are You Going‚ Where Have You Been. These two stories reflect how males and females are represented differently in society through the protagonist violent transition to adulthood. The Man Who Was Almost A Man by Richard Wright is about a young adult named Dave who wishes
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