Some say he is the devil‚ others claim he portrays the godly image of Bob Dylan‚ or that he is just the mere imagination of a salacious daydream in a young girl’s mind. In Joyce Carol Oates acclaimed short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ a 15-year-old girl named Connie‚ with ever growing feelings of attraction toward the opposite sex‚ has a vexing encounter with a middle-aged man who goes by the name Arnold Friend. You can’t talk about Arnold Friend‚ his train of thought‚ and intentions
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The two authors and their texts are “if” by rudyard kipling and “girl” by jamaica kincaid. In these texts the children are taking parental advice from the parent of the story. Difference A difference these two stories have is they are about different Genders. In the story “if” is about a boy I know this because in the text it says “you’ll be a man my son” this means he is a boy because son means boy. Also ‘girl” is about a girl I know this because the title is girl so that gives me a good feeling
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Carpet-Weavers‚ Morocco Carol Rumens By Marium Saud Japanwala Rumens‚ through the title of her poem is portraying a scene in Morocco‚ consisting of carpet weavers. This establishes a theme of work which runs throughout the poem. The title however‚ does not launch or even give a faint idea of the major theme contained in the poem‚ i.e. of social injustice and child labour. The poem begins with ’The children’‚ hence taking us by surprise. Nowhere in the title was anything about children expected
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Have you ever had a nightmare that is so realistic it speeds up your heart rate and takes your very breath away? In Joyce Carol Oates’s 1966 “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ she tells a story of a teenager by the name of Connie. Connie has a fate of being kidnapped by a strange man that seems to know everything about her. Connie is a typical adolescent with a vivid imagination and a difficult‚ unstructured home. She is at a delicate time in her life of transitioning to find her “own”
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Have you had rules to live by? In the novel‚ Bud‚ Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis‚ Bud the main character is going through some rough times and he has rules to help him survive. The poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling also has some rules that help us live through our lives. Both Bud‚ Not Buddy and “If” have rules to live by about having a wonderful life. The poem “If” and the novel‚ Bud‚ Not Buddy have rules about controlling yourself and having a nice life. For example‚ “If” had a rule that tells
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Nightmare or Reality? Joyce Carol Oates creates an inquisitive plot that causes the reader to question events in the story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” She develops this story featuring a girl named Connie‚ who has an encounter with a boy at a restaurant that she doesn’t know. “He wagged a finger and laughed and said‚ “Gonna get you‚ baby‚” and Connie turned away…” (Oates 210). Startled Connie only saw this boy once that night‚ but the story goes on‚ and a few days later he comes
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the European nations. Such weight this belief carried‚ that it even manifested into European journalism. For instance‚ according to Rudyard Kipling‚ an English journalist‚ “Your new-caught‚ sullen peoples‚ Half-devil and half child… Take up the White Man’s burden- The savage wars of peace- Fill the mouth of Famine And bid the sickness cease.” Comprehensively‚ when Kipling used the lines new caught‚ sullen peoples‚ he’s referring to Africans‚ more specifically‚ slaves. Thus when he referred to them as
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the Flies Symbol Analysis Throughout Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding implies many themes and symbols represented through the actions of the boys and the events taking place. Some of the themes are friendship‚ the need for social order‚ and loneliness and the need for companionship. A couple of the symbols are leadership (Ralph) and spirituality (Simon). Poems that can go along with these themes and symbols include: The Road not Taken‚ by Robert Frost‚ If by Rudyard Kipling‚ London by William
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Christmas Carol What is Charles Dickens moral message and how does he communicate it to the reader in “A Christmas Carol”? Christmas carol is a novel written by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) during the Victorian times in London. For me to explore the moral messages I feel it is important to acknowledge exactly what the message is. Charles Dickens throughout the novel communicates; Charity‚ goodwill‚ family‚ kindliness and humility as moral messages‚ however‚ I personally feel Charles Dickens most
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How does Carol Ann Duffy challenge the “familiar cultural stereotypes” of women in ‘Mrs Beast’ ? One construction of feminism in the poem is female dominance over men. The Beast is shown as the weaker of the male culture due to his unappealing image “ugly as sin”. The Beast sees the narrators seeming interest in him as a miracle and is portrayed as desperate to keep her attention even it means living with her neglect. Here we see that the there is a reversal of gender stereotype as the Beast takes
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