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    films alike. In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" Oates depicts Arnold Friend as the Devil; we can see this through his physical description‚ strange seduction‚ and his supernatural knowledge of Connie. The bodily features of Arnold Friend suggest he is the devil in disguise. During the whole event‚ Connie recognizes the way Arnold Friend "wobbled in his high boots" (196). She believed that he may have been a drunken stumbling man until she identifies "one of

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    The comparison between learned in books and knowledge gained from experience The education is the most important thing in our life‚ without it we can’t solve our problem and the logic thinking. By the way any education in my opinion will be benefit whatever it is depend on the book or our skill‚ the doctor have to study in the book and be good doctor by the way the barber is not depend in the book he has to looking to the designer off his boss and after time he can to make it without his boss.

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    When a person is faced with obstacles‚ there is 3 options. They can overcome‚ fail‚ or avoid. One of the hardest obstacles that I have faced was my depression and social anxiety. Despite what you would think tho‚ it wasn’t easy. I’m sure that if someone has help it could make it a lot less challenging. Starting in about 4th grade‚ I went through a vast amount of life altering events that made me who I am today. From moving all the time‚ to horrible stepfamilies and constantly losing friends‚ I’ve

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    Compliance. Frederick: Jul/Aug 2007. Vol. 9‚ Iss. 4; pg. 41‚ 3 pgs Abstract (Summary) The author used Kohlberg’s development stages to analyze the personal code of ethics she had already established. In the compliance work that she does‚ there is definite insight that legal and moral points of view conflict. She does have a professional code of ethics. It applies to her job in its entirety. In the code there is an obligation to the public‚ the organization for which she works‚ and the profession

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    symbols and signs with learned and shared meanings within a culture”. It can be written‚ spoken‚ and with gestures or signs. This article is about how language shapes culture in a variety of ways. Language is the key component to a culture‚ without it there is no culture. Every culture has their own language‚ each of us might speak differently but doesn’t necessarily mean we think differently. In education‚ is mainly where we learn the language in whatever culture you’re from. We are taught how to

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    Do you think that highly influential people gain power? In other words‚ are influence and power related? Yes‚ we think influence and power are related. Identification occurs when people accept the direction or influence of others because they identify with the power holders and seek to maintain relationships with them—not because they value or even agree with what they have been asked to do. French and Raven’s concept of referent power is based on the same sort of personal attractiveness as is

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    profoundly‚ about its purpose. At one pole was a group led by the Adams cousins (John and Samuel)‚ Richard Henry Lee of Virginia‚ and others‚ who favored complete independence from Great Britain. At the other was a group led by such moderates as John Dickinson of Pennsylvania‚ who hoped for modest Reforms in the imperial relationship what would permit permit an early reconciliation with Great Britain. Most of the delegates tried to find some middle ground between these positions. They demonstrated their

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    What You Pawn I Will Redeem I found Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” particularly interesting in terms of style and voice. The narrator seems very nonchalant about all of the events that occur in the story. The main premise is that the narrator‚ Jackson‚ a homeless Native American‚ finds his grandmother’s regalia in a pawnshop and aims to buy it back from the owner. He can buy the regalia back for a thousand dollars‚ so he sets off to try and make the money. The interesting thing

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    Where are you going‚ Where have you been? This is a horrifying and haunting story that shows a girl who resulted in an awful situation. She rejects the role of being a daughter‚ sister‚ and a nice girl to refine her sexual personality. She has an obsession with her looks‚ loves to hang out with her friends and flirts with boys older than her. This award directly goes to Connie which is the main character of the book called‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol. Connie is

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    The story “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” by Joyce Carol Oats embraces some ideas of existentialism theory‚ popular in the sixtieths of the past century‚ that a person’s true and best qualities reveal during dramatic situations‚ usually during their fighting for life. This story is about a teenage girl‚ whose behavior and a perception of self drastically changes within minutes because of a brutal reality breaking into her life and destroying it. Connie is a protagonist of the story.

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