How to Have a Successful Life 1. You must believe in yourself in enough to know you can succeed at anything you put your mind too. Don’t listen to anyone who puts your dreams down or says you can’t succeed at what you’re after. You already know you can and you will. 2. Success just doesn’t come to you‚ you have to go out and take it by the horn. Keep yourself motivated and focused on the prize that lies ahead at the end of the road. You will eventually reach your goal with a mindset like
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The Devil’s Favorite Sin: Vanity In "Where are You Going‚ Where Have you Been?" Joyce Carol Oates uses an allegorical figure of evil to illustrate the theme of temptation. Oates alludes to hell through the character Arnold Friend‚ as the devil‚ and his victim Connie‚ who invites him in by committing one of the devil’s favorites sins: vanity. The narrator implies that Arnold Friend is Satan by giving certain clues that the reader can easily deduce. The name that Oates gives to the character
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When I hear the question‚ “Do you have any siblings?”‚ I am forced to reply yes. “An older and younger brother”‚ I explain. Though‚ often times‚ I feel as though I do not have an older brother. As children‚ our differences blurred. Both him and I could run across sandy beaches and green hills with the same laughter coursing throughout our bodies. We could battle against each other in Pokemon and watch Saturday morning cartoons together. Yet‚ with time it became clear to my parents that something
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The Eyes Are Not Here” [also known as “The Girl on the Train” and “The Eyes Have It”] is a short story by Ruskin Bond‚ an Indian writer. The story exudes irony. The story uses first person point of view. Not far into the story‚ the reader discovers that the narrator is blind but apparently has not always been. Riding on a train and sitting in a compartment provides the setting of the story. This story is an excellent example of situational irony which employs a plot device in which events turn
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Reflection Paper Classrooms have changed a lot over the past four decades. When I was a child‚ I do not recall having any diverse learners in my classes. There were some children in my neighborhood who had learning disabilities‚ but they attended school somewhere else and I had little exposure to children that were different from myself. Today‚ my own children attend school in a very different environment than I did. Both of my daughters have boys in their classes who have Asperger’s Syndrome. They
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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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"You have been my friends. That in itself is a tremendous thing." - E.B. White - "I always knew that when I looked back on the times I cried I would smile. But I never knew that when I looked back on the times I smiled I would cry." "My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my desperation." - Helen Keller - "One day at a time‚ this is enough. Don’t
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You should have enough rest Nothing better than feeling of waking up completely and full refreshed. Sleep is necessary and important for life. Today‚ a person has lacked sleeping because of a busy schedule‚ every day. In today most people have timed to sleep around 4-6 hours If you think that’s enough‚ then you think wrong. That is not enough for the human body. This is an issue that should be solved urgently because Sleep not enough to have a bad affect than you think
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societal and cultural values during 1960s can be seen through Joyce Carol Oates’‚ “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?” The story‚ which narrates the fatal destiny of fifteen year old Connie‚ shows the rise of a pop-culture/music guided society‚ it also shows the rise of the sexual revolution and the disregard for women‚ and the negligence of parents at the time. In the story the devil is represented by ARNOLD FRIEND‚ who at the end of the story seduces Connie into her own doom. Connie meets
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Be Careful What You Wish For Anything that is too much is harmful. The main character in "Where are you going‚ Where have you been?" Connie‚ faces the end conclusion of her shallow ways when she is approached by evil in human form. She had an excess of self-confidence. This self-confidence leads to a false sense of security and bad reputation. Connie also had a large amount of bad choices. She would do her best to impress boys with her looks; eventually she impressed the wrong guy. This
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