hadn’t grown up and realized he needed to give it his all in order to survive considering he would never have made it out alive otherwise. Finny struggles to accept how things are considering he lives in his own perfect world. Connie put herself in an adult and more mature world when her mentality was still in a young and innocent state. In Night by Elie Wiesel ‚ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates‚ and A Separate
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In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” the author uses clothes as a symbol to reveal our protagonist and antagonist individualities. Connie who is our protagonist is a fifteen-year-old girl who has the habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors. Connie wears a pullover jersey blouse that looked one way when she is home and another way when she is away‚ in where she wears shorts. In the text‚ it states that “They must have been familiar sights walking around the shopping plaza in their
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Assignment: Reading Journal 2 Course: ENG 1120(F) Literature and Composition 1 As I read the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ I noticed that there are two stories taking place that would lead me to anticipate different future events. From the beginning of the story‚ the main character‚ Connie‚ shows to be a lazy‚ stylish girl who is trying‚ unlike her sister June‚ to be independent of family life in favor of breaking through sexual maturity and independence. Knowing about
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double sidedness of pride. Brother’s pride pushes him to give Doodle a life away from his rubber sheet on the bed. When Brother’s obsession with turning Doodle into the "ideal" Brother goes too far‚ his pride pushes Doodle to his early death. “I should have already admitted defeat but my pride wouldn’t let me.”(346) When he takes Doodle to Horsehead Swamp that Saturday before the first day of school‚ he knows it’s too late to meet the goals he set for Doodle. Again we see shame and pride coming together
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walker. These three students would tare up my work. I was really intimidated by them so‚ I would fail in order not to be bullied. Sometimes it wouldn work‚ I would be in trouble for my work being torn all the time. In addition to that‚ I would not turn in work. Just about everyday I was telling my teacher or administration about me being bullied. Well‚ they got tired of it and game the three boys and me silent lunch for the rest of the week. Than the teachers caught the three
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Have you ever read a story‚ and were so intrigued that you wish you were the main character so that you could change the way they reacted to certain things? I have‚ and when I read "Footfalls" I found myself doing that very thing. "Footfalls" was written by Wilbur Daniel Steele‚ an amazing author who really knows how to capture the reader’s attention and involve them in the story. In the story‚ a man named Boaz Negro is against Campbell Wood because Wood killed Boaz’s last living son. In this paper
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Brandi Macasinag-Peterson 1/11/13 Block 4 Have you ever read the book Anthem by Ayn Rand? It’s about a man‚ Equality 7-2521‚ that is writing a journal in an underground tunnel he found. That was not allowed in the place he was living at. They had very strict rules to live by‚ and were told how to live. Freedom of speech‚ and freedom of the press is the most important to adopt for their society. Freedom of speech is the right to express your ideas and opinions when you’re speaking. Equality
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Where are you going‚ Where have you been? by Joyce Carol Oates is an interesting piece of literature. Due to the intense nature of the story‚ many criticisms have come up. Many theories have been developed about hidden meanings within the work. One that is very controversial is the allusion to the bible. Many people say that there are clear references to the bible through a hidden code but this is not the case. Oates’s inspiration for the short story came from a magazine article about a series of
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The story‚ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? By Joyce Carol‚ is a story told in a third person perspective‚ regarding Connie‚ a 15-year-old. She and her mother have not at all gotten along. Her mother consistently compares her with her sister‚ and her father barely ever speaks with his daughters. One night‚ Connie and her best friend go to a shopping plaza. As instantly the adult is out of sight they cross the highway into a drive-in restaurant and stay on the restaurant’s counter. Thereafter
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Response to the film Bullied Starting in seventh grade Jamie Nabozny was bullied almost daily. He was hit punched‚ kicked‚ and called names. He told the principle who said he would get help‚ but nothing changed. By the end of seventh grade Jamie tried to commit suicide by swallowing pills. Jamie returned to middle school for eighth grade and was cornered in the bathroom on the first day back. His mother immediately demanded a meeting with the bullies and their mothers to try to settle the bullying
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