Danette Willis June 15‚ 2013 English 11238A A Masterpiece in Disguise The first line of Oates literary work “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” indicates that the conclusion to Connie’s existence may have come to a terrible end. In the short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ the story takes you on a journey through the eyes of a helpless girl‚ who‚ as shown by the three opening words‚ came to a very unfortunate collapse. This particular
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dad was 14 when he moved out and into his first apartment‚ with my mom. Barely making it out of highschool college was out of the option. Starting from basically nothing it’s hard to imagine riding on nothing for most of your teenage and young adult life. They didn’t have a plan and certainly didn’t think to start making one then. If they saw that a place was hiring they applied. if they found a place to get food and clothes at a lesser price then took what they could afford. They made the best out
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Where You’re Going‚ Is Somewhere You Have Never Been As you read through this short story written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ you will read about the story of a normal teenage girl‚ Connie‚ that loves to believe that she is far more mature than she really is. Her maturity that she longs for throughout the story is then forced upon her and‚ then her true colors show. They show that no matter how mature she thinks she is‚ she is still pretty far from full adulthood and is well in the middle of adolescence
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Do you think being popular in highschool help your success after school is over and and done with ? Well if you are one of those people who think being popular in highschool going to help your success after you graduate well I’ll explain why I agree with that statement. Popularity in school does not help you in school accomplishing passing a test but it does help you cheat off someone and help you get your homework done. Popularity gets you known and recognized as a person and helps you earn respect
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High School was a great experience. Not only did it teach me about Math‚ History and English‚ but it also taught me about choices and consequences. I had several close friends who did not get the same experience that I did. One of my friends had a rough start in life. At the end of our junior year she became pregnant with her first child. We started our senior year ready to celebrate our high school years coming to an end. She had so many plans for after high school. As the school year went on she
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The protagonist of Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is a vain and stubborn girl named Connie. Fifteen years old‚ she believes beauty is everything and is nothing short of rebellious‚ maintaining two different personas: one for at home with her family and one for going out with her friends. One night out with her girl friends‚ Connie spots a young man watching her. He promises to come get her. The next day‚ the man comes to Connie’s house‚ keeping his word‚ and spends
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until high school graduation and on their own with the future to think about; that person was me. I decided that I was going to wait a couple of years before I went back to school and I really wish that I wouldn’t have. If I wouldn’t have waited‚ I would already be done with my degree and making good money. Students should attend college immediately after high school to better their education‚ achieve independence‚ and earn higher wages. Students who choose to go to college in the fall after graduation
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Determining what you want to do after high school is a hard task. Theirs so many options on career paths that anyone can choose. The one thing I think I would enjoy most after high school is politics. There are many great schools that teach political science. But the one school I would probably choose is University of Iowa. Iowa has four different political science programs and one government program. The University of Iowa has many things to offer to the students that there‚ such as American Politics
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Attending college after high school will expand any student’s knowledge‚ it is a time of self -discovery and transition into adulthood. Attending college may be an easy or difficult decision. Choosing the right school or the school that is right for the students’ needs is an important decision to make. Whether attending a four-year university far from home or a community college‚ the main goal of college is to provide an education that is used to join the ranks of the working world. There will
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What Happens After High School? After completing the survey for my economics course it gave me a career field that I should consider joining based off of my answers to the survey. The field I was given was investigative. I agree with choice because I love to solve puzzles and work with things that makes me have to think to figure it out. Also‚ the investigative field is a good fit for me because the jobs that are involved in this field involve math which is one of my favorite subjects whether it
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