Many people have different perspectives about who can have the balance between their houses and jobs. In “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All‚” Anne-Marie Slaughter makes a point in her essay which is that women cannot have it all. However‚ in “Why Men Still Can’t Have It All‚” Richard Dorment responds to her essay with a different opinion saying that men cannot have it all‚ and he makes arguments to prove his opinion. To understand his opinion‚ we are going to look at his points‚ how did he make the
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The dramatic irony of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” conveys the tone of warning about temptation. Connie’s situation is that she does not feel appreciated at home and uses her looks and actions to get attention and appreciation from boys even if it is short-term. She is self-conscious about her looks and is constantly worried about how other people perceive her. Friend’s fantasy is that Connie will willingly go with him and be his “lover” (605) even before he officially met her. The
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Connie is a young fifteen year old who cares about her sexual drive that men have toward her. “The 1960s unleashed the so called sexual revolution. It seemed more a source of comic relief and tragic nostalgic recirculation than political inspiration…” This revolution consisted of women demanding their own rights so they could become more and more independent. There were significant shifts in social attitudes‚ behaviors‚ and institutional regulations at the beginning of the 60’s and also lasted through
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to perform in the film “A Few Good Men.” They were ordered by their superior Colonel to perform a “code red‚” an action that was outlawed by the military many years ago where members of the same squad punish each other for not performing well enough‚ on a weak soldier named William Santiago. However‚ they were not to blame for the murder because disregarding an order from an officer is a crime in the military‚ and if they had not done the code red than they could have been discharged from the military
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person’s life they experience a transition from childhood to adulthood. This transition is significant in a person’s life and it can be different for men and women. Not all transitions to adulthood are peaceful; they can violent transitions as seen in Richard Wright’s The Man Who Was Almost a Man and Joyce Carol Oates’ Where are You Going‚ Where Have You Been. These two stories reflect how males and females are represented differently in society through the protagonist violent transition to adulthood
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Paper “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is a short story that poses many questions centered around the protagonist‚ Connie and the antagonist Arnold Friend and his “comrade” Ellie. The fate of Connie at the end of the story is still up for debate after all these years after the story was published in 1966. The main question posed is who actually is Arnold Friend? Is he the devil or something else? The answer may never be fully known but in
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Innocence “Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?” presents many themes and symbols to the reader. One that jumped out at me while reading the story was the overall feeling of innocence. Joyce Carol Oates shows us innocence from the very beginning of the story to the end where Connie loses self-control and power. From the first paragraph of the story we learn that Connie is a young fifteen year old who longs for attention and acceptance. I was able to relate to the story better when I paused
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Reflection A Few Good Men 1. What led Lt. Dan Kaffee to plead not guilty for the two accused marines? Even though Lt. Dan Kaffee has no experience in trial court and always plea his cases out‚ he was convince that there is something not right about the case of two marines that was accused of murder. With the help of other co-lawyer‚ Lt. Commander Jo Galloway and Lt. j.g. Sam Weinberg‚ they find proof about their suspicion. They believe that the two accused marines did not intentionally killed Pfc
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In “Why Men Still Can’t Have It All” by Richard Dorment‚ the author primarily focuses on the idea on how men cannot “have it all” either‚ due to the competing demands of work and home being even harsher or the same as women. He argues that men are more than ever facing a problem of balancing work and home life‚ as men now clean and cook more than they did 50 years ago. He states that while men still have to work the long hours they do‚ they come home to a new set of expectations and are ridiculed
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Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates about an average fifteen year old girl who is not unlike many other girls her age‚ she is self-absorbed‚ and has a “Nervous giggling habit of craning her neck and glancing into the mirror‚ or checking other people’s face’s to make sure her own was all right.”(Oates‚ 388) The story takes place in Middle America. Oates wrote “Where are you going‚ where have you been?”
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