serial killer. In the story‚ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates‚ the character Arnold Friend was based on the serial killer in which Connie was one of the many victims he had abducted. There are many possibilities on how the author intends the readers to understand it. Such as‚ it could be a dream that Connie is having‚ in all actuality it could be real; it could send a message to young women‚ or it becomes a nightmare when he comes as a demonic figure.
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Then picks it up. Out of an empty sky A swallow falls and‚ flickering through The barn‚ dives up again into the dizzy blue. I lie‚ not thinking‚ in the cool‚ soft grass‚ Afraid of where a thought might take me - This grasshopper with plated face Unfolds his legs and finds himself in space. Self under self‚ a pile of selves I stand Threaded on time‚ and with metaphysic hand Lift the farm like a lid and see Farm within farm‚ and in the centre‚ me. What objects can you find? Highlight them
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“CAN A REVOLUTION COME IN PAKISTAN?” Revolution has to be the one word‚ most thought of or used in Pakistan. Having being stuck as a nation as a pendulum between instability and stagnancy since the past 67 years‚ the notion of a revolution is what fascinates us most as a way to break through this quagmire. While a political party talks of bringing it in while sitting in the Government‚ others keep hankering for it. All is fine but the problem is – none other than us.
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Success can be defined in a various ways‚ and everyone have their own definitions about it. Some people think taking risks or chance is the way to get to success‚ while others believe that it is careful planning leads to success. Though there may be exceptions‚ most of the time success come from careful planning. In most of the cases‚ taking risks or chances are the key to success at the outset. It is quite difficult to succeed without having any risks. As we all know‚ Bill Gates once dropped
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Spirit Science Fair February 21‚ 2013 Where do planets come from? Abstract Astronomers have spent many centuries wondering how our solar system and its planets came to be. We could only see the end result of planet formation‚ not the process itself. And we had no other examples to study. Even with the knowledge gained about other solar system‚ we were left to wonder‚ are there other planetary systems out there‚ and did they form like ours? This project leads you to find out how mighty planets are formed
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Wicked The real world chooses to hide the wickedness of mankind‚ while the world of fiction chooses to highlight it. In the stories “The Overcoat” by Nikolai Gogol‚ “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez‚ and “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ especially highlight the time the horrible aspects of man. Each one highlighting the corruption of man in their own unique way. The social hierarchy is a key part to the wickedness of mankind. This is a
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In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ the main character‚ Connie‚ is on the brink of adulthood and is experimenting with the sexual freedom that comes with it. On the weekends‚ Connie and her friend go to the mall or the diner and pursue older boys with which they will slip into dark alleys or cars. One night‚ when leaving the diner to go hang out with a boy‚ a man in a gold convertible catches Connie’s eye and says to her‚ “Gonna get you‚ baby”. Later in the story‚ Connie is tanning outside
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and drugs. At that time‚ Joyce Carol Oates created her works‚ in which she talked about ordinary everyday affairs‚ giving them a specific dark climate fueled by the second bottom. A short story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" was written in such climate. Oates addressed the problem of growing up in the 1960s. For many people this period seemed to be bliss‚ but for others it was a period full of doubts and dilemmas. The main character of this story‚
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The story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” is essentially about a young woman’s strive for independence‚ which eventually leads to conflict. Girls today appear as mature women and in addition‚ are put into adult situations sometimes unwillingly. Oates portrays a social issue that relates to this current society by using symbolism and characterization while taking the reader on a journey throughout the thoughts and feelings of a teenage girl. There are two main symbols the author uses
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the last stanza ( A door- fields of snow) being a rhyming couplet‚ with the words ‘blow’ and ‘snows’. If you look at the poem at the end of the first stanza‚ the final line ends as a half line and at the same time the first line at the beginning of the second stanza starts exactly after the half line. The purpose Elizabeth did that because she would like to continue the second stanza exactly where the first stanza ended; so she has the same line of thought‚ but she moved from one place to another (city
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