“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is the suspenseful tale of fifteen year old Connie and her situation with a strange man. Connie‚ who usually enjoys the attention of the older boys‚ sees the man randomly when she is on a date. Some time later‚ the man shows up to Connie’s house and asks her if she wants to go for a ride with him and his friend. The man introduces himself as Arnold Friend‚ claiming to be eighteen years old. Connie soon begins to realize the two men look much older than
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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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stories “Where are you Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Oates and “Castle Nowhere” by Woolson offer a strong basis for comparison and contrast in terms of canonical and non-canonical texts through characterization‚ genre/tone‚ setting‚ themes‚ and symbolism. While many of the obvious differences reside in concrete categories like setting‚ genre/tone‚ and characterization‚ there are alluring similarities in theme and symbolism that can allow the reader to conclude the canonization of “Where are you Going
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because I have no college funds. My college savings were used in order to try and keep my step dad from being extradited back to England. In the end he still got deported leaving me and my little sister to survive off of my single mom’s teacher salary. My ex-step dad‚ who has been in England for four years now‚ has not pay child support at all for my little sister which makes it extra difficult on my single mother. I plan on staying at Polk State through the rest of my college career in order to
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Contrast Essay Community College vs. Universities Choosing a college means going to a new‚ unfamiliar world of immense possibilities. One of the hardest decisions a high school graduate face is the choice between attending a Community College or a University. Although Universities and Community College serve the same purpose‚ each has its differences and similarities in their learning such as the admission requirements‚ expenses‚ size‚ and student life. Community College are the most common type
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Anti-Intellectualism at College Universities Education once existed as something very valuable‚ and something that only the very wealthy obtained. You were considered lucky to have the opportunity of getting an education‚ and not many took it for granted. Today‚ nearly everybody receives an education of some degree‚ and things have definitely changed. Students simply get educations because they are expected to or are required to. As the years have progressed‚ less and less students actually enjoy
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In 2006‚ Fiona Apple covers the 1986 single “I Want You” live from “Decades Rock Live!” along with the original artist Elvis Costello. (This song is originally from the album “Blood and Chocolate.”) It is about the speaker who wants his love‚ despite the infidelities she possesses. Apple’s voice gives off a “dark and fierce” (21 Things) tone that influences Flynn to write about the love going “very‚ very wrong” (21 Things) present in Gone Girl‚ which clearly relates to what the song is about. Furthermore
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within a school‚ whereas inclusion was establishing a more extreme set of changes that a school had to undertake to encompass all children. Moving from her initial 1978 report‚ Warnock (2005) questioned the issue of inclusion as to where a child was geographically‚ to where they belong in terms of social and educational security and the idea of inclusion was “possibly the most dangerous legacy of the 1978 report” (Warnock 2005: 22). However‚ the coalition government in the Teather Report ‘Supporting
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Place for the 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
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Charles Howard Schmid‚ Jr. also known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson‚" was an American 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
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