Lurvin Magana-Calles Heidi Kozlowski English 1B September 28‚ 2014 Where Are you Going‚ Where HaveYou Been? Analysis “Where Are you Going‚ Where Have You Been? Is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates about a fifteen year old girl’s that lives a dual life for self-importance‚ an unforgiving desire for irresponsibility‚ yet doubtfulness to leave the security of family and the comfort ‘of sleeping on her bed again’ ( Oates 77) . Connie is a young girl that likes listening to music ‘that made everything
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Rhetorical Strategies and Stylistic Devices Alliteration- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Ex. “GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE‚ COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN‚ AND WISDOM ALWAYS TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE.” (Slaughter House-Five‚60) Allusion- a brief and indirect reference to a person‚ place‚ thing or idea of historical‚ cultural‚ literary or political significance. Ex. “Canst thou draw
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Miller 1 Timothy B. Miller Prof. Nicholas Young LITR-221 June 23‚ 2013 Where Have You Been‚ Where Are You Going: A. Friend’s View. His name was Arnold Friend. He was getting older but still liked the young ladies around town. Arnold came from a broken home. His father had been in prison since right after his birth for some reason or another and his mother did her best to raise him courting a string of good-for-nothing losers who were in and out of her life faster than crap through a goose
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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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Alfred Green uses many rhetorical strategies to convince free African Americans to join the Union forces. Green uses allusion‚ pathos‚ and repetition to persuade them to join in the fight. Green alludes to Thomas Paine‚ Washington‚ and Jackson. In lines 21-22‚ he uses the expression “days that tried men’s souls” as a direct allusion to Paine’s inspiring writings at the time of the American Revolution. He mentions the “brave deeds of our fathers” (line 9) Washington and Jackson as people who fought
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endured. Crime as a main source of London’s social problems ran rampant‚ streets became unsafe as criminal activity spiked and new criminals were being imprisoned every day. In these times criminals were considered to be the lowest people in terms of social class and so were often deemed as dangerous‚ Disgraceful and generally bad in every sense. Charles Dickens believed that there are exceptions to all criminals being bad‚ in the sense that you cannot determine a person’s character just because he commits
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Where It All Started Ama Baffoe It all started on a Saturday morning. I used to hate basketball so much‚ but my dad woke me u saying that I had basket ball the next day. I was so furious but it was morning so I thought i was dreaming. Once I found out it was real and not a nightmare I ignored my dad which only lasted for about 30 minutes. Me being the 6 year old I was I couldn’t ignore my parents or hold a grudge for long. My parents drove me to Nike Outlet and got me my basketball shoes and my
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Japanese government implies the annual hunts are used for pest control. They tell their fishermen that the dolphins are eating up all the fish in the ocean‚ therefore‚ giving a reason to catch them first (“The Cove”). What the fishermen do not understand or don’t want to understand is it is the humans who are causing the depletion of fish. What happens when all the dolphins are gone? It would completely damage and affect the ecosystem. Why can’t people physically help the dolphins? People who go to Japan
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“Gone Baby Gone” First Maxim Based on the main final action of the movie “Gone Baby Gone” it can be asserted that Patrick Kenzie acted in agreement with the moral aspect. This assertion rests on the fact that he acted in the right manner without any condition. This statement is true since he opted to report the matter about the kidnapping of the four years child to the police rather than remaining silence. Even though he was persuaded by Angie Gennaro and Jack Doyle not to report the matter to the
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with music‚ miniskirts‚ sexual freedom 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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