In Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are you Going, Where Have You Been" there is a clear interpretation of evil in Arnold Friend's portrayal of a demon who tries to lure Connie into his world of sex and emotion. Joyce Carol Oates seems to create scenarios of real life and center them into her story. The harsh reality she includes in this story is that there actually are demons like Arnold Friend in the world. ... The new lands that Connie sees behind Arnold are symbolic of new experiences that Arnold will show her and possibly sex. ... Oates tries to use reality in her story and, unfort...

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The entire story seems like a love story, but it also reveals a man who is trying to find his happiness and freedom in the society he lived in. ... In the story Chekhov describes the main character of the story as a victim of the society. The main character of the story is a middle age man called Gurov. ... In the story, he describes his wife to be "narrow minded and graceless." ... Eventually, he realized that sex would not bring him the feeling of freedom and happiness, and he should look for is something beyond the sex, something on the emotional level. ...

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Early on in the novel Great Expectations, Dickens introduces the concept of imprisonment, a theme that is subtly intertwined throughout the story. ... Sitting in the confines of Satis house, she methodically plots her revenge on the male sex by instilling twisted values into Estella as she rears her. ... - As the reader can see, imprisonment is a theme that is intertwined throughout the story. ...

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Interest Level/Reading level: As stated above, the story is about first loves and first sexual experiences. ... It was a quick read not only because the writing was easy to understand but also the suspense and the story kept me wanting to continue to read. ... Plot Summary: Forever is a story of first loves. ... Not long after the issue of sex is brought into the picture. ... Personal Notes for Using the Book: The story is a very realistic portrayal of what first love is really like. ...

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Michael is the abuser in the story, he is very one sided and thinks he is correct with whatever he does in his relationship. This story is taking place in New York City on 5th Ave. mainly in a bar. ... He has the mind of a teenage boy who thinks of women as sex symbols who are on this earth to please men. ... The protagonist in this story Frances is favored by the author. ... But at the end of the story she gains a little backbone by telling him, "Keep it to yourself. ...

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As you read his story, through his observations, medical research, from the professional ream as well as his personal you will understand. ... In the first sentence he uses "so many new books about dying" His first effect was to imagine how easily they are available by placing them by the health diet and home repair paperbacks and the sex manuals. ... But, he knows his plan and is drawing us into his story. ... This is the point that his story begins to make some sense. ... He has many simple sentences and complex sentences in the story. ...

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An example of Holden's loss of innocence creating dilemmas for him was when he was thinking about sex and how he almost lost his virginity. ... Time after time, these kids will read The Catcher in the Rye and be able to relate with Holden's story because Holden's story sounds very similar to theirs. The class discussions about Holden's story will never die out, along with the lessons that are derived from it. ...

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The Chrysanthemums Throughout history women have often been portrayed as the subordinates of men or the weaker sex. ... Many famous writers have addressed this issue in their novels or short stories. ... The story ends on this sour note with Elisa crying weakly like an old woman. ... In conclusion, this story at first seemed to be an ordinary story with an ordinary character. While reading this story closer the symbols give a better understanding of this unique character. ...

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- How do you expect the story will end after you've read the first ten pages? ... I mean unused by sex, by money, by making friends and influencing people, hardly touched by any of the muck one's forced to wade through to get what one wants." ...

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I will give a basic summary of the story line, and I intend to show the omniscient narrator's point of view in analysis of the characters. ... The story is told over a time period of several months, from December 1952 through December 1953. The book opens with the story of the death of the five-year-old who is adored by her family. ... Maribeth makes a huge mistake by letting an older boy talk her into drinking and having sex with him one night. ... Throughout the story, Maribeth tells Tommy that some people are only here for short periods of time, to help other people and to teach th...

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This is a harrowing story Life - Size, told in the first person narrative, of an obsession with food and body image. "One day I will be thin enough" says Josie, the 25 year old anorectic women who has been hospitalised for the life-threaten self starvation. "Just the bones the pure clear shape of ...

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He first appears in the story when a young Sula and Nel are walking down the street and he audibly whispers something that stays with Sula the rest of her life: "So, when he said "pig meat" as Nel and Sula passed, they guarded their eyes lest someone see their delight." (50). Later in the novel, after Sula has left town for a while and come back only to betray everyone close to her and completely lose interest in sex, Ajax re-enters her life. ...

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Sula "Sula" by Tony Morrison is the story of a friendship between Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who are opposites in the way of relating to other people, to the world around them, and to themselves. ... Sula decides that "sex is pleasant and frequent, but otherwise insignificant." (44) Sula grows up in the atmosphere of an emotional separation between mothers and daughters in her family. ...

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