Kindred‚ a Sci-fi novel‚ by Octavia E. Butler‚ is about a young‚ black woman‚ named Dana in the 1970s‚ who time-travels to the past when slavery was prominent. At this time‚ plantations are embedded in society‚ and colored people have almost no rights. In her first experience in the past‚ she ends up saving a young boy drowning in the river. However‚ as she returns him to his mother‚ she learns the challenges that people of color face during this era. Dana realizes that she gained an uncontrollable
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Judith Butler‚ attempting to bridge gender and feminist theories emphasized the notion of performance as an “analytical category that allows for critical intervention” (Hall‚ 2013‚ p. 112). Viewing identity as different facets of scripted performance‚ Butler saw the opportunity to subvert interpretation of gender and sexuality norms as an effort to destabilize hierarchical traditions‚ like those seen in medical and legal discourses (Hall‚ 2013). J. Jack Halberstam‚ who focuses on a melding of queer
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In the passage of Undoing Butler‚ it shows an interesting point of view in the life of transexual. Often times‚ transgender topics will not go in depth with the process and the thoughts of the person. The passage focused on a David Reimer; his biological gender is a male and it was decided by his parent to raise him as a women after an incident. His parents renamed David to Branda. Brenda tends to enjoy toys that are designed for boys at the age of nine. At her pre-teenage years‚ she decided she
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and it’s wound being clearly visible to the naked eye. This case became controversial and it is believed that there was racial discrimination and profiling involved because Brenton Butler‚ and young black male‚ was arrested several hours later by police. Police Investigation In the process of the arrest of Brenton Butler‚ there was no extensive investigation done by the police. During the trial‚ this fact was admitted by the officers when Pat McGuiness‚ who was representing Brenton‚ raised the point
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The comparison of character between Scarlett and Tess ----character determines destiny By Katy Tam Abstract Tess of D’Ubervilles isThomas Hardy’s famous work‚ Gone with the Wind also is Margaret Mitchell successful novel‚ both two novels have an impact on literature study.Tess and Scarlett are the heroines of Tess of D’Urbervilles and Gone with the Wind. From the angle of character‚ many scholars have their own views on them. This paper
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In the fifth sermon‚ Joseph Butler looks at how it is that we are commanded to love our neighbor as ourselves. He argues that that in order to understand how we are to love our neighbor‚ we first need to consider the different meanings that “as thy self” could have‚ such as that we should have a similar affection towards our neighbor as what we have for ourselves. Butler states that our affections toward others should be similar to the affections we have toward ourselves. This means that‚ just as
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It is clear to see that the character Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind precisely symbolizes the main chacteristics of American. In the conversation with Scarlett‚ he responds her suspicion of his politic intention that “Not a change of heart at all. Merely a change of hide. You might possibly sponge the spots off a leopard but he’d remain a leopard‚ just the same.” Through this saying‚ the personalities of Rhett Butler in particularity‚ as well as of American people in generality‚ are partially
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Judith Butler in Media Studies When reading a biography of Judith Butler‚ a person would typically see a discussion of a highly intelligent philosopher of feminism‚ political theory‚ ethical and moral responsibility or gender studies. Her bibliographies are commonly describes as have a career focused on “research ranging from literary theory‚ modern philosophical fiction‚ feminist‚ gender and sexuality studies‚ to 19th- and 20th-century European literature and philosophy‚ Kafka and loss‚ mourning
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Only a few hours after the shooting took place‚ James Stephens identified Brenton Butler as the suspect. During one of the scenes in the documentary his testimony relevant to the identification was shown. As the police were walking Butler towards the crime scene‚ James Stephens was somehow able to confirm that he was the shooter from fifty feet away. He was then allowed to sit in the back of a patrol car next to Butler to confirm that he was in fact correct. This situation is called a showup. Because
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D.J. Butler is an American novelist from Rocky Mountain west who writes children’s fiction‚ science fiction‚ steampunk‚ and fantasy novels. Butler trained as a lawyer and worked as a legal expert for a major multinational semiconductor manufacturer and as a securities lawyer before going into private practice. He is also a corporate trainer‚ consultant‚ and teacher of business acumen to employees of some of the top companies in the United States. He is famously a love of the languages and language
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