Judith Ortiz Cofer: Understanding a Writer Judith Ortíz Cofer was born in Hormigueros‚ Puerto Rico in 1952. She was raised on the island and in Paterson‚ New Jersey‚ before her family finally settled in Augusta‚ Georgia. She received her B.A. in English from Augusta College in 1974‚ and her M.A. in English from Florida Atlantic University‚ and did graduate school at Oxford University in 1977 (Judith). Her collections of poetry include The Year of Our Revolution: New and Selected Stories and
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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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The narrative written by Judith Ortiz Cofer discusses some of the many experiences she has encountered throughout her life dealing with stereotypes and common misconceptions of Latin American women. To further engage her audience in the story‚ she provides detailed past experiences that have stood out to her the most. In order for the readers to fully understand those past encounters‚ some of which are cultural and common among Latinos‚ Cofer explains them in careful detail. For example‚ Cofer explains
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for many philosophers. Some philosophers‚ including Don Marquis‚ view that abortion is mostly impermissible. They find abortion impermissible because it kills and innocent person and denies the fetus of a future of value. Other philosophers‚ like Judith Thomson‚ view that abortions are more permissible. They believe that mothers’ rights out-weigh the fetus’s right to life. I will present both sides of the abortion
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People are often judged by others and in reality‚ they are just misunderstood. Looks are often deceiving‚ and all that is gold does not glitter. A person could have trouble at home‚ in school‚ or in another aspect of life‚ but no one would be able to tell. The only way to truly understand someone is to stand in their shoes and live their life. Many times in the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the characters are just misunderstood. Mr. Arthur Radley‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Mrs. Dubose‚ among others‚
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In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s short story “Volar‚” a girl who is a huge fan of comic books dreams of being a Superhero but realizes her reality. Whether a child or an adult‚ most of us have our dreams; however‚ not all wishes become true. The narrator‚ the girl‚ begins her story describing how much she loves comic books such as Legion of SuperHeroes and Supergirl so much that a pile of her books is high as she is. She smoothly continues with her repeated dream in which Cofer vividly conveys the image that
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Reading the article “The Meaning Of Gender” written by Judith A. Howard and Jocelyn A Hollander helps me understand the different roles of gender in today’s society. There is a difference between sex and gender‚ sex is what describes the person and the gender is a personal identification. Learning about the difference I realized that gender doesn’t just say if you’re a female or male it shows the different roles played by the person.Sometimes having different sex doesn’t mean that it’s not okay to
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examine as well as explain two pieces of artwork that share identical themes within the culture of self-portraits in terms of appearance as well as personality. The first painting is a piece that is named simply Self-Portrait created by the artist Judith Leyster. The piece is dated to be created in the year of 1630. It was a painting of Ms. Leyster herself sitting at an easel painting. Self-portraits were created to depict one’s self in their natural habitat‚ whether that be an artist painting
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applied theory in the real world. In this paper I will be explaining and extrapolating upon two key concepts that have been introduced in the unit readings; performativity and intersectionality. Having coined the term in her book‚ Gender Trouble‚ Judith Butler’s theory on gender peformativity is arguably one of the most widely referenced concepts in the gender studies field. Gender perfomativity theorises that we‚ as
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Hedda Gabler can be a misunderstood character at times. She can make you really think. Married George Tessman‚ a scholar in the history of civilization. After a half yearlong honeymoon and research trip‚ the couple has arrived back home in order to relax into a comfortable and conventional existence. Tessman is planning on becoming a professor at the University‚ however it is not all smoothing sailing from then on. It soon becomes quite obvious that Hedda is bored of most aspects of her life. She
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