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    Judith Butler Response

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    of what they believe the answer to be. The first statement that Butler opens with is‚ "What makes for a livable world is no idol question". This statement almost seems like a question directed to the reader. I believe that people interpret what they believe would make their lives bearable differently. What I may seem bearable for my own life may be unbearable to another’s. It is up to the individual to decide for themselves. Butler continues by saying‚ "It becomes a question of ethics when someone

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    Butler Lumber Company

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    Butler Lumber Company Background: Butler Lumber Company was founded in 1981‚ in a large city in the Pacific Northwest. Typical products of the company included plywood‚ moldings‚ and sash and door products. After a rapid growth in its business during recent years‚ the company in the spring of 1991 anticipated a further substantial increase in sales. Despite good profits the company experienced a shortage in cash and found it necessary to increase its bank borrowings. Issues: • Butler Lumber

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    1984 Dystopia Analysis

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    Dystopia. The idea is explored in a now‚ quite saturated‚ genre of novels‚ many of which predict propaganda integrated into daily life‚ “controlling” the minds of the masses. 1984 is no longer the future‚ and neither is the twenty-first century. Many would believe that we still have yet to live in such conditions‚ but the truth contrasts this more than they may be aware. Propaganda is more prevalent than ever‚ with the advent of the internet‚ a powerful tool that when wielded can instantly connect

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    Judith Butler Imitation

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    One of the most important quotes Judith Butler uses in her writing is seen in‚ Imitation and Gender Subordination. Judith Butler explores the ideas that gender is about a performance one must do and how gender has become an imitation of what others deem as acceptable behavior. She also explores that idea of why gender is important for a society and states‚ “Drag constitutes the mundane way in which genders are appropriated‚ theatricalized‚ worn‚ and done; it implies that all gendering is a kind of

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    The Singing Butler “Nati! There you are.” He rushed over to where she was seated on the ground on the BACKSHORE of the Spanish beach‚ and he joined her. Her stilettos lay there‚ partly covered by the sand‚ where she had kicked them off and left them. She appeared to have been there staring out in to the sea for a while. Wearing a long‚ scarlet gown with a HEMLINE just below her ankles‚ matching gloves‚ and her silky‚ chestnut hair elegantly pulled up‚ Natalia looked exceptionally beautiful. But by

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    The Butler Film Analysis

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    struggle the African-American culture faced. Daniels did this by properly identifying his target audience‚ defining the message he wanted to convey to his audience‚ and in turn‚ compiling an all-star cast to complete his vision for the movie. “’The Butler’ offers a powerful cinematic corrective to past failures and‚ in many instances‚ is revelatory in its deft treatment of America’s racial

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    experiment in a mall Cafe called Butler Chocolate‚ with a purpose of finding a way to help shoppers become happier. By giving each customer a piece of Butler ’s chocolate‚ the Cafe hoped to increase the number of smiling faces at the mall. Early findings have shown the importance of the research with shoppers averaging a happiness rating of 4/10 to begin‚ rising dramatically to an average of 5.6 after a Butler’s chocolate sample - a 16% increase in happiness. (Butler ’s Chocolates 2014) Our group found

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    Brave New World Dystopia

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    promiscuity‚ and the elimination of religion and family. Utopias are societies that possess highly desirable or perfect qualities. However‚ the society in Brave New World does not possess these desirable or perfect qualities and is therefore a dystopia. Throughout the entire novel Huxley demonstrates that this society is missing all the key characteristics of a utopia. The World State eliminates the word family. Family units do not exist anymore‚ which means that there are no parents or siblings

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    persistence‚ what remains is an enthusiasm of the moment. Without adaptability‚ what remains may be channeled into destructive fanaticism. Without positive obsession‚ there is nothing at all. (Butler‚ 1) ~ Webster defines a prodigy as a “young person who is unusually talented in some way.” (“Prodigy”). Octavia E. Butler’s main character Laren Oya Olamina‚ of whom I will refer to as Lauren‚ was indeed a prodigy. Her unusual talent draws a remarkable resemblance to that of our modern day prodigies

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    William Butler Yeats

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    oriental mysticism. He changed from suggestive‚ beautiful lyricism to tragic bitterness. (Yeats 1‚ 1). His early work tended towards romantic lushness and fantasy like quality‚ and eventually moved on to a more modern style (Yeats 2‚ 1). William Butler Yeats was very devoted to writing. Early on in his career he studied William Blake’s poem and Emanuel Swedenborg’s writings and visionaries. In eighteen eighty-eight‚ "Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry" was published‚ which was a study he

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