March 9‚ 2013 Department of English University of Washington Ever since I studied abroad in the U.S.‚ improvement in argumentative writing was the most difficult part as an international student. While I naturally acquired listening and speaking skills as time passed‚ writing required me to practice it for betterment. In high school‚ I had trouble in English literature class because it was difficult to fully express my thoughts through in writing in English. Calculus was a clear cut for me
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T’Gatoi are not only tagged as living in a different social classes‚ but more importantly‚ they are different living beings. They have different appearances‚ biorgans‚ and physiologies. From my understanding and perspective of the story “Bloodchild”‚ Octavia Bulter shows her understand and definition about love from a love story about Gan and T’Gatoi‚ two very different living beings. T’Gaoti has been look after Gan since he was a baby‚ she treats Gan as her future partner. Gan likes T’Gatoi‚ more like
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but on Dana‚ and each time they interact‚ their relationship grows fonder and stronger. “I moved his hands away and as gently as I could‚ pulled his pants leg up…The best way for him to go home is flat on his back-the least painful way‚ anyhow” (Butler 59-60). This exemplifies the care she has for Rufus because even if she is highly doubtful that she can fix his leg‚ she still tries to‚ and uses her proper judgment so that he doesn’t feel much pain from his
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The Antebellum South (Kindred) In most new environments people are subject to act according to their surroundings and instincts‚ based on what they think is “right”. In the novel‚ Kindred‚ by Octavia E. Butler‚ the character Dana experiences time travels back to the antebellum South‚ where she encounters many dangerous situations. Although Dana is very clever and is able to make the best of her surroundings while helping others‚ it is challenging for her to do what is truly right by following
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The Handmaids tale was set in 2195 in the United States of America. III. This book is narrated in first person. By a woman named Offred IV. In the utopian society of America they now have handmaids. Handmaids are women who have one job: to make babies. They are appointed that job because there is an exodus of people due to the radiation. Offered who is the main character and narrator is the handmaid for the commander and his wife. offred can only leave the house once a day to go to the store.
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ENGL 436 001 May 2‚ 2013 Accepting Bondage In Octavia Butler’s novel‚ Kindred‚ the main character Dana and her husband‚ Kevin‚ time travel backwards from the year 1976 in California to the nineteenth century in the antebellum South. Both Dana and her husband are authors in their present time‚ but‚ because of gender‚ he is paid more. They faced the long-time issue of racism as Dana is African-American and Kevin is Caucasian‚ which contributed to Kevin’s success as well. Their relationship
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Today’s teens understand dystopia as the world in which they are living (Henderson). However‚ this series helps them understand the side of humanity that dystopias deliver as “sermons” because of how passionately they are spoken (Henthorne). When one goes into a bookstore teens are bombarded with teen dystopian fiction because of how passionately
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enough to understand it. Yet I did not want to go into that room. I wasted a little time choosing a knife from the carved wooden box in which my mother kept them. T’Gatoi might want one‚ I told myself‚ for the tough‚ heavily furred hide of the achti.”(Butler‚ 3) It is not uncommon for and individual to be willing to participate in and be supportive of an act in theory until the moment the theory becomes a reality. Once the theory becomes something
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Where would we be in a world without education? All three books‚ The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood‚ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ and Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler demonstrate a world in collapse and the importance of education. In Fahrenheit 451‚ while there seemed to be progression‚ because of a lack of literature and artistic intelligence‚ the world was theoretically falling apart whether its inhabitants realized it or not. In The Handmaid’s Tale‚ as a result of a world crumpling
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A Metaphorical View into Kindred In Kindred by Octavia Butler‚ Dana is subject to many different wounds all over her body; the more involved Dana becomes in the story the more damaging the wounds are to her everyday function. These wounds‚ their severity‚ and their position represent certain emotional and mental scars in Dana made by her travels into the 1800’s.The most severe of these wounds and the bait of the novel‚ since it is the opening chapter and I am awaiting for this scene
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