worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them‚ but to be indifferent to them; that’s the essence of inhumanity”. Meaning‚ it is our heartlessness that allows us to feel indifference towards others; it steals the harmony in the world. Octavia Butler allows us to explore this cruelty in her science fiction novel Kindred. The novel is based on an average black woman Dana. Dana is called back in time to the antebellum south to save her ancestors. The author uses a variety of literary devices
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ROLE OF A BUTLER Throughout history‚ the word “butler” has always been associated with service. The dictionary defines a butler as "The principal manservant of a household." This definition remains true even when the butler is employed in a hotel. When a guest checks in and has occupied his suite‚ then this becomes his household. The butler caring for him becomes the "manager" of the suite (household) and in effect an employee of the guest. Services butlers offer differ from place to place‚ but their
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The Butler Lumber Company 1) Is Butler Lumber a profitable business? 2) Why does Mr. Butler have to borrow so much money to support their business? 3) Prepare pro forma income statement and balance sheet. Is Mr Buttler’s estimate loan requirement correct? What amount will he need to finance the expected sales increase? 4) As his financial advisor‚ would you support this expansion? As his banker‚ would you approve the loan and under what conditions? 1) The Butler Lumber Company has positive
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Judith Butler and Performativity for Beginners (mostly in her own words) Film 165A 1. A central concept of the theory is that your gender is constructed through your own repetitive performance of gender. This is related to the idea that discourse creates subject positions for your self to occupy—linguistic structures construct the self. The structure or discourse of gender for Butler‚ however‚ is bodily and nonverbal. Butler’s theory does not accept stable and coherent gender identity. Gender
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Considering Noah as a Lacanian ‘Other’ Amidst an Alien Invasion Octavia Butler’s “Amnesty” follows post-abductee Noah in her attempts to bridge the two diverse populations (humans and the aliens referred to as “Communities”) in their challenge to decide whether or not they can cooperatively and symbiotically co-exist. In Noah’s descriptions of her experiences with the Communities she reveals the similarities shared in both humans and the Communities‚ as well as the severe activities sometimes
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Story Kindred tells the story of a 1970s African American woman traveling through time to an 1815 slave plantation. The author‚ Octavia Butler‚ portrays how the main character‚ Dana‚ uses resistance to survive in both time periods. She uses Dana to address the social and cultural issues of the Antebellum South and post-Civil Rights Movement. As African American woman‚ Butler was subjected to racism and oppression in her life‚ and translated her experiences into Dana’s character. The setting switches
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Lee Daniels’ The Butler Director: Lee Daniels The movie I chose was Lee Daniels’ The Butler and I chose the characters to talk about. The Butler is a great movie with amazing characters such as Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker)‚ Hattie Pearl (Mariah Carey)‚ Gloria Gaines (Oprah Winfrey)‚ Howard (Terrence Howard)‚ Carter Wilson (Cuba Gooding Jr.)‚ and so many more. This movie is a brilliant‚ but truthful film on a subject that is usually shrouded in wishing thinking. It is based upon the life of Eugene
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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler‚ definitely showed the true definition of what a society could come too. Very satisfied with the novel‚ I believe that Butler does an amazing job unfolding the government. The main character is described a younger women in an indifferent and diverse upbringing. Human nature in this book is described as impassive‚ barbaric‚ insanity ridden‚ and yet devil possessed. People are good with in their nature‚ but their picture perfect images can be blemished
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