Leonardo da Vinci’s - The Last Supper The Last Supper is a unique painting. One of the reasons it is so different is that the canvas it is painted on is much wider than it is tall. By looking at the painting you can see that da Vinci is painting a gathering of people with the one in the middle of the table receiving most of the attention. The painting is most likely done on a canvas with simple oil paints. One feature a viewer might notice is Leonardo’s use of rectangles. Whether this is intentional
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Victor B. Andrews IV Sean Ennis Writ 102 April 24‚ 2013 “Speech Sounds” Speech Sounds is a fictional story written by an African-American science fiction author by the name of Octavia E. Butler. Octavia Butler received both the Hugo and Nebula awards for various works of hers. At a very young age Octavia was diagnosed with dyslexia and had acquired a slight speech impediment‚ which led to ongoing teasing and humiliation from her peers. She was often belittled and bullied by this and also
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Butler states’ “I was trying to get people to feel slavery. I was trying to get across the kind of emotional and psychological stones that slavery threw at people" (Butler). Slavery caused people to become emotionally‚ psychologically‚ and physically disabled. In the article‚ Slavery as a Sexual Atrocity‚ by Patricia Gay‚ she states‚ “when
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The 45th President of the United States‚ Donald Trump‚ purposely spat at a black accountant: “Black guys counting my money! I hate it… I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault‚ because laziness is a trait in blacks.” In modern day society‚ stigma around the African-American race is still prevalent leaving ignorant people expressing harsh assertions‚ which are not true. African immigrants‚ from different areas of the continent‚ and African-Americans possess traits of utmost valor
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group in “their place” while creating a universal understanding that the other is intrinsically better. Kindred a novel by Octavia Butler‚ is one of the greatest works that gives voice to the position of reductionism that the African American community faced but from the removed position of a woman from our current time. This science fiction novel captures the heritage of Butler who has roots in a Grandmother who was a slave and a single parent mother who worked relentlessly as a maid to provide for
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kill me if I did not meet its demands “ ( Butler‚ 191) Even the slightest form of disrespect could get her in trouble “At first I stared back. Then I looked away‚ remembering that I was supposed to be a slave. Slaves lowered their eyes respectfully. To stare back was insolent” (Butler‚ 66). It had happened to many slaves “Once I was called over to the slaves cabins – the quarter – to watch Wyelin punish a field hand for the crime of answering back” (Butler‚ 92). Some advice Luke gave to Nigel was
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Kindred Essay In the novel “Kindred” by Octavia Butler; time travel was used to show the view of slavery from the perspective of a black woman named Dana who is from modern times. The author used Dana to show and help the readers experience the dehumanization of African Americans during the Ante-Bellum South time period. The conflicts that Dana faces shows the twisted heritage slaves had to endure. Dana‚ the main character views slavery from a modern point of view because she is from the 1970’s
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Kindred by Octavia Butler‚ Butler writes about a modern black woman Dana and how she travels back to the antebellum South every time her ancestor needs help. Fiction writing that deals often playfully and periodically‚ with the nature of fiction‚ the techniques and conventions used in it‚ and the role of the author therefore metafiction applies because throughout the story it deals with the writing of fiction or conventions of fiction. Now in our modern daytime it is used more common but Butler approached
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In this book‚ the author describes her experiences from childhood to adulthood including how she suffered and endured sexual assault as well as racism. Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler Although science fiction is mostly dominated by white male authors‚ Octavia Butler certainly gave this book her own unique twist. Her real-life experiences as a woman of color gave her much insight and inspiration to work on her book. Although many recommend reading her earlier book
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7th‚ 2015 Is the Violence in Kindred Necessary? In modern society‚ violence is unquestionably looked down upon. With any type of inhumane abuse‚ there is a strict set of laws in place to protect victims. However‚ this was not always the case. In Octavia Butler’s book Kindred‚ she does not hesitate in intensely describing the unjust and violent exploitation of power by white people against blacks within the 1800’s. Even more so‚ she uses violence as a dominant theme throughout the entire novel. As
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