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    Chef Dan Butler : An Italian restaurant where I worked in Washington‚ D.C.‚ sold a fantastic thick veal chop that we topped with fresh chanterelles and lemon and sage. Nearly every ticket that came into the kitchen had at least one veal chop sold on it. But one particular waiter suggested customers order single veal chops grilled with garlic and rosemary. The garlic and rosemary was a fine preparation but it wasn’t the one that the chef had written nor was it the one that we prepped for. Fortunately

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    William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin in 1865. He was born into a highly artistic family with his father being a talented painter and his sisters involved in the arts and craft movement. Yeats grew up under the nationalist revival of the late 19th century which disadvantaged his heritage and influenced his attitude and outlook for the rest of his life. In 1876 the Yeats family moved to England to benefit William’s fathers painting career. William was home schooled for while‚ then transferred to

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    impairment are the loss of intellectual abilities‚ constant misunderstandings‚ murderous jealousy‚ violence‚ and the dissolution of society. In the first passage of the prompt‚ the bus driver responds to Obsidian’s superiority by gesturing “threateningly” (Butler 93) and by shouting “in wordless anger” (93)‚ which is an illustration of one of the major implications of the loss of communication. The bus driver’s brash reaction

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    flavor of the content; they play an extremely crucial role in preventing the piece from turning bland. Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble is no less of a performance art; her language and use of quotations acting as props to the stage. In her book‚ Butler reinforces the belief

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    The response paper Youngil Hong The Psychic Life of Power- Judith Butler Butler surveys the ideas of Hegel‚ Althusser‚ and Foucault around subject formation‚ interrogating how power produces its subject and how that subject comes to perceive itself as one. Butler understands power as forming the subject and as providing the very condition of its existence. I believe that her basic idea is that the subjects become attached to the conditions of their own subjectivity even if these conditions

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    Butler’s "Gender Trouble‚" addresses the problems of gender distinction and the inherent flaws related to current modes of thought. Butler begins by explaining how she will question the gender hierarchy. She notes that current feminism seeks to define gender. However‚ this is problematic. The focus on defining gender and the perceived risks of failing to do so ignore the political issue that requires a distinction (2540). Gender itself is a performance - an artificial attempt that is accepted as

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    celebrating? In “Imitation and Gender Insubordination”‚ Judith Butler explores what it really means to come out and claim an identity. Although Butler acknowledges the importance of coming out for purposes of personal affirmation and community organization‚ she is ultimately skeptical in the coming out process because it means conforming to the discourses of oppressive powers and because the meaning of the identities themselves are ambiguous. Butler recognizes that coming out can be advantageous for many

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    James Butler hickok‚ better known as wild Bill Hickok ‚ was a well known folk hero of the old west. He is best known for his work across the frontier as a drover‚ Wagonmaster‚ soldier‚ spy‚ scout‚ lawman‚ gunfighter‚ gambler‚ and showman. He earned a great deal of fame in his time‚ most of it because of his over exaggerated and often outlandish stories that were fabricated up of unrealistic circumstances. Which leads us to wonder what events of his life are real or just fantastic stories. It is a

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    cultural‚ to psychological‚ to physical‚ to technological and to even microscopic. Even more fascinating is the fact that this mirrors life outside of literature. A work of literature that displays manipulation in multiple facets is Dawn by Octavia Butler (2). Dawn is the story of Lilith‚

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    relevant examples that have influenced the viewpoint of this essay. The case of Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss‚ the case of Amy vs Adam (www.lawcouncil.asn.au) and the case of Brendan Dassey. The Australian legal system does not deliver justice for all Australians. In the issue of the relationship between laws to ethics‚ morals and values this can be seen clearly. This is supported by the case of Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss. This case consists of a woman by the name of Dame Elizabeth

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