Professor Cox English 211-009 Irma Lozada 3/30/09 Essay #2-Kindred by Octavia butler a figurative representation of the cultural meaning and construction of gender and race in her society. In its metaphoric interpretation‚ the loss of her limb therefore signifies something much stronger and darker. It acts as a powerful statement on the sacrifices that black Americans‚ especially black female Americans‚ have to make in order to coexist in a hostile world. live in a world that enables them
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CASE #0 Butler Lumber Company Analysis I. Conclusion Based on the information and corresponding financial statements provided‚ we concluded that: Bulter Lumber Company has to collect money from outside resources to compensate its funding gap of 383‚000 USD. From the perspective of banker‚ we won’t approve Mr.Butler ‘s loan request From the perspective of firm’s financial advisor‚ it is better to finance from new shareholders than to borrow from bank. II. Analysis i. Funding gap There
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Joseph Butler (1692-1752) hold contrasting views on how to build a human society. For Hobbes the most important issue is to achieve and maintain peace‚ and points out‚ that men ought to give up their natural rights and transfer them to a sovereign. For Butler the best way is to follow the rules of God which are already inside of every man’s soul. The two both start with an account of human nature: Hobbes notes that it is lead by appetites and aversions and results in selfish individuals; Butler argues
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substance‚ of a natural sort of being(Butler‚ 1990‚ p.33).” What Butler means that gender is performative is to say that gender is “real only to the extent that it is performed (Butler‚ 1990‚p.278).” Notably the repetition of the acts in performativity is an imitation or miming of the dominant conventions of gender. Butler argues that “the act that one does‚ the act that one performs is‚ in a sense‚ an act that’s been going on before one arrived on the scene” (Butler‚ 1990‚ p.104).
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Table of Contents Page 1. A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH OCTAVIA E. BUTLER Page 2 - 4. Biography Page 5 - 9. Synopsis Page 9 - 14. Analysis of Criticism Page 14 15. Influences on Society Page 16. Footnotes Page 17. Bibliography A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH OCTAVIA E. BUTLER 1. Who is Octavia E. Butler? Where is she headed? Where has she been? Who am I? I’m a 51-year-old writer who can remember being a 10-year-old writer and who expects someday to be an 80-year-old writer
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Amber Clontz LTP 4 Dawn Jubal Tiner Views of Dawn The novel Dawn‚ by Octavia Butler‚ possess many good qualities. Unlike many novels‚ Butler provides a clear and conceivable explanations for the biological events that take place in the story. Her main character demonstrates moral and ethical dilemmas that can relate to a person’s normal life. These dilemmas can also compare to problems of slavery among African Americans in the past. Butler’s African American heritage may have brought her
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Butler‚ Octavia E. Fledgling: Novel. New York: Seven Stories‚ 2005. This literary analysis will be of Octavia Butler’s 2005 novel‚ Fledgling‚ exploring the role of the narrator and protagonist‚ Shori Matthews. The question to be examined is whether or not the voice of the sympathetic character comes across as reliable‚ or unreliable to the reader. For Shori’s role to be properly analyzed‚ it is important to become acquainted with the author. Ms. Butler is a master storyteller‚ extraordinaire
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Butler Lumber 1. Why does BL need to borrow money to support its profitable business? Draw up a Fund Flow Statement‚ i.e.‚ Funding and Uses a. Funding would include Bank Borrowing‚ Trade Credit‚ Retained Earnings‚ Cash‚ Accrued Expenses b. Uses would include Inventories‚ A/R‚ Buyout‚ Reduction in debt‚ increase in fixed assets/accounts Response: BL needs to borrow money from the bank to take benefit of the purchase discounts. During the last two years‚ BL had taken very few purchase discounts
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like the Mekong Delta‚ where they grew up. Their child‚ Bill‚ was born in America. He was much more Americanized and had little knowledge about his cultural background. The story‚ "Crickets‚" by Robert Olen Butler is about a father‚ who is trying to educate his son to be more Vietnamese. Butler is trying to let his reader understand that coming to a new land as a new immigrant is difficult. In order to have a better life‚ the father and his new bride struggle to come to America. In other words‚ you
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Octavia Butler‚ author of the novel Kindred‚ focuses on the main issues surrounding race and gender‚ and their effects on the experiences the characters in the story as they face slavery. The novel focuses on how the system of slavery shapes its central characters‚ emphasizing society’s power to effect a change in identities through certain race and gender. The construction of the concept of "race" and its connections to slavery are central themes in Butler’s novel. Butler uses the work of time travel
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