She writes about a couple of individuals who are dealing with questions of control over the construction of their personal identity as they try to relate their personal desires to outside social forces. ... She talks about the issues of autonomy and control in her essay and provides solutions for them. ... Nelson questions, "Do we really live under the aegis of these opposing threats, or is it the very reiteration of them as our two primary ontological options (and our unthinking acquiescence to such a formulation) that acts as a truer threat to our enlivenment, to our full experience of ...

• Word Count: 1904
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate