This affects our lives in different ways. Whether it is just a choice between trying a new cereal brand or the more difficult life choices, we are all reluctant to make changes in life. This is because our lives are made up of the choices we make. All meaning in life is created by choices, which makes the act of choosing an act associated with great fear and anxiety for the possible negative outcome of our choice. Through actively choosing, we can deal with the anxiety and in that way create a meaning with our life. .
In S.J. Butler's short story "The Swimmer", we follow a young woman as she overcomes her fear of swimming in the nearby river. At an extraordinarily hot day, she sits in her office and gazes at the river. She wants to go swimming but she is hit by and undefined anxiety, which she, after some time, defies and takes a swim in the river. When swimming, she meets a swan that scares her off and out of the river again. When sitting at her office, she cannot stop thinking about the swan, and she soon returns to the river again. The following days she spends more and more time in the river, each time progressing a bit further into the territory of the swan. When she is finally close enough to the swan, she discovers that it is tangled in fishing lines. She untangles the swan and lets it drift away.
The plot and the setting itself are fairly simple, but the composition, and the choice of words make up the story. The story is in the third person, and it is narrated trough the protagonist's perspective in what is called internal focalization. The third person narrator could create some distance between the reader and the protagonist but because of the use of internalisation with access to the protagonist's thoughts like "Her thoughts pull to and fro like overworked dough" (p.2, ll.32-33), the reader is pulled into the mind-set and it is easier for the reader to relate to the protagonist.
This is where Butler's theory becomes apparent and interesting. ... Butler questions the idea that a person is male or female, masculine or feminine. ... Butler argues that identity is something we "wear" or "perform". ... (Butler, Gender Trouble, p. 25). ... Butler in her writings looks with condescension upon feminism. ...
Butler defines gender "an identity instituted through a stylized repetition of acts"--a performance from which social constructs are formed (Butler). ... Butler states "We act and walk and speak and talk in ways that consolidate an impression of being a man or being a woman."... Simone de Beauvoir "claim(s) that "woman," and by extension, any gender, is an historical situation rather than a natural fact" (Butler). ... "(Butler). Both instances I mentioned before show how both Merleau-Ponty and Butler are correct. ...
It is, however, negligent to simply focus on these issues when examining the proposal of Professor Butler. ... The first step in analyzing Butler's conception of jury nullification is to examine problems which Butler claims cause a need for a solution. ... Butler lists many examples of racism in the criminal justice system, but many are simply specific cases meant to illustrate his point. ... Although Butler lists it last, he does note that the problem of high incarceration rates among Black males is the one noted most frequently. ... Butler argues that the this fact is simply more impetu...
On the other hand as an oppositon we can presnt samuel butler who was an important anti-puritan writer. ... The reason why butler was so favored by the king was that his poem was in accordance with the ways of the restoration period. ... And hudibras written by samuel butler is a well known example for this literary period. ... While doing this, samuel butler draw a character, hudibras, completely symbolising a presbyterian way of thought. ... So butler not only criticise religious fanaticism but also criticise the pedantries of scholars, the...
Such is the case with Jon Butler's Becoming America: The Revolution before 1776, and Ned C. ... Both Butler and Landsman handle the issue of immigration to the colonies, however Butler and Landsman's opinions on the effects of immigration on the colonies and colonial society differ from each other. While Butler and Landsman examined the same period and for the most part the same geographic location. ... I believe Butler was correct when he quoted Hector St. ... In closing, if I had to recommend one of these books to another reader, I would surely pick Butlers book. ...
Lewis-Butler who is currently a member of the Leon County school Board. ... Lewis-Butler begin teaching at the two of the oldest prodominent black schools in Tallahassee, Old Lincoln and Griffin Junior / Senior High School. ... Lewis-Butler was successful with finding a job at Belle Vue Middle School. ... Lewis-Butler worked 27 years to Leon county school system as a minority teacher. ... Lewis-Butler was a valuable asset for minority students during the integration She has played a big part with education students from various backgrounds and cultures. ...
Butler defines gender "an identity instituted through a stylized repetition of acts"--a performance from which social constructs are formed" (Butler). ... Butler states "We act and walk and speak and talk in ways that consolidate an impression of being a man or being a woman."... Simone de Beauvoir "claim(s) that "woman," and by extension, any gender, is an historical situation rather than a natural fact" (Butler). ... "(Butler). Both instances I mentioned before show how both Merleau-Ponty and Butler are correct. ...
The Cuban Swimmer Millions of immigrants flee to this county in search of the American "dream." ... The play "The Cuban Swimmer" is an interesting allegory of the immigrant experience in America. ... The family travels together on the boat to support Margarita as she swims the marathon to Catalina. ... As we learn in the play, Eduardo is not a swimmer himself, yet he is his daughters coach. ... And Margarita, just wanting to please her father, continues to swim. ...
Butler's piece on the other hand can be considered the antichrist of Bordo's writing. ... Judith Butler on the other hand approaches her literature work with a much more complex style. ... Like Bordo, Butler also attacks the topic of the body early on in her essay. ... Butler explains that the body is public, meaning that the rights to our body are not only owned by ourselves, but also by others. ... Both Butler and Bordo's organization of their essay differ completely. ...
