From the second time Rufus and Dana met‚ he already begins to use offensive words as he was speaking. Even though he has no clue what these words mean‚ he uses them carelessly while speaking to Dana‚ “Just a strange nigger” (25). Rufus says this to Dana after she explains who and why
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Kindred When Kevin and Dana arrive back in 1976 they make love. Feeling lost‚ Kevin and Dana agree they felt most at home on the plantation. Kevin seems to be an image of Rufus‚ and the Weylins and their houses are similar. Kevin grew out his beard during the years he was there to help disguise him‚ because he was helping freeing slaves. He is unable to remember how to operate any device like the TV or typewriter. Kevin gets upset and angry at Dana as she gets dizzy. When Dana arrives‚ Rufus is face
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(white man) salvation. The main character is Dana. She experiences what it feels like to be a black slave female. A twenty-six years old woman faces with the unbelievable events of the 19th century in the south of America. The 19th century was the time of slavery and racial inequality. Dana
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Thomas. "Barn Burning."Short Stories for Students. Detroit: Gale‚ 2002. Literature Resource Center.Web. 11 Nov. 2012. Faulkner‚ William. “Barn Burning” Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama‚ and Writing. Ed. Kennedy‚ X. J.‚ and Dana Gioia. Boston: Pearson‚ 2013. 155-167.Print. McDonald‚ Hal. "Faulkner ’s ’Barn Burning. ’." Explicator 61.1 (Fall 2002): 46-48. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Jelena O. Krstovic. Vol. 92. Detroit: Gale‚ 2006. Literature Resource Center. Web. 11 Nov
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Octavia Butler is a novel about an African-American writer named Dana‚ who lives in Los Angeles during the 1970’s with her white husband‚ Kevin. An unknown force however‚ pulls Dana back into time‚ where she travels back in the past during the Antebellum South where she is met with the harsh period of slavery in the early United States. With her journeys back in the past‚ she is always met with the son of a plantation owner‚ Rufus‚ whom Dana will see grow into adulthood. She learns that she has been
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10‚ 2013 Reading Response Kindred Reading Response Kindred LT02 Summarize the Text In Olivia Butler’s novel‚ Kindred‚ an African American woman‚ Dana‚ is unexpectedly pulled back to the Slave Era where she struggles to face the inequalities that existed at that time. After moving into her new apartment with her newly wedded husband‚ Dana is unexpectedly pulled back in time to finds herself in 1800‚ Maryland where she sees Rufus drowning in a river. After rescuing the young white boy‚ she
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racism are expressed through her character Dana and her time travels back into the antebellum south from 1970 California. In Octavia Butlers Kindred survival is shown by the character Dana. Throughout the novel Dana depends on her smarts and guts to survive her time travels to the past. In the novel Dana is forced to watch over the survival of her own ancestors due to their survival being critical to the survival of her own existence in the world. For Dana this responsibility creates a consistent
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Dana‚ from the novel Kindred‚ experiences these so called “hallucinations” or as she would call them‚ “time travels”. There is no specific data showing what the real explanation for why these episodes occur but one possibility could be that Dana has the ability to time travel to past years meet people that had an effect on her in present day. When someone time travels‚ there body and mind goes with them and they disappear from reality. Time travel is usually by choice and the time traveler is aware
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Packing Industry Question 1: Describe Dana Company’s new strategic competitive position. The Dana Packaging Company has chosen a differentiation strategy. This is supported by the shift to producing packaging for high end products. These products require more technological sophistication and better materials for their packaging so as a result Dana is making their packaging more study‚ colorful‚ attractive‚ and better sealing. The other are that Dana has made it a point to differentiate is
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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. As the author sends Dana back into Ante-Bellum times she has her own experiences with
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