my friend Dana and I were playing near my brother’s pet spider. While playing Dana decided to harass the spider who was named mark. I could not have stopped her so I went along with the plan. she took a long thin piece of wood and began poking mark‚ every time we heard a foot step we would jump on the bed. Then my mother came up to the room where we were she said that she will be going to the super market and we had to feed Mark. ’Great! a chance to play with Mark’ shouted Dana. After mom
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As a reader I’m yanked between past and present as well as the characters Dana and Kevin. Dana and her husband are forced to experience slavery in Maryland and their home in California seems far gone. We are all affected by the legacy of slavery in one way or another‚ whether we know it or not. Whites and blacks are affected by the past and present types of racism. In some way we are all connected to slavery and Dana finds that out when she is taken back to the 1800’s. The past stereotypes
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People hear the word “disability” and often think of the most obvious types of disabilities: mobility‚ visual or hearing impairments. However‚ disability may be physical‚ mental‚ be readily observed or unseen; disabilities may result from a variety of causes.The definition of disability is quite problematic and complex. In the American’s with Disabilities Act of 1990‚ disability is defined as “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such
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woman named Dana living in 1976. What makes the story unique is the fact that the plot alternates between the past and the present as Dana travels through time from the commodity of her house in 1976 Los Angeles to Maryland during the antebellum period. The catalysts for these trips to the past are the near death experiences of the son of rich southern planter‚ a boy named Rufus‚ who is one of Dana’s ancestors. Every single time Rufus is put in a situation where he
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Human Condition As Dana soon discovers‚ the reality of slavery is even more disturbing than its portrayal in books‚ movies‚ and television programs. Before her journey into the past‚ Dana called the temp agency where she worked a "slave market‚" even though "the people who ran it couldn’t have cared less whether or not you showed up to do the work they offered." This turns out to be an ironic contrast to life at the Weylin plantation‚ where a slave who visits his wife without his master’s permission
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The couple Banag and Danas belonged to a group who used to live near the sea. They were looking for a new place. A fierce storm had destroyed their houses near the sea. They feared the coming of another storm. "Why do we always move our home?" Banag asked Danas. "I am tired of this kind of life. We cannot even have children because we keep moving." Banag wanted to seperate from the rest of the group and stay behind in a pleasant place. "I want to bear our child there." Danas gave in to his wife’s
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main characters‚ Dana. Dana is a young black women writer who finds Struggling to survive in maryland. Dana must go back in time to save the future of her existing family tree by saving the life of Rufus‚ who was the father of an ancestor‚ on several different occasions. Despite the fact that he abuses‚ rapes‚ and enslaves her. She must keep in mind that she must think and act as a strong‚ free and educated black women even when placed in a time of cruel racist time. The husband of Dana is Kevin Franklin
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changed modalities‚ read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Bucher‚ R. D. (2010). Diversity consciousness: Opening our minds to people‚ cultures‚ and opportunities (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Prentice Hall. All electronic materials are available on the student
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consciousness‚ collective trauma‚ diaspora‚ and power relationships. The protagonist‚ Dana Franklin‚ traveled between the past and present and in her travels she met a variety of different people‚ including the enslaved African Americans and their White owners of the 19th century‚ as well as her ancestors‚ one in particular is the cause of her time travel. Alice Greenwood and Rufus Weylin both had a peculiar relationship with Dana‚ as well as with each other. The ties that
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was Dana his love. He bolted after the noise striking down anyone in his path. He rounded the last corner and there she was. Being tortured by a man in a dark robe‚ he could only be Orhag. “Where is he!” yelled Orhag. ”where is who?” Dana asked calmly “Your love Kragg” Orhag replied “Hello Orhag‚ I am taking my love back!” but before Orhag could turn around Kragg wacked him with the hilt of his sword‚ knocking him out. He then untied Dana‚ “Quick we have to go!” he told her. As they ran Dana picked
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