but on Dana‚ and each time they interact‚ their relationship grows fonder and stronger. “I moved his hands away and as gently as I could‚ pulled his pants leg up…The best way for him to go home is flat on his back-the least painful way‚ anyhow” (Butler 59-60). This exemplifies the care she has for Rufus because even if she is highly doubtful that she can fix his leg‚ she still tries to‚ and uses her proper judgment so that he doesn’t feel much pain from his
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The Antebellum South (Kindred) In most new environments people are subject to act according to their surroundings and instincts‚ based on what they think is “right”. In the novel‚ Kindred‚ by Octavia E. Butler‚ the character Dana experiences time travels back to the antebellum South‚ where she encounters many dangerous situations. Although Dana is very clever and is able to make the best of her surroundings while helping others‚ it is challenging for her to do what is truly right by following
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ENGL 436 001 May 2‚ 2013 Accepting Bondage In Octavia Butler’s novel‚ Kindred‚ the main character Dana and her husband‚ Kevin‚ time travel backwards from the year 1976 in California to the nineteenth century in the antebellum South. Both Dana and her husband are authors in their present time‚ but‚ because of gender‚ he is paid more. They faced the long-time issue of racism as Dana is African-American and Kevin is Caucasian‚ which contributed to Kevin’s success as well. Their relationship
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Synopsis I have always been interested with anything to do with Egypt‚ and thought that Cleopatra would be quite a fascinating topic to study. I was interested in learning more about her life and thought it would be a good topic to gain a better understanding of her. I thought the mystery of her death would be an interesting addition to this assignment. To do this I wanted to look at the details of Cleopatra’s life and what events led up to her death. The three main theories of Cleopatra’s death
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Where would we be in a world without education? All three books‚ The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood‚ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ and Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler demonstrate a world in collapse and the importance of education. In Fahrenheit 451‚ while there seemed to be progression‚ because of a lack of literature and artistic intelligence‚ the world was theoretically falling apart whether its inhabitants realized it or not. In The Handmaid’s Tale‚ as a result of a world crumpling
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A Metaphorical View into Kindred In Kindred by Octavia Butler‚ Dana is subject to many different wounds all over her body; the more involved Dana becomes in the story the more damaging the wounds are to her everyday function. These wounds‚ their severity‚ and their position represent certain emotional and mental scars in Dana made by her travels into the 1800’s.The most severe of these wounds and the bait of the novel‚ since it is the opening chapter and I am awaiting for this scene
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Kindred represents cultural contact and exchange because an African American woman from the 1970s is forced to adapt to life in the 19th century with other slaves. Her own culture is dramatically different from the culture of Tom Weylin’s slaves. Dana is used speaking to white people as her equals and not as threatening superiors; she is used to exercising her rights to simply do as she pleases‚ which includes wearing pants and writing novels. The black people who she encounters in the past are slaves
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Summary Act One Serapion describes foreboding omens (of storms‚ whirlwinds‚ and the flooding of the Nile) of Egypt’s impending doom. Alexas‚ Cleopatra’s eunuch‚ dismisses Serapion’s claims and is more concerned with Cleopatra’s relationship with Antony. He sees that Cleopatra dotes on Antony and worries that Antony will not continue seeing Cleopatra. Thus‚ Serapion hosts a festival to celebrate Antony’s honor. Ventidius‚ a Roman general‚ comes to aide Antony in Alexandria. Ventidius disagrees
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Ernest J. Gaines "The Sky Is Gray"‚ Octavia finds out the hard way. Set in Louisiana‚ Octavia is forced to raise her family by herself when her husband is sent off to war. Octavia overcomes the hardships of segregation and poverty while doing so. Octavia shows the characteristics of a good parent by being stern‚ loving‚ and independent. Octavia is a well-rounded character because she is stern. She uses sternness to teach her children to be independent. One way Octavia shows sternness is by not allowing
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school and can enjoy a relaxing vacation with my best friend. “The stories of this place are so cool!” Said Octavia. “I know! Like the one about Philippe Petit‚ the guy who walked across the Twin Towers on a steel cable!” I told her(Abbott 10). We arrived at our hotel room at 8:30 am‚ and we had a tour of the city at 9. We had to start getting ready. “Our room has a balcony!” Yelled Octavia. The view was breathtaking. Every gust of wind that hit my face made me want to live in New York forever. It
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