Octavia Butler‚ author of the novel Kindred‚ focuses on the main issues surrounding race and gender‚ and their effects on the experiences the characters in the story as they face slavery. The novel focuses on how the system of slavery shapes its central characters‚ emphasizing society’s power to effect a change in identities through certain race and gender. The construction of the concept of "race" and its connections to slavery are central themes in Butler’s novel. Butler uses the work of time travel
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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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In the science fiction novel‚ Kindred by Octavia Butler‚ Butler writes about a modern black woman Dana and how she travels back to the antebellum South every time her ancestor needs help. Fiction writing that deals often playfully and periodically‚ with the nature of fiction‚ the techniques and conventions used in it‚ and the role of the author therefore metafiction applies because throughout the story it deals with the writing of fiction or conventions of fiction. Now in our modern daytime it is
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Kindred In the book of Octavia Butler’s "Kindred‚" one can observe the different tones‚ characterizations‚ and point of views of Dana on pages 18-27 and 59-70. For example‚ on pages 18-27 the use of Dana’s point of view allows her character to speak directly to the reader‚ and shows how she maintains control of her emotions in a strange and dangerous situation. We also see how Dana was very cautious about her surroundings‚ because she was in a different era and wondered who the child she kept
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What is your opinion on how Kindred Todd handled the situation? In the case of Kindred Todd and Larry Stepchuck’s OD consulting firm there is the good and the bad. Kindred Todd faces an ethical dilemma because the president of the OD consulting firm‚ Larry Stepchuck‚ wrongly sells her as an expert in the method of continuous quality improvement (CQI) to a client that is‚ “ important and potentially large opportunity for our firm.” Kindred Todd addresses her concerns to the President and is told
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7th‚ 2015 Is the Violence in Kindred Necessary? In modern society‚ violence is unquestionably looked down upon. With any type of inhumane abuse‚ there is a strict set of laws in place to protect victims. However‚ this was not always the case. In Octavia Butler’s book Kindred‚ she does not hesitate in intensely describing the unjust and violent exploitation of power by white people against blacks within the 1800’s. Even more so‚ she uses violence as a dominant theme throughout the entire novel. As
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Kindred Essay In the novel “Kindred” by Octavia Butler; time travel was used to show 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
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Regina Tyler History 101 November 27‚2013 In the novel Kindred Butler confronts us with differences of black and white and past and present. All of the issues in Kindred are derived from issues of black and white. Dana’s race and literacy is what defines her in the 1800’s in Maryland and in 1976 in California. 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
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The novel Kindred by Octavia E. Butler‚Written in 1976 in Maryland‚ Tells a story about an interracial couple who time travels back in time to the early 1800’s to antebellum Maryland. It Is a dystopian world told in first person by the protagonist and one of the 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
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Kindred by Octavia Butler displays many controversial topics such as slavery‚ rape‚ and violence‚ which can bring out some of the best and worst qualities in a human being. Dana Franklin‚ a strong african american woman‚ and Kevin Franklin‚ an intelligent white man as well as Dana’s husband‚ travel back to the antebellum south where they meet some of Dana’s ancestors and encounter situations that are eye-opening‚ which changes their views on life and gives them a better understanding of what kind
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