Kindred Healthcare And Humana Inc.

Kindred Healthcare And Humana Inc.
In business, the best assets of a company are the employees. The employees set the tone for the
organization. An organization's success stems from hiring the right people. Human Resource
Management (HRM) plays a vital role in the selection of the employees. HRM rely on specific tools
to draw top–qualified candidates for certain jobs. HRM may uses different applications for
screening, interviews, tests, background checks and reference checks to endure the right employees
are chosen.
Kindred HealthCare and Humana Inc. are the two companies chosen to conduct the Human
Resources interview. Kindred Healthcare, Inc. is a healthcare services company that through its
subsidiaries operates hospitals, nursing centers, home health, hospice ... Show more content on
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Although, they are not identical, Kindred and Humana use varies avenues to ensure the right
employees are selected to help maintain each organizations visions. The purpose of this paper is to
explore the process used by human resource managers (HRM) to ensure the right employees are
selected.
My first interview was with Tabitha Nelson, a HR representative for two years at Kindred
Healthcare. I sent Ms. Nelson the interview question by email and awaited her reply. Within her
response, Tabitha expressed that Kindred takes pride in the selection of the right people for their
organization. Tabitha stated it is imperative that companies get the right person in the right role.
Proper planning, review and evaluations will lead to hiring the right person for the role and team.
Secondly, I interviewed Tiffany Corley, a Process Manager nine years at Humana. This interview
was conducted face to face. Tiffany also expressed the importance of find the right person for a role.
Unlike Tabitha, Tiffany handles the hiring within her team versus the organization as a whole. Like
Tabitha, Tiffany stated that it was important to find the best fit for her team. Tiffany relies on the
Humana Resources department to conduct the preliminary screens before her involvement begins.
1. Group Type for Organizing HR: Identify which of the four types of groups for organizing HR
(i.e., transactional HR group, corporate HR
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Manipulation In Kindred
In the novel, Kindred, composed by Octavia E. Butler, Dana strives to maintain agency, or power
over situations or personal encounters, as she navigates the Antebellum south. When Dana first
meets Rufus, she keeps her knowledge of key events, such as details of her time–traveling
experience, to herself in order to place her in a position of power over him. However, as the story
progresses and Rufus gradually learns more, Dana resorts to making threats to secure her slipping
agency. Ultimately, these events reveal the underlying theme that the knowledge a person holds
strongly influences their agency. In one of her first interactions with Rufus, Dana chooses to hold
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As the topic turns to how Dana time–travels and the details involved, Dana claims that, "'I don't
know how it happens– how I move that way– or when it's going to happen. I can't control it.' 'Who
can?' 'I don't know. No one.' I didn't want him to get the idea that he could control it. Especially if it
turned out that he really could" (Butler 23). Even though Dana herself doesn't fully understand what
is happening, any inkling of an idea that could be explained is merely internalized, not explained to
Rufus. Because Dana is now in a society that does not give––much less support––any of the rights
she held in 1976, she must try to regain the agency that she automatically lost when she entered the
Antebellum south. Clearly, Dana has chosen to take back her control by obtaining knowledge that
will give her leverage over others. Even though Dana doesn't know who, or even if anyone can
control her time–traveling, the statement, "I don't know. No one," displays this inner conflict, yet the
finality in her tone gives the impression that what she has said can't be debated, thus discouraging
Rufus. By not allowing Rufus to further consider this point, Dana has temporarily inhibited his
ability to obtain any knowledge surrounding the

Examples Of Prejudice In Kindred
In the novel Kindred by Octavia Butler, Dana's hatred of the demeaning formality she must maintain
with whites contradicts her fear of retaliation for not complying. Initially, Dana unexpectedly meets
a stranger who– due to his white ethnicity– causes her to reflect on the humiliating means a black
women must go to project a skewed form of respect. "...Maybe it was the fact that I hadn't called
him sir or master. I'd have to begin that degrading nonsense again", Dana thinks to herself after
noticing how the "man did not answer" her inquiries (Butler 127). Here, Dana seems to grasp for
reasons why the man deliberately ignored her. The prominent idea within the passage is how the first
thing that Dana grasps onto as a reason for his action is a possible lack of respect, at least in the
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When doubt collides with anxiety, a form of apprehension and angst develops. Dana even confirms
this fear of retaliation when she recalls what happens when that distorted standard of respect is not
maintained. She recollects the story: "I looked at the wooden bench a few steps from me, the settee,
but although I was tired, I didn't sit down. Margaret Weylin had once caught me sitting there trying
my shoe. She had screamed and raged as though she'd caught me stealing her jewelry" (Butler 127–
8). To Dana, this memory serves as the reality of the disrespect in the antebellum South's society.
The "settee" acts as a symbol of the skewed guidelines she is forced to follow, just as the titles "sir
or master" may be viewed in the same way. The retaliation for her disobedience to those guidelines
resulted in Miss. Weylin's "scream[s] and rage". To parallel this, Dana fears that not using the
'proper' terms to address the white man could have a similar response or even worse, considering
that he is a man and thus holds an even stronger power dynamic over Dana than Miss. Weylin

Kindred Chapter Summaries
Sarah Gilitwala
Mr. Williams
August 20, 2015
Kindred Chapter Notes
Prologue
Lost an arm and a year of her life
Kevin was arrested
Kevin found her screaming with her arm stuck inside of a wall
Chapter 1
Dana and Kevin met at work, they are both obsessed with literature and books.
Dana encouraged Kevin to write his own books and peruse his career, vice versa.
Kevin is a white male, while Dana is a black woman
They just got married, and they are moving in together – unpacking a lot of their books
In the middle of packing, Dana doesn't feel well. Everything is spinning.
She falls and then disappears
When she wakes back up, she's in a completely different setting. – She's outside and theres a river
nearby.
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In the woods, she sees white men intruding into the cabin and take their family to abuse them
A man is taken back to the Weylin house and almost beaten to death
She goes to the mother who was hit with a pan and finds out that the husband was one of the slaves
and not free
Dana goes out again and comes across a white man. He tries raping her but she ends up knocking
him out
Transports back and explains what happened to Kevin
They decide that she needs to wear a supply bag at all times including a knife, map of Maryland,
and other things to keep her safe
She comes back home when she thinks her life is in danger
Chapter 3
Kevin suggests that they go to the library and make fake free slave papers so she will be safe back
there but she declines because she's scared she's going to travel while out.
Kevin and Dana go back in time now together
They find Rufus on the floor with a black boy (Nigel)
He has fallen from a tree and has a broken leg
Nigel gets a wagon to carry him back

Analysis Of The Book ' Kindred '
Slavery started in the United States in 1619 and ended in 1865. During the time, the white people
were harassing and threatening the slaves to work for them. If the slaves did anything wrong, then
they would get beaten to death and get all bloody. In the novel Kindred, it shows a woman, named
Dana, going back into the past to be part of the slave society and helping out a friend from the past.
Since Dana is a black lady, she is forced to work and is treated like a normal slave is treated. As the
story progresses, Dana sees how the world is messed up because of racism and how people treat
each other. This novel brings to live the historical reality of American slavery by putting a character
into the society of slaves and letting her find out how harsh it is to be a different race. As the years
of slavery pass by, many slaves want to try to get rid of this horrid society. So they started to rebel.
There were many ways that the slaves rebel and tried to get freedom. For example, a young slave
named Henry Brown escaped his slave owners by shipping himself to another state where he can get
help. According to records, after his wife and children had been shipped away, Brown wanted to
leave slavery to run away from the society. With a help from a few friends, Brown was put into a
box and was shipped from his hometown to Philadelphia. It took 27 tiresome hours until he came to
his destination. During the trip, he was tossed and turned from side to side, no room in the box to
move

America Quotes In Kindred
Kindred takes place in two different time periods, on two different sides of America. This makes the
differences in the place and time very different. Not only has Dana's home of California not yet been
discovered, but she ends up in the antebellum south, in the early 17th century. When Dana does go
back to the early 17th century, she must save Rufus from whatever danger he is in, and then can
leave when she is in danger. This often leaves her stranded in Rufus' time, unable to leave. During
this time, she had to either do slave labor, or help Rufus with whatever he needed her to do.
However, Dana often bends to what Rufus wants, even if it is bad for others around her. In Kindred,
Dana is usually more harmful than she is helpful, as she almost always bends to Rufus' will. There
are many moments throughout Kindred where Dana is harming the other slaves by bending to
Rufus' will. One major example of this is when Dana goes back to Rufus' time and sees him getting
beaten up by Isaac. She stops Isaac, and tells him that ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
After Alice and Isaac are caught, Rufus buys Alice to save her, but she has been badly beaten. When
Dana sees her, she describes it as "Alice lay bloody, filthy, and barely alive" (146). This shows that
she is in bad shape, as Dana directly states that she is "barely alive" (146). The commas in the
sentence also help to cut up the sentence, making the reader pause momentarily on each word
describing her condition. While her appearance may be bad, Rufus gets Dana to help her and
eventually get her to a point where she is continuing to "heal and grow" (154). In the end, this
situation is overall beneficial to Alice. While she may not appreciate being a slave now, she isn't
dead, and she isn't somewhere in the south. Rufus is a good master who will not beat her, and he can
keep his father from beating her, especially after he

Kindred by Octavia Butler
Fictional writers often write about the human condition as a way to connect with readers who
contain narrow knowledge. In fictional books, characters are given emotion and senses like any
other actual person, which can make the reader relate quicker in detail unlike factual novels. In other
words, readers gain a new perspective on a period of time by examining a fiction novel. Ironically,
some argue fiction can educate us about part of our life by enabling us to relate and empathize. I am
certain that many people can learn factual items in fictional stories. In Kindred, by Octavia Butler,
the near death experiences of Rufus Weylin transported an African American woman named Dana
from 1976, to the antebellum south to gain an unbelievable experience of what it is like to have been
a slave. Through her daily life on the Weylin plantation, the reader begins to understand just how
complicated slavery is and how it affects both the slaves and the plantation owners. This novel gave
a new definition of reality and a new meaning of the 19th century exploitation practice. Butler first
describes the scenery of where she is living by stating she lived in Southern California. She then
states that Dana is transported to Maryland in 1815. "I was in a green pace. I was at the edge of
woods. Before me was a wide tranquil river... [13]" From this acute description, the reader can
imagine that Dana is at a place that is not urban like Southern California in 1976. As the story
progresses,

Kindred Research Paper
About a month ago, I found myself researching the history of the "Mammy" stereotype/caricature
for a paper I had to do on the book Kindred by Octavia Butler. Twenty minutes into my research I
somehow ended all the way up onto the Wikipedia page on the 1915 film, Birth of a Nation, which
romanticized the Klu Klux Klan. I then discovered why Nate Parker chose the title for his own film
and that the 1915 version was the very first film shown in the white house. After twenty minutes I
suddenly remembered the focus of my paper and went back on topic. I remember saying to myself
"I could spend my life doing this". In the recent years, with the start and spread of the Black Lives
Matter movement, my love for researching, basically anything, has shifted it's focus. When I was
younger I used to love researching biology, happily watching Animal planet as my main informant.
But, now it has grown into an inquiry for history and more specifically black history. The movement
has sparked an interest into politics and social justice. After a hashtag would sadly be made to bring
attention to the death of a victim of police brutality, I would find myself spending hours looking at
tweets. Twitter providing me information about policies, statistics, political candidates, and differing
opinions.More than I would have probably ever learned without it. Even now, it is my main source
of information for the presidential election and has proven to be very reliable. ... Show more content
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In the past two years, I realized that I loved to discuss social politics with anyone and could go on
and on and on. Sometimes engaging in discussions with my friends, that could last for hours when
were out, or until the bell rings at

The Tuft Of Flowers And Robert Frost's Home Burial
Discoveries are significant for their capacity to reveal a greater knowledge of ourselves and the
surrounding world through reflection and re–evaluation which can often be confronting. It can be
described as an inevitable, uncertain process of revelation that is put into motion with pre–existing
values and attitudes. However, experiences of discoveries are significant in stimulating new ideas
about the nature of human existence and one's purpose in life. This is evident in Robert Frost's poem
The Tuft of Flowers, where an altered perception of our ever–changing world is revealed through
interactions with the physical, natural world. Similarly, unseen text shows that...
Finally, Frost's Home Burial reveals the limits of communication in creating distance in a
relationship, and in doing so, reveals the effects when discovery is inhibited. As a result, discoveries
can be both ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Both Frost's The Tuft of Flowers and Author's Unseen reveal the inevitable process of discovery and
its implications in creating renewed perceptions of oneself and the world. Contrastingly, Frost's
Home Burial emphasises the consequences of an inability to make a meaningful discovery. Each
text demonstrates the multifaceted concept of discovery and in doing so, explores the different ideas
concerning human condition and the surrounding

Kindred Bad Quotes
Danielle Wilk
Mrs. Gallo
English 11
Pd. 9
17, November 2014
Humans Are Not All Good or All Bad ""The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by
the bad people but the silence over that by the good people."–Martin Luther King, Jr." In the past
couple of weeks in class we have been reading Kindred by Octavia Butler. The genre of the book is
Science fiction. It is about a young woman by the name of Dana who goes back in time and time
travels back to the 1800's. She meets some of her ancestors and makes friend with them. There is
Rufus, Alice, Nigel, Sara, Tom Weylin and, Margret Weylin. So many break people up into
categories between good and bad but is there truly people that are all good and all bad? Ever since I
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Showing that he is not even an all good or all bad person to himself. ""Someone should use one like
that on you," I said, "before you burn the house down (21)."" In this quote Dana is yelling at Rufus
for trying to burn the house down. Rufus was going to continue and watch it and try to kill himself
in it too all because he was mad at his dad. ""There the." The boy pointed upward. There was a tree
limb hanging above us. A broken tree limb (59)." Nigel just told Kevin and Dana where Rufus came
down from. Dana and Kevin then told him to go and get Weylin. Also this shows how much danger
Rufus is getting himself into. "He began to cough and mutter and I realized that he was either drunk
or sick (198)." This is an amazing quote to show that Rufus was trying to make himself feel better
even though he was hurting himself

violence in kindred
Arad Levytan ENG4U Mr. Patrick August 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 always, a sensitive topic like full out
physical abuse is hard to handle for some readers, and that makes people question whether the
prevalent violent theme in Kindred was truly necessary. Without violence, ... Show more content on
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For any small act of disobedience, there was an unimaginably larger punishment. In Kindred, the
impact of these violence acts were accurately represented through Dana's thoughts on them. She said
"the whipping served its purpose as far as I was concerned. It scared me, made me wonder how long
it would be before I made a mistake that would give someone a reason to whip me" (Butler 92).
Through this quote from Dana, it is evident how Butler used the torturous beatings to showcase the
harsh mental effects it had on the victims. Similarly, the whippings are a symbol of a slave's life.
Like a whipping session, a slave's life was hard and stretched out, and with everyday they would
break down more and more. Sometimes, the fear of getting whipped was a more powerful tool in
preventing rebellions than the actual physical pain they caused. Because whippings were essential in
controlling the slaves, it was vital for Butler to include them in the novel. Lastly, violence in
Kindred was used to show how the treatment of slaves was used to dehumanize and put down
blacks. In a society where a slave owner had absolute power over its "property", the importance of a
slave's life was greatly disregarded. Butler used this notion and violence to show how in the eyes of
whites, slaves were subhuman. Thusly, they had no rights, and received extremely unlucky
treatment. When traveling to the 1800's as a black women, Dana stated that in that time "there was
no shame in raping a black woman,

Slavery In The Book Kindred
Slavery in America lasted many centuries until it was finally abolished. Why did slavery seem to last
so long? Slavery was the way of living and was a casual lifestyle for people. The book Kindred
gives readers an insight on how slavery is in the 1800's and how many people, even children, are
involved in thinking slavery is a normal thing. Was the environment they live in to blame for this or
does it just depend on the person? Though some people might say it depends on the person, the
environment people are placed in actually has a tremendous effect on what type of person one
becomes.
To begin with, the book Kindred is about a girl named Dana, a black women, who lives in 1976 and
goes back in time to the 1800's. Having to now live in the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net
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Kevin, Dana's white husband, gets affected by the 1800's environment when he goes back in time
with Dana and gets stuck there for five years. When Kevin finally returns to 1976 Dana notices a
change in Kevin "Nothing really noticeable, but he did sound a little like Tom Weylin" (Butler 190).
A certain environment can easily cause people to use the language or speech that they hear most of
the time. Not only does Kevin's accent change but he also could not fall back into the pattern of
1976. As Kevin examines his home that he has not been in for five years he seems lost "He picked
up the electric sharpener, examined it as though he did not know what it was, then seemed to
remember" (Butler 194). Having to endure the harder times of the 1800's Kevin seems to forget the
way his old life works in 1976. Kevin also came back to 1976 as an angry person. As Dana looked at
Kevin "The expression on his face was like something I'd seen, something I was used to seeing on
Tom Weylin. Something closed and ugly" (Butler 194). After experiencing all the violence he goes
through for those five years in the 1800's Kevin changes and becomes more closed and wants to be
alone. The 1800's environment greatly affects Kevin and changes him in obvious

Examples Of Alice In Kindred
In 'Kindred," we can infer that Alice is just obeying the decisions made for her. After her and Isaac
were captured, they both encountered a vicious attack, leaving them both seriously injured.
Although she is being taken cared of by Dana, Alice is still being held against her own will. Leaving
her in a vulnerable position that forces her to do what she is told. I.e., even though she is receiving
treatment and being fed, Alice would much rather be free with Isaac, "It was though she had just
noticed this specific pain in the same way she noticed me. "Where is this?' she asked..."(154). At this
point, the best situation would be for Alice to stay with Rufus, because her husband has since been
beaten and sold off, "'this is the Weylin house,'

Stereotypes In The Kindred
White–skinned people ruled. Color–skinned people worked. In the novel, The Kindred by Octavia
E. Butler, Dana continually switched between time–periods to save her ancestor, Rufus Weylin, as
without him, she will not be alive in her present. In Rufus' time period, she noticed how numerous
characters in the 1800's experienced the troubles of being a slave including herself. Firstly, the
patrollers thought it was enjoyable to bother the slaves for their entertainment from time to time.
Furthermore, Margaret, Rufus' mother, had emotionally abused Dana for several reasons. Finally,
Rufus, himself, tried to commit the illegal crime of rape. Butler has focused greatly upon acts of
physical, emotional, psychological and sexual violence, which were commonly seen in the 1800's
due to abundant racism/slavery.
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As Rufus became older, his arrogance worsened; therefore, violence became his primary approach
when he failed to get his way. This lead to more problematic situations for Dana. For example,
Rufus was greatly depending on Dana to save his father, Tom Weylin, when he was dying of a heart
attack and when she failed to save him, Rufus took his anger out by shifting to violence and
punishing Dana. She could not have done anything about his father's death. Although, Rufus still
had to be violent as he failed to get his way; therefore, her punishment was to work in the fields,
where she constantly "fell to [her] knees and doubled over in a blaze of pain. Tears ran down [her]
face." (212). Rufus' servant had tortured Dana by whipping her over and over again to a point where
she could not bear it anymore. In summary, Rufus was unsure of how to deal situations, where he
did not get what he wanted, without demonstrating some act of

Kindred Essay
Brutal Slaveholder's Life In The Hands of Dana
Dana and Rufus might look like friends from the outside, but Dana's feelings for him are quite
different from what we think of them. To begin with Dana sees Rufus as a child needing or relying
upon her protection. For instance, when Dana saved him from drowning in the river. Secondly, she
views him as a man of his time. In another words Rufus's personality is the way that any other man
would have been in that period of time towards his slaves. Lastly, he is a ruthless and vicious
slaveholder, which Tom Weylin's fault. Just as Tom's behaviour on the slaves and on his son. Finally,
I will explain in more details how Dana's feelings for Rufus are in the following ... Show more
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223). Further more Rufus had started to take whatever he wanted by force if he couldn't get it
peacefully. For instance, the time when Alice said he didn't want to go with him and she decided to
marry Issac. Just as then he thought he should get her by forcing her to come with him and when she
didn't he tried to rape her. "She'll get what's coming to her. She'll get it whether I give it to her
or not," he said smiling (Pg. 123). To conclude, Rufus still needs to learn a lot about manhood
of his time.
As, Rufus grows older he becomes more offensive , brutal, and vicious. To begin with Tom Weylin's
hatred for his as a little child had turned him this way . For example, when Tom hit Rufus for
stealing a dollar from him and Rufus tried to get back at him by burning the draperies. Rufus
"He said I took money from his desk, and I said I didn't. He said I was calling him a liar, and
he hit me. Several times" (Pg. 26). Also, Rufus started to deal with his anger by punishing
other people like his slaves. Like the time when Rufus blamed Dana for his fathers death and sent
her to fields, and also got her whipped. "I guess I just had to make somebody pay. And it
seemed that... well, people don't die when you're taking care of them" (Pg. 216). Finally,
Rufus had really shown his vicious side to Dana.
For these reasons, you

Examples Of Slavery In Kindred
In Kindred, Dana is repeatedly teleported back to the 1800s to help her ancestor, Rufus Weylin, out
of trouble. Unfortunately, this is also the time when slavery was alive and well. Dana, a black
woman, gets whipped and treated like most other slaves at the time. Short of fearing for her life,
feeling dizzy, and teleporting back to her time, there is no easy way out. Dana has to consent to this
treatment to survive. Among other scenes, this shows that when slaves see no easy way to escape,
it's much easier to submit than risk punishment or death. Slaves are made by forcing people into
slavery and making escaping or resisting very difficult.
When Dana and Keven are both in 1819, Kevin takes a job tutoring Rufus and Dana helps the house
slaves. When they sit in the woods one day, Kevin points out how little there is to see, angering
Dana. She mentions Robert's whipping, saying "Weylin had two other slaves strip Robert down and
tie him to a tree...And [they] all just stood there. Did nothing." Kevin says there is nothing she can
do "that won't get [her] whipped or killed." Dana confesses that she started teaching Nigel how to
read. Dana realizes that because of the threat of punishment or death, she and Kevin have to submit
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When Dana tells him he should try to escape, Nigel says he "tried once." Nigel soon got caught, and
Rufus let Nigel "hire his time out, work for other whites to make money for building materials."
This allowed Nigel to build a cabin for himself and Carrie on the Weylins' land. Nigel finished by
saying, "If not for Marse Rufe, I would have been sold south when they caught me. I'd probably be
dead by now." If Nigel and Carrie tried to escape, they would leave an actually secure home and be
homeless for a long time. If they were caught, they would be sold or killed. So they stayed to have a

What Is The Theme Of Kindred
Ahmed Mahmood Jasim
Kindred
Kindred is the first sci–fi written in the mid–1970s by a black woman to explore how the history of
the enslavement of blacks by whites in America This combination of slave memories, imagination,
and historical fiction is a narration of rich literary complexity. She published Kindred, a dark fiction
that represents the American history: slavery. This narration, in which a young middle–class black
female finds herself moving between 1976 antebellum and Maryland. Dana uncovers her family's
history and discovers a dark past. Her history starts with a slave owner's son called Rufus and her
survival means keeping him alive even when he is turning to the slave owner like his father. Like the
past has attached on the present, Rufus attaching onto Dana, the sacrifices of the past form the
present today. Dana sacrifices with her arm which is an important for a writer as well as slaves
sacrifices with their skin, bones and souls for better future.
As we see from the very beginning of Kindred, Dana wonders about the possibility of getting truth
through observation whether visual or imaginative . In the opening scene, she says that she has to
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"Rape rewarded." He turned his head toward me and peered at me through swollen eyes. "I begged
her not to go with him," he said quietly. "Do you hear me, I begged her!" I said nothing. "I was
beginning to realize that he loved the woman–to her misfortune". There was no shame in raping a
black woman, but there could be shame in loving one "(p.124). Dana returns this time after 5 years
and Rufus is now 19 years old. Isaac beats Rufus in bad way. Rufus tells Dana that "he'll buy Alice
and let them sell Isaac". Dana is astonished and confused by his comments. Actually all her tries to
change Rufus in her past time to make him better man does not

Adapting Kindred
Metacognition refers to " thinking about what you are thinking"; the audiences are the ones you
want to persuade or to educate. In outcome one, the writer needs to form a metacognition of the use
of language in different writing contexts, which requires the writer has a clear understanding of who
the audience is so that various aspects of writing will be formed accordingly. Keeping whom the
audiences is an important aspect of writing because it determines how the arguments would be
delivered in each piece of writing. Hence, the writer should consider the audiences' needs in the
background information provided, the frequency of terminology used, the tone, the style, the word
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For the first component of this paper, I wrote a proposal of adapting Kindred in the form of book to
a form a short film, which would be exhibited on the Reginald F. Lewis of African American History
and culture. The audience would therefore be the examiners of the short film on behalf of the
museum. For instance, " transferring Kindred from the form of book to the form of short film can
help pursue of the missions that Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and
culture, which is to inspire people about the lives of African American Marylanders. Also Reginald
F. Lewis Museum is celebrating the 10th year of African American History and culture, therefore
exhibiting Kindred as a form of short film would be meaningful for Reginald F. Lewis Museum,
since the visitors who come to the museum are the ones who are willing to experience, and be
inspired by the lives of African American Marylanders" Due to the reason that the audience is the
examiner of the exhibition on behalf of the museum, I carefully considered my tone in both
professional and persuasive tones in order to show respect and persuade them to exhibit the short
film. While writing this proposal to the specific audience, I try to expect what the examiners on
behalf of the museum are willing to see in the short film. As an examiner, one would like to see a
short film that could raise people's awareness and appreciation towards African American history
and culture, in addition by mentioning that the museum could celebrate the 10th year of African
American History and Culture by exhibiting the short film could show me as a proposer concern
about the African American History and Culture personally and

Professional Practice Paper Example
Professional Practice Paper The advance practice nurse that I chose to interview is Ms. Tonya King
BA, MSW, MHA, and MSN–FNP. Tonya is employed with Kindred Hospice University/ Mental
Health Facility. The University Behavioral Center (UCB) has been around since 1989, providing
high–quality mental health and substance abuse treatment. The behavioral center provides many
program options for children, adolescents, and adults. The main goal of this organization is to enable
individuals to enable individuals to improve their quality of life in a safe and comfortable
environment. The hospital has two separate wings, the children/ adolescent's wing and the adult
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By delivering palliative care by hospice professionals, our patients can spend their remaining days
in comfort and peace. Kindred at Home, a division of Kindred Healthcare Incorporated is the
nation's leading provider of comprehensive home health, hospice, and non medical home care
services. Kindred at Home delivers compassionate, high–quality care to patients and clients in their
homes or places of residence, including nonmedical personal assistance, skilled nursing and
rehabilitation and hospice and palliative care and emotional support to our patients and their
families. There are many rules and regulations governing each state concerning the scope of
practice. Independent prescribing is prohibited; Florida Nurse Practitioners may not prescribe
controlled substance. This is a disservice since these providers have gone to school and have had the
proper education to practice and provide care as well as prescribe medication to patients. As a
registered nurse and as a nurse practitioner you have taken pharmacology and studied medication,
their class, action, mechanism, and side effects, as well as passing boards. This encompasses all the
things needed to become an advance practice nurse, service, provide treatment and prescribe
medication. This is an ongoing issue and nurse practitioners are

Octavia Butler's Kindred
As with Schiff, in, 'Some Matching Strangeness': Biology, Politics, and the Embrace of History in
Octavia Butler's Kindred by Benjamin Robertson there is a shift taking place in the scholarship on
Kindred away from purely examining the way the novel interacts with and connects, or fails to
connect, itself and it's readers to the past. Robertson's main areas of interest include science fiction,
fantasy, horror, and twentieth and twenty–first century literature (Robertson, Curriculum).
Conceding that most of the scholarship on Kindred reduces her work, "to a meditation on ahistorical
notion of embodiment, and her concerns with American history are reduced to reimaginings of
history with nothing new to offer the field," Robertson turns his article towards the role of bodies as
a means both to be oppressed and fight oppression, as well as the unique position a black female
protagonist has in Kindred. At times, Robertson falls into the same trap that ... Show more content
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from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, focusing on twentieth–century novels in English
that deal with slave narratives ("Contributors"). Naturally, commenting on Kindred then is well
within her realm of research. In her article on Kindred she furthers the shift from talking primarily
about Kindred and how it relates to history by concluding on how Butler addresses a "crisis of
representation" (Flagel 217). Like LaCroix, Flagel mentions the way Butler plays with time, but
then she departs from that subject in favor of explaining writing's role in representation, which so far
hasn't been discussed as much in the scholarship on Kindred, as would be expected, given that there
are very few black women science fiction authors. However, Flagel doesn't merely talk about
representation in regards to diversity, she probes it deeper asking how pain, violence and similar
traumatic realities must be mediated through visual or literary communication (Flagel 229,

Examples Of Identity In Kindred
What kind of trait is the best in the face of adversity? Octavia Butler showcases Dana's strong willed
trait when Dana is about to be raped by a patroller, and she finds a branch and knocks him out cold
preventing herself from the danger. Another example is when Dana devises a plan to run and see her
husband but it was foiled by Liza, her plan was great and displayed her cunning traits. And a final
example is when Rufus ends up getting Dana alone and she realizes that he is going to try to rape
her. So she grabs a knife and stabs him to death. In Kindred, Octavia Butler uses Dana's personality
traits to reveal the idea that survival is based on a personal mentality. When Octavia Butler
introduces the character Dana, the reader follows her

Kindred Suicide Quotes
You can die for all I care. Shoot yourself, overdose, slit your throat, be my guest. People die every
day, that's life. What makes you any special? No matter what method or how much effort you put
into harming yourself, do you think that you will benefit from your demise? Will your untimely
departure lay your thoughts to rest or provide a sense of tranquility? There is a small chance that
they may, but what price will you pay to obtain peace? Every day, we are faced with the constant
war between our thoughts that affects the decisions we make. Ultimately, it is up to us to decide
whether our actions are negative or positive. Violence and Suicide are two the key components that
helps make up the storyline to the novel, Kindred. Violence is one ... Show more content on
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According to the surgeon general from 1998–2002, David Satcher, "Between 1952 and 1994, teen
suicide in the United States tripled, and in 2001 suicide was the third leading cause of death of
young Americans." (Satcher) Even though Satcher's statistics are 14 years old, that cannot compare
to the 49 years of time lost due to deaths that could've been avoided. In Mia Bloom's "Female
Suicide Bombers Seek Equality and Dignity," Bloom seeks the motives as to female suicide
bombers are becoming more apparent in foreign countries. Bloom's view on the subject suggests
that the foreign women take the initiative to become suicide bombers in order to grasp the
opportunity to become superior in male–dominated society. According to Bloom, the women's effort
seem to backfire, seeing as though no matter how far or violent their efforts may reach, they will
ultimately and always be ruled by men. "In January 2002, an Egyptian newspaper eulogized: "The
bride of Heaven preferred death to the pleasures of life, so as to convey a powerful message to the
Arab nation." Another editorial noted, "From Mary's womb issued a Child who eliminated
oppression, while the body of Wafa became shrapnel that eliminated despair and aroused hope."
(Bloom) Ira Brock's "The Right to Die Is Not a Civil Right" dwells in the theory of legalization
concerning the act of suicide. Brock combats the ideas, rules and laws of

Examples Of Stereotypes In Kindred
Multiple stereotypes about African Americans arose from slavery during the 19th century including:
The Uncle, the Auntie, Sambo, the coon, and the pickaninny. However, there were other stereotypes,
including the Mammy and the Jezebel, that were specifically directed at black women. These
degrading stereotypes are illustrated in Octavia Butler's novel and comic book, Kindred, by
attributing female characters with various traits that typically accompany these stereotypes. Thus,
this essay will discuss the ways in which each prominent female character either embodied or
challenged the characteristics that coincide with those two stereotypes. Sarah is a character who
most obviously typifies the Mammy stereotype. She is one of Mr. Weylin's house slaves who
oversees the cooking for the Weylin family and manages the kitchen. The comic book illustrated her
to be a fat, big breasted, brown skinned, older woman who would wear a long grey gown with a
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Although the main character, Dana, is described to be intelligent, well spoken, and respectable, she
does not escape this negative stereotype. Even after the various occasions when she unwillingly time
traveled from 1976 Los Angeles to the antebellum south to save Rufus's life, in the end she was still
objectified as a sexual object. Rufus, who, at the end of the comic attempted to rape Dana, was not
the only character who objectified Dana. His mother, Margret Weylin, even referred to Dana as a
"filthy black whore" for sleeping in her own husband, Kevin's, room. Mrs. Weylin was misled to
believe that Dana was simply Kevin's slave, however, the issue was that Mrs. Weylin wanted Kevin
for herself and bashed Dana for supposedly being a whore who threatened Mrss. Weylin's chances
of ever establishing relationship with Kevin despite being already married to Mr.

Kindred Quotes
Towards the beginning of Kindred, when Rufus is a young boy, Rufus is very trusting of Dana, and
in turn Dana is very willing to help and guide Rufus. At this point Rufus does not fully understand
the concept of slavery, or black versus white. Rufus does see that black people are treated as below
him, but he does not understand why nor does he take advantage of this, yet. Rufus simply sees
Dana as a woman who dresses as a man who helps him when he is in desperate need of help. As a
boy, Rufus is very trusting of Dana, as Dana is trusting of Rufus. As shown in, "Rufus grabbed my
arm and held it, obviously trying not to cry. His voice was a husky whisper. 'Don't go Dana.' I didn't
want to go. I liked the boy" (66). This quote takes place right ... Show more content on
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As depicted in, "'You wouldn't hurt me until something frustrated you, made you angry or jealous.
You wouldn't hurt me until someone hurt you. Rufe, I know you'" (256). In this quote, Rufus is
trying to convince Dana to stay in his time. He is telling her he would not harm her. This shows how
Dana has lost faith in her understanding with Rufus in which they need each other too much to hurt
one another. It shows that because of Rufus's impulsive behavior, Dana has lost trust in Rufus to not
harm her. This quote shows that Dana and Rufus's relationship has developed into one of no trust or
general ground rules. It has developed as Rufus has aged. As a further matter, not only has Dana lost
trust with Rufus, but Rufus has lost faith in Dana to keep him safe. Shown in, "Rufus wasn't afraid
of dying. Now, in his grief, he seemed almost to want death. But he was afraid of dying alone, afraid
of being deserted by the one person he had depended on for so long" (257). In this quote, the person
Dana is referring to as "The one person he had depended on for so long," is herself. This quote
shows that because of Dana coming and going into Rufus's time, Rufus has lost faith in Dana. Rufus
truly has depended on Dana to come and save him when he was in desperate need, and he

Kindred Literary Analysis
When a reader reads a piece of literature, they might find themselves having events and feelings in
common with a character. When I read Kindred, I realize I connected with Dana and Kevin in the
passage,"The Fall" part seven. Dana experiences the familiar symptoms connected to her time–
traveling, and it is the feeling of dizziness. Kevin, who is accustomed to these episodes, latches on
to Dana to travel back with her. Kevin and Dana arrive in a forest where they see Rufus with a
broken leg after falling out of a tree. Dana and Kevin quickly asks Nigel to call for Rufus's father to
help transport Rufus home. Rufus convinces his father to let Dana and Kevin stay at their house.
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She successfully delivered the ignorance, hardships, and violence that came with slavery in the
1800's. Butler did this in a way that made me so eager to turn the next page. I found it interesting
how she combined the topic of slavery and time–travel in one book. Therefore, I thoroughly enjoyed
Kindred, as it was an eye–opener of what African–Americans had

Summary : ' Kindred Story '
Kindred Epilogue Rewrite As I ripped by arm from its plaster prison, I began to feel that strangely
familiar sensation, the dizziness. No, it must have been from the pain. I must be delusional. I
couldn't be going back. It wasn't possible. Rufus was dead. He was dead! I had seen him die with
my own two eyes. I had killed him with my own two hands. I couldn't be going back! He was dead!
I came to and looked around at the eerily familiar landscape, but something was missing. The house.
It was gone. I slowly walked towards the plantation that I had visited so many times before, and as I
grew closer and closer, I saw something peculiar. What was a rock doing in the middle of an empty
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Poor, sweet Carrie had predicted this. Why hadn't I listened? A single tear streamed down Carrie's
face. Where was Nigel? I looked slightly to the left, and I saw him. His shirt was badly torn, and
bright red blood was running down his back. Not only was he injured, but he was also handcuffed.
No. Was he being charged for the murder of Rufus? He couldn't be, this was my fault. I had to do
something. I began to take a step, and as my foot hit the ground, I heard the snap of a branch, and
Joe fell into my arms. He seemed to have fallen from the tree, and I immediately realized that it had
been Joe who previously asked about my arm. "Joe, what are you doing here?" "Nothin'. I'm just
watchin'. What's goin' on Dana?" he answered calmly. "Everything's fine Joe," I replied through
tears, "Maybe you should go back inside." "Why are you lying to me? If everything was fine, you
wouldn't be crying." If I offered to walk him back to his house, he might be willing to go inside.
"Let's go Joe," I muttered as I took his hand. I began to walk towards the front door, when I heard a
shout. "Hey! We missed one. Where do you think you're goin'? Get back here!" I hadn't thought this
through. I should've stayed hidden. I ran and ran until I clumsily tripped over the branch that had
fallen from the tree. I fell to the ground, and my vision became blurry. I was going home. My
eyelids fluttered open, and I stared into Kevin's beautiful, pale eyes. "How long was I gone this
time?"

Examples Of Power In Kindred
When one is given more authority, in this sense a higher power over another, for they just might
misuse that power for evil. In the novel, Kindred, a major theme is the corrupting influence of
power. Rufus, Tom Weylin's son, is a prime example of this theme. With race and gender, Rufus
already has some measure of authority, but while growing up, he envies the kind of power his father
has. Even though his skin color seems to make him better than the African Americans slaves, Rufus
grows up with respect for some slaves, like Alice and Nigel. As Rufus grows up, he treats his
"friends" horribly and begins to control their lives. Although, a person may start off innocent, they
will slowly be seduced by power to get what they want. When

What Is The Theme Of The Kindred
Literary Analysis
Octavia E. Butler's Kindred explores the life of Dana Franklin. Rufus, an eventual plantation owner,
unintentionally summons Dana across time to protect him every time his life is put in danger. She is
dragged into the past and forced to endure the life of a slave in the antebellum South. She is
repeatedly drawn back to ensure Rufus will live to guarantee the birth and survival of her family.
Each time she arrives in the past, Dana's journeys become increasingly dangerous because of Rufus'
obsessive need for her protection. She is finally freed from the pull of the past when she has to kill
Rufus because she is threatened with rape. Dana's maternal instincts allow her to protect Rufus
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When he sets a fire in his room, when he almost drowned, when he broke his leg, when he gets into
a fight and, when he's drunk and cold, Dana was there. According to Educational Psychologists On
Why Motherhood Is More Defined by Psychology than Biology, "the concept of mothers as superior
caregivers can be explained as the result of psychological responses to the division of labor and
organization of production." With Dana being a woman, she is expected to be a natural nurturer. In
the novel, Dana is appointed to take care of Alice when she is brought in bruised and injured. " I
thought you'd know more" (147) said Rufus while explaining why he wanted her to take care of
Alice. When Marse Tom was dying, Dana was awoken out of her sleep and, she was called to come
to his rescue. When asked was the doctor called , Alice responded with "Already Sent For... they
want you." (208) "Do something" (209) Rufus demanded Dana despite the fact that there was
nothing she knew to do.This examples shows that Dana was looked at as someone who could heal
and relieve pain because of her identity. She was even the caretaker for Rufus's mother when she
was sick. Throughout the entire novel, Butler assigns Dana the role of caretaker and she fulfills the
needs of the sick and afflicted every

A Metaphorical View Into Kindred
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 throughout the book, is the losing of her left arm. Losing such a vital part of one's body can be
devastating and for some this can be an unsurpassable obstacle, but for Dana is a reminder of her
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Dana feels that it was a mistake on his part and that "It was the breaking of an unspoken
agreement..." (239). Self inflicted wounds for Dana at the beginning of the novel might have been
an improbability but as the story progresses it become an almost certainty, this is one reason why
this wound was so significant for Dana, the only thing the reader does not know is when she will
make the leap. This wound is larger to Dana mentally than physically because it first shows how far
she was able to go in order to stop the pain and to end all her problems. Second, because the wounds
won't hurt her after they heal and they are big enough to be intrusive with her day to day life, yet
they are significantly out in the open to serve as reminders of her changes. The scars that will come
from the slits will surely remind Dana of how horrible the past can be and how it far it can push a
person no matter how strong their character is. Furthermore, it shows Dana that no matter how bad
your past can be it was necessary for someone to be the way they are or in her case the reason that
she exists. Finally, we are brought back to that scene in the hospital that the novel opened with, the
reader sees that when Dana is "thrown" back into the 1900's after killing the very person she was
sent to protect, she appears with her arm inside, and

Kindred Laborers Essay
On the off chance that you esteem and think about yourself. Numerous laborers have frightful
difficult encounters and feel that by not making an object is making the best decision as they would
prefer not to annoy their boss. By taking this methodology you are adequately saying you are not
justified, despite any potential benefits. It is not irregular to feel a feeling of uselessness taking after
a harm. Enduring a harm can truly put you at a truly low point, and you might be supposing why did
it transpire? Additionally you might feel you were capable somehow. All that really matters is 'It
shouldn't have happened' to you, or to anybody and if the accuse lies somewhere else then equity
ought to be served. Another thing to consider are your kindred laborers. Do you need them to
experience what you have encountered? Presumably not and by holding fast you can empower
changes that might avert advance work wounds. What numerous specialists don't understand is that
their boss has Workers Compensation protection which pays the remuneration and not the business.
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Imagine a scenario in which the harm was another person's shortcoming and could've been averted.
These are the issues you ought to be asking a remuneration legal counselor. In circumstances of
carelessness your manager has an obligation to guarantee the wellbeing and security of his (or her)
workers. It might mean the work environment needs exploring and this thus may enhance the
wellbeing norms for different representatives guaranteeing mishaps never happen again. In the event
that issues in the working environment are not settled, mischances might keep on happening and
more laborers might endure a damage. By reaching a work harm legal advisor you can figure out
whether your boss has neglected to meet his

Slavery In Kindred
Kindred In Octavia Butler's novel "Kindred," A young African–American woman writer named
Dana who is married to a white man named Kevin whom is also a writer. Dana is pulled back into
time during the 19th century. Dana comes face to face with many obstacles and is forced to deal
with her "people's past" (Harris) until she returns to her present day life in California. Throughout
the book; Dana continues to save Rufus, her ancestor, and slowly begins to accept slavery in order to
survive. Dana is pulled back into the past whenever Rufus is faced with a life or death situation. On
her first trip back into time, Dana finds Rufus drowning in a river. She pulls him out safely and
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Dana realizes that Alice is the one who will bear Dana's grandmother. "She must arrange the rape of
a free black woman by the slaveholder Rufus Weylin in order to ensure her own birth" (Yaszek). On
her way to the house, she's startled to find two white men beating up a black man outside of his
home. This is when the reality of slavery really starts to set in for Dana. She was right there, so close
to the beating that she could her every word that was being said. During this time, black slaves were
not allowed to go anywhere unless they had written permission from their white owners. The man
that was getting the beating did not have his pass on him. Once the white men, called patrollers,
were finished with the beating they took him away. Dana rushes over to help the woman and young
child into the house and asks to stay. A few minutes later, Dana comes outside of the house and is
startled to find that one of the white patrollers has come back. He starts to harass her and tries to hit
her when Dana runs into the woods. The white man catches Dana and begins beating her. She felt
like he was going to kill her and she began to feel dizzy again. Just before she thought he was going
to kill her, she picks up a big tree branch and hit's the man on the head, knocking him out. The next
thing Dana knows, she's waking up in her own house. Dana is home for a few days when she is
called back to Rufus. This time, Kevin is taken back into the

Chapter Summary Of Kindred
The book Kindred takes place in 1976 California, but the setting goes back and forth between 1976
California and 1800s Maryland. Kindred starts with a prologue that introduces the reader by telling
us bits and pieces of what is happening in the book. The prologue may be confusing to readers
because the prologue starts with what is happening at the end of Kindred. The prologue begins with
Dana being hospitalized because her left arm is gone. The cops think that her boyfriend, Kevin, did
something to Dana's arm. In the following chapter, "The River" Dana starts disappearing. Dana
encounters a boy named Rufus, whom she saved from drowning. When she returns from the
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When Dana first time travelled to the slavery era she was a naive and scared, as I would be scared
and naive too if I time travelled to the slavery era. We are taught to forgive and forget about what
happened to the ancestors of African Americans because slavery happened long ago and that we can
not blame the 21st century of Caucasian Americans for slavery. Though it is true that we can not
blame the Caucasian Americans for slavery, but it does not mean we have to forgive and forget
about what their ancestors did to African American ancestors. Dana was blinded by that side of
America and she finally got to experience what slavery really was about. For I am too blinded by
that side of America. I can see my background in Kevin because I feel as naive as Kevin is to
slavery and the horrific events that came along with slavery. I am naive about how bad slavery really
was because I never experienced slavery. I will not fully understand the struggles my ancestors had
doing the dirty work for the white man. I will not fully understand the struggles of having my family
torn apart by the white man. I will not fully understand not being able to have a proper meal because
the white man does not want you to eat. I will not fully understand being controlled by the white
man. Until I fully experience slavery I am naive to it. Whatever my high school taught me about
slavery is what I know. It is my responsibility to learn the

Themes In Kindred
Kindred follows the experience of Dana, the narrator and protagonists of the novel, as she is
mysteriously taken out her present day and time and transported to the Antebellum South. Through
this experience, she must adapt to the ways of an enslaved black woman, as she confronts the
limitations slavery has placed against black people. In order to survive, she must completely change
her way of thinking and how she does things. As she focuses on attempting to save her on life, she
also has the lives of her ancestors on her shoulder as she must continuously save the life of Rufus.
Rufus is the white son of a plantation owner and eventually fathers one of her ancestors. Overall,
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Especially, the unknown circumstances behind the diminishing of her great–great–grandmother's
personal accounts of slavery. The difficulty of her finding and tracing back her roots, even though
she had the most personal resource of her own grandparents, is what sparked the passion within to
discover the situation of slavery more closely. In her words, "to fill in the blank spaces of the
historical record and to represent the lives of those deemed unworthy of remembering." (Hartman,

Kindred Environment
Today's children learn and are influenced by their surrounding and environment. Children do not
know any better; for them, it's monkey see, monkey do. Today's youth are taught to respect everyone
of every race. However, back in the time of slaves, children were taught to despise blacks, and that's
what most of them did. In the book Kindred, Dana Franklin journeys back and forth to the
Antebellum South multiple times to see her past family who are slaves and the owner Rufus Weylin.
On multiple occasions, Dana voyages back to the past to help Rufus when he is in danger, so her life
does not become corrupt. Each time she goes back, different levels of danger await her. As Dana
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He had some friends that were slaves on the plantation like Nigel and Alice who also had treated
him with respect. In this scene, Dana and her husband Kevin both journey back to the past to see a
young boy curled into a ball on the ground from falling out of a tree. The married couple run over to
the boy who is Rufus and by him is a young black child around twelve years old. Dana asks the
black child,whose name was Nigel, what had happened to Rufus. He didn't answer her right away,
but instead he demands who she is and starts to get protective of Rufus. Rufus tells Nigel, "She's
alright and she's the one who helped me put out the fire the one time". After that little conversation
Dana asks Nigel if he knew where Rufus live. He replies with a "yes", and that he lived there too.
She figures that he is probably a slave on Rufus's father's plantation (59–60). Finding out that Nigel
is a slave and that he got protective of Rufus when he falls shows that there is a different type of
bond between them; almost like brothers or best friends. This demonstrates that Rufus doesn't care
about the color of his pal Nigel and that he wouldn't let anything exacerbate the situation even more.
This scene reveals that skin color does not matter to young Rufus because he does not want to be
like his

Kindred Bad Consequences
The question, "are bad choices and good choices equally likely to have negative consequences"
suggests that making any choice will most likely to leave effect on other involved in. In other words,
decisions have no good or bad quality, by the consequences define a fine decision–maker. In my
opinion, people tend to choose authorized people with the least negative effects in the their success.
Through out life and society, the evidence to support my viewpoint is pervasive.
Consider the case of Kindred, written by Octovia Butler in 1980, set in 1960 Maryland and 1984
California. A black woman, Dana, was forcefully sent back in time to Maryland. She struggle to
handle slavery enforcement, but with the help of Rufus, the white master, she was able to ease her
pain with lighter punishments. However, Dana had no choice in the end to kill Rufus because he was
becoming his late father whose soul is full of scorn toward the people of color. Her choice had
helped the slaves in Rufus home to escape t freedom. Unfortunately, she caused a life that loved her
from the bottom of his heart. The decision she mad is with wise judgement that has been written
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A bad of young British boy was accidentally push to the shore of an island with no human. They
must find a way to escape his land of the ocean. A leader must rise up for their plan to succeed. The
young lads call the strongest and the oldest to be the head of the land. They judge him upon his
knowledge as a man of older age and the strong will he hold. Their choice have them saved with the
idea of the smoke of fire, but their way to light the smoke fired up the island. Finding the right
leader will either help the lad, or it will corrupt in pieces. All in all, a leader from a democracy
viewpoint could help the escape proceed faster with his fine

Kindred Gender Equality
In our society today, we have made a lot of progress in terms of race and gender. In comparison with
"Kindred" by Octavia Butler and "To Sir, With Love," we have moved forward in our relationships
with and how we view people of a different race and a certain gender. In "Kindred," we are shown
how blacks were mistreated in the antebellum south and women were used as rag dolls to their
masters as this was all acceptable. While viewing "To Sir, With Love," it demonstrated how blacks
were still struggling with discrimination, as well as, the stereotypes that women belong in the
household, cooking and cleaning. Although we have advanced since those times, we still have
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Together we have learned and grown to see that everyone is a person that deserves his/her own
rights. This does not mean that we have achieved racial and gender equality though. It is a fact that
racial and gender biases are still in existence. These racial biases include individuals walking the
other way when a black man is approaching them, making racist remarks, not approving of our
African–American president, etc. Gender inequality is also an issue with women not getting paid
equal wages as men for the same job, are portrayed as weak, men are held to certain stereotypical
society pressures such as being physically and emotionally strong, etc. Obviously, there are still
certain things we need to learn and

Gender Inequality In Kindred
In the novel, Kindred, Butler shows that race is not the only factor in the power hierarchy between
white men and black women in the story. Gender plays just as a significant role in power than race.
We, the readers, see how white women like Margaret Weylin are seen as inferior to their husbands,
who have a public presence in society and can do as they please. In addition, society expects them to
be nothing more than wives and mothers. On the other hand, black women are constantly victimized
and treated inhumanly even till the present but in more subtle forms. This is shown with the
treatment of 20th century women like Dana who still seemed to be undermined by white men like
Kevin, who is shown to reinforce patriarchal values through his treatment of her. Moreover, it is
repeatedly shown in the novel that 19th century black women were even more oppressed than their
white counterparts as they are deprived of their basic roles as mothers and wives and even
indiscriminately raped. Due to their gender and race, black women had their human rights rescinded
and were subject to even worse condition than black men. In the novel, when Dana gets back to the
present after being away from Rufus for fifteen days, she recounts her horrific experience to Kevin.
She states, "You mean you could forgive me for having been raped?" (245). Dana is in a state of
disbelief when Kevin insinuates that he could forgive an intimate act with Rufus if she has been
raped by him in the past. This comment

Power In Kindred
Power had a huge part on how people were treated back in the times of slavery. In the novel Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler, an African–American woman named Dana traveled between the 1800s and the
present to help her great–grandfather throughout his life while also trying to shape him into a better
person in the racist society that he was in. One of the things she noticed was how power could
dictate how people lived their lives, especially since slavery was prevalent in the area her great
grandfather, Rufus Weylin, lived in. Dana, Rufus, and Alice were all characters whose power
affected how their lives turned out and the choices that they made. Dana does not have absolute
power or absolute vulnerability to power in the novel. She has less power than Rufus and slave
owners, but she has more ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
For example, Dana said, "I had thought that eventually, he would just rape her again," (162) when
speaking about what Rufus wanted to do to Alice. This shows how little power Alice has over
Rufus. Alice is supposed to be a free woman, but Rufus makes her become his slave and he forces
her to have sex with him against her will. Her lack of power as a slave means she has no say over
Rufus and other slave owners, and that they can exploit her however they wish. In addition, when
speaking to Dana, Alice said "I don't care what he wants. If I thought it would make him free my
children, I'd try to do it. But he lies! And he won't put it down on no paper." (232) Alice had stayed
with Rufus and hoped that he would write freedom papers for Hagar and Joe if she pretended to love
him, which sadly he did not do. Since Alice did not have power as a slave, she wanted to run away
in hopes of giving her children a chance at freedom that she never got. As a slave, Alice did not have
much power and therefore suffered in the hands of Rufus and other slave owners who had power
over

Kindred, By Octavia Butler
Published June 1971,Octavia Butler's science fiction narrative, Kindred, gives a glimpse into how
life was for African Americans during slavery in the Antebellum South. Kindred serves as a time
portal between the 1800s and the year 1976. As the main character Dana goes from an 1800's
plantation to her home in 1976 it is obvious that time period changed, however being that Dana is
constantly back and forth between the two times, she is able to see exactly how drastic the change
was and what liberties she took for granted by living in 1976. Kindred is told from the first person
account of a young African American women, Dana Franklin. Dana is from Southern California and
is married to a white man named Kevin. While unpacking in her new house, Dana gets dizzy and
loses awareness of where she is. Upon waking up she notices that she is no longer in her house but
instead is by a river in which a boy is in the river struggling to stay afloat. This boys name is Rufus,
the white son of a plantation owner. This was the first of several times that Dana gets taken back in
history to pre–civil war Maryland. Each time she is drawn back to the past she begins to realize that
it is at the aid of Rufus so that she can ensure his growth to manhood and run and plantation where
he fathered Dana's ancestor. As Dana goes back and forth through time, she goes from being a free
woman in 1976 to a slave in the 1800s. Each time she returns to the 1800s her stay gets more
dangerous and she

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