The Horrors Of Slavery In Kindred

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American History is a topic taught in very small detail during all levels of education. From elementary school to college, educators educated students with the facts and theories regarding the transformation of this country from the 1600s to today. While there are many events and time periods in this nation’s history that have shaped its culture and society, one of the most thoroughly studied eras in American History is that of slavery in the antebellum south. Every student in school has taken at least one class in which the teacher shows facts and figures about the horrors of slavery, or shows pictures of the squalor of slave quarters with the intention of shocking and upsetting the inhabitants of the classroom. Most students, however, are never taught the “whole story”. They never learn about the lives behind the numbers or the events behind the pictures. The realness was cover up by white supremacy. The book, “Kindred” show some struggles blacks had to face in the early days.
While celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday, Dana gets taken from her home in California and relocated to a place in the south. Rufus, son of a white plantation owner, has brought Dana across time to save him from drowning. After this first summons, she is drawn back, multiple times to protect Rufus and make sure he will grow to manhood and be the father of the daughter of Dana’s ancestor. Each time she arrived in the past, Dana’s stay became more dangerous every visit because of Rufus’ need for her. Although Rufus enslaves her and abuses her, Dana cares for him. When she time travels, Dana must struggle to maintain her identity as a strong, intelligent, free black woman in a world in which women and all black people are utterly subservient to ignorant, ...

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...hat rape is a horrifying act, but instead of stopping himself from raping women, he lessen his guilt by forcing his victims to fake enthusiasm. He seen the pain he put on his victims, but rather than changing his behavior, he continues to do harm and then expresses genuine regret after the damage has been done. This is a very ironic action. When he is getting his way, Rufus can be a kind and gentle man. But despite the regret Rufus show, and other personality, Rufus is, in the end, a brutal man. He thinks nothing of beating and continually raping women, selling men, and breaking up families. He is selfish and brutal, and his selfishness and brutality only gets worse as he get older.
The book, “Kindred” showed several symbolism, irony, and imagery. The different obstacles caught the reader at awe.Dana showed a black woman overcoming hard times and making it through.

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