Sinuo Yan
Thomas Healy
English 102
Nov 8, 2016
Kindred: An impressive woman life I have a heart for books that can transport the reader back through time, but much like the main character, Dana, such time travel is masochist to experience. I 'm not talking about the realistic depiction of slavery. I think this book was read in every American Literature class in America. First of all, the main character of this novel as follows is Dana. She is my favorite character. Dana is the narrator and heroine of the novel. A young black woman writer living in the end of the twentieth century, she finds herself plunged into the antebellum South of the nineteenth century, an alien world in which she must struggle to establish an identity and to maintain her freedom. Dana must also battle her conscience. Only if Rufus, her forebear, survives will she herself live, so she must constantly save him. At the same time, she wonders if she is morally bound to let him die, thereby helping dozens of slaves. Further complicating matters are her feelings of genuine affection for Rufus. She likes him, despite his cruelty to her and her friends. Each time Dana saves Rufus’s life, he strips her of another piece of her dignity, which forces her to think about her own limits. By the end of the novel, she discovers that she is willing to kill to defend herself against rape. Dana claims that her marriage to Kevin is sound, and that as a couple they have not been harmed by their travels to the South.
In the introduction to his book Otherwise known as the Human Condition, Dyer mentions that his book serves as, “proof of just how thoroughly my career… had avoided any focus, specialization, or continuity except that dictated by my desire to write about whatever I happened to be interested in at any given moment,” (Otherwise known as the Human Condition 3). In Writing on the Edge, Amy Bernhard asserts that, “like a nesting doll, one digression reveals another, and then another, until it becomes clear that diversion itself is the book—the essay within the essay, the point within the point,” markedly asserting the complexity of Dyer’s works (“On Being Pointless: Wrestling with Geoff Dyer” 82). Bernhard also mentions that she learned from Dyer
During the novel, the characters' lives are all combined with each other's struggles and sexual experiences, some heterosexual, some homo- or bisexual. The most obvious victim of the novel is Rufus Scott, a black jazz musician who commits suicide at the end of the long first chapter. The other major characters also suffer as they struggle to find themselves and satisfy their craving for love and true happiness.
Later as an adolescent, I was an active member of my high school’s Girls Football team and Volleyball. I attend a post-secondary institution right after high school; I received my Medical Assistance Certification from Star Technical Institute in Whitehall, PA. I pursue my dreams of obtaining the education I had always desired and found a great job in the medical assistance field. Another event, which shifted my life forever, was accepting a marriage proposal at a young age and marrying in 1991. I made it clear from the beginning that my education was very important to me and marriage would not stand in the way of my pursuing post-secondary studies or even completing high school. When I announced my engagement due to my pregnancy I was, determine to complete all my studies to make a better life for my son. I became a mother in February 1991 and continued to work as a Manager for a retail store until my husband, who had been unemployed since our marriage, found work. When he secured employment, it gave me the financial flexibility to pursue my dream of attaining higher education, In July 1992. Working in the medical field, you gain so much knowledge and then transferring into the mortgage career, I gained lots of experience. My last job I went back to the medical field as that was the quickest job I can find in my area that was hiring. I was so nervous due to not knowing anyone and having to relearn everything all over
By far Dana showed the most relevance to the novel. She impacted on Rufus 's decisions and made him think for himself. Dana is an African American woman in her late 20 's teleporting back in time during the antebellum to her old ancestors, which later she discovers about, and also is considered a slave. Dana has connected to every character throughout the novel. Rufus, Sarah, Alice and many more. Throughout her journey to Maryland during the 1700’s and 1800’s she learned many things, like believing only in herself.
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My best friend is Emilia Grace Lane. I have known her since kindergarten, but we never actually started talking until first grade. We weren't really close friends, we more like acquaintances, I had my group of friends and she had hers. About halfway through first grade is when we started hanging out and playing. I remember during recess we would play "Puppet" and I would basically control her by grabbing her shoulders and walking her through the schoolyard. Halfway through second grade I dropped out of school, and being the great friend she is, she dropped out with me and we homeschooled together. We had days when we did school together, but we didn't concentrate too well. It was very difficult to concentrate when you have a hilarious friend making you constantly laugh. One day when
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She chose to talk about all of the hardships that went on in her life in a lot of detail. She explains all of the things that go on behind closed doors which gives a new perspective on how slaves were treated. She talks about how her master was raping one of the seamstresses, and how when the wife started to notice something was going on, the husband only denied it. She also talked about all of her very harsh beatings, and how harsh it truly was. She was beaten several times very intensely, and she had serious injuries from shoes that were to small for her feet. She was also chased by dogs as a little girl. She was terrified but followed her parents instructions and survived. This gives some insight as to how the slaves were really treated.
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