Who is Dana Franklin?

The protagonist and narrator of the novel, Dana is a black woman from 1979 California who gets pulled back in time to Antebellum Maryland to save the life of her white ancestor, Rufus Weylin.

What is Dana character in Kindred?

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.

How is Dana related to Rufus?

Dana has known Rufus since childhood and often comes to his rescue. She also knows that he is her direct ancestor- she couldn't exist without him. Dana cares deeply for the boy and wants to see him become a better man than his father. Rufus comes to depend on Dana, and count on her as his closest friend.

What happens to Dana in Kindred?

Dana travels back to 1976 after a man attacks her in the woods. Once back, she and Kevin figure out that she goes back in time whenever Rufus needs his life saved and she comes back to 1976 whenever she thinks her life's in danger. Dana continues travelling back in time.

Why is Dana the protagonist?

Dana is the protagonist who, through her connection to her ancestor, Rufus, travels to the past to save his life various times. As a direct contrast to the “white savior” trope in which a white person saves a nonwhite person from harm, Dana becomes the Black savior.

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Why did Dana cut wrists?

When Dana slashes her wrists, she performs both a practical and a symbolic act. Her suicide attempt is practical: She knows that only the threat of death will send her back to 1976 . It is also symbolic: For the first time, she is fleeing Rufus's home rather than waiting for an outside danger to send her away.

Why does Dana end up losing her arm?

Dana's loses her arm in traveling back to the future because Rufus has a hold of her wrist. This significance is that while Rufus cannot physically travel with Dana to the 21st century, Dana's experiences as a slave do have an alarming impact that does travel back with her to the future.

Who betrays Dana in Kindred?

Liza. The cleaning woman, who betrays Dana to Weylin.

Is Kindred the death itself?

Kindred are Runeterra's most common spirit god that embody death, although they are not the only ones. They usually don't kill actively but rather appear to those who die naturally except for a few circumstances like in All Kindred Eve.

Why does Dana save Rufus?

Dana reflects that Rufus loves her because she cares about him. She wonders why she does not hate him, as Alice does, and why she keeps forgiving him. Despite her fondness for Rufus, she thinks she would kill him if he tried to rape her.

Is Mateo in love with Rufus?

Throughout the day, Mateo holds onto a secret about himself that he only reveals after he finally sings in front of a crowd: he's gay, and over the course of the day, he's fallen in love with Rufus.

What does Rufus ask Dana to call him?

Rufus quickly tells Dana that she'll have to start acting like a slave and call white people master if she wants to avoid getting in trouble. But she's not willing to do it.

What disease does Rufus have in Kindred?

Rufus is trembling. Nigel says that he has the ague, meaning malaria. Dana tells Nigel to put some mosquito netting around Rufus. She explains that the insects spread the disease.

What are Dana's character traits?

Dana is a strong, resourceful, intelligent woman, as well as a writer like her white husband Kevin. Dana learns how to adapt to the oppression of the Antebellum (pre-Civil War) era, but always retains her sense of self and autonomy despite Rufus's attempts to force her to become a true slave.

Who is the villain in Kindred?

Rufus-Tom Weylin

Rufus has had many opportunities to grow as a person, but he ultimately turns into a racist and a rapist despite Dana's efforts to teach him better morals.

What is the relationship between Dana and Kevin in Kindred?

They are a married couple living in Los Angeles, California in 1976. The two are both writers by occupation.

Is Kindred good or evil?

Kindred are a neutral force of nature, like a tornado isn't inherently good/evil. Kindred are either happy or sad when souls die. Death is a natural process, and they play a role in the passing of souls from one stage of life to the next.

Is Kindred immortal?

Kindred nurtures themselves from both their role as death gods and from the belief and memory of worshipers. Immortality: So long as there is life on Runeterra and there still be people that believe in them, Kindred will continue existing.

Why Kindred is the strongest?

Kindred only appears to beings right before they die and can kill anything and yes this includes immortal beings as most of them only have long life. Kindred can not actually be killed much less interacted with, the only interaction being in the spirit realm (spirit blossom lore).

What did Tom weylin do to Dana?

Tom Weylin whips Dana after he catches her reading. He forbade her from reading after he came across her looking at a book in his library.

Who dies at the end of kindred?

She finds Alice dead, hang by her own hand. She learns that Rafe told Alice he sold her children after she tried to run away. Again, we see evidence of Rafe's immaturity.

What happens to Dana when she kills Rufus?

Dana realizes that he's going to try and rape her, so she grabs a knife and kills Rufus. The slave named Nigel comes into the office and sees what Dana has done. He panics and runs toward Dana. But Dana gets dizzy and starts to disappear.

What does Dana's missing arm symbolize?

I think many of us can agree that Dana's lost arm is a symbol of her still being stuck in the past while continuing to live her life in the present. Dana is clearly not the same person she was before the time traveling.

What did Rufus do to Alice?

Dana is angry that Rufus, who raped Alice, is now getting her to himself. Sarah worries that Dana's frank talk is going to get her in trouble.