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    Commentary On Kindred

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    woman‚ named Dana that started transporting between the past and present periods. She would always transport to the past to help a white boy named Rufus before he did something that would kill him. Each time she would transport to help Rufus he would be a few years older and she would be there for a longer period of time. The passage in the story that connects with me the most was when Tom Weylin whipped Dana for disobeying him by stealing and reading his books. What had happened was Dana was in the

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    plantation. The author‚ Octavia Butler‚ portrays how the main character‚ Dana‚ uses resistance to survive in both time periods. She uses Dana to address the social and cultural issues of the Antebellum South and post-Civil Rights Movement. As African American woman‚ Butler was subjected to racism and oppression in her life‚ and translated her experiences into Dana’s character. The setting switches back and forth between both times as Dana narrates‚ painting a picture of slavery through her eyes better than

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    Fashion Channel

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    in order to stay aggressive the company needs to strengthen its competitive position. Thus‚ Thomas hired Dana Wheeler‚ an expert in marketing. Dana needs to prove that her recommendations of spending more than $60 million in national and affiliate advertising‚ promotion‚ and public relations will help keep The Fashion Channel a step ahead of its closest competitors Lifetime and CNN. After Dana compiled all of the research‚ she and her coworkers felt that advertising was a key part of The Fashion

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    ENGL 436 001 May 2‚ 2013 Accepting Bondage In Octavia Butler’s novel‚ Kindred‚ the main character Dana and her husband‚ Kevin‚ time travel backwards from the year 1976 in California to the nineteenth century in the antebellum South. Both Dana and her husband are authors in their present time‚ but‚ because of gender‚ he is paid more. They faced the long-time issue of racism as Dana is African-American and Kevin is Caucasian‚ which contributed to Kevin’s success as well. Their relationship

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    discussing race and class. Their relationship is based sees the marriage as a rejection of personal‚ social and racial identity)‚ Dana and Kevin marry alone in Las Vegas. Their decision to marry without the presence of their families stands for the

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    Fire Chapter Summary

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    In the chapter the Fire Dana is home recovering from her first encounter in another dimension‚ however‚ as she is recovering she begins to feel dizzy and sick again‚ then she appears in a room with a boy who is playing with fire. As Dana watches the boy she sees that the stick he is holding has ambers of fire‚ as do the curtains. Dana acts quickly by disposing of them‚ the boy then notices her she begins to question if it’s Rufus. As they get acquainted we discover the boy is Rufus however he is

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    impossible to reach in reality. Although that may be true‚ in literature there are characters who exhibit it ideally. For instance‚ Joan Bauer’s short story “A Letter from the Fringe” introduces a figure who showcases these traits. On a somber day‚ Dana‚ the protagonist‚ a high school student at Bronley High was tormented by bullies alongside her friend Sally for being overweight. Although‚ it seemed as if her heart had been torn out and thrown to the side‚ she was capable of forcing the two tyrants

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    in this new cabin‚ there were two other girls named Jess and Dana who I didn’t particularly like. In fact‚ most of the senior campers didn’t love them.

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    Hoot Essay

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    Roy gets bullied by Dana Matherson and Beatrice gets bullied by her family. Bullying is an important idea in Hoot because this is a common experience for teenagers. Roy is new to Coconut Cove and new to Trace Middle school. Dana bullies Roy on the bus‚ around the neighbourhood and at school. Dana makes fun of Roy by calling him ‘cowgirl’. Dana also tried to strangle Roy on the bus and Dana once pushed Roy into the janitor’s closet and tried to strangle and punch Roy. Dana also pushed Roy’s face

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    certain admirable qualities such as his will to fulfill his promises‚ even to slaves. Dana and Rufus In the beginning Dana and Rufus were weary of each other but the more time they spent with each other they had grown to like and trust each other. The two eventually became so familiar with each other that they grew to disrespect each other brewing violent emotions. 1. Rufus had grown comfortable enough to Dana to know that she could not resist helping others and not seeing others getting punished

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