(Butler 68). Rufus Weylin in Kindred is a reckless kid that is always needing saving. The kid is a walking nightmare‚ not yet sensible to make competent choices‚ he is always in some kind of woe. The one constant in his rollercoaster of a life is Dana; Dana is his savior when he truly needs her help the most. Octavia Butler really takes readers on an attention-grabbing journey of Rufus’ life and it only makes the readers want to read more on what will happen to Rufus. From what I’ve read I predict
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“Thinking Outside the Idiot Box” by Dana Stevens is a direct response to Steven Johnson’s article “Watching TV Makes You Smarter.” Johnson’s article claimed that today’s television is actually making viewers smarter due to plots being more complex. Dana Stevens on the other hand did not agree on this theory. She believes that television is neither a poison nor a salutary tonic. Will watching more TV make you smarter? Most likely no‚ today’s television programs aren’t interested in making their audience
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you have the strong bond between the main characters Rufus and Dana. Family can be described in many ways‚ a close relationship among a group of people through blood or even non-biological friends. Although there are so many differences‚ the one thing that remains similar between the two groups is the love and trusting relationship you posses. During this time all the slaves had were their
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After Dana hurt Roy he had to stay home all weekend to make sure he was okay. Before going back to school he was nervous about seeing Dana again although he was not at school. When Garrett saw Roy at school he told him that everyone was talking about what he did to Dana and that they think he is a tough guy. Roy asked Garrett who the tall girl with the red glasses is‚ and he said that her name is Beatrice Leep‚ she is a major soccer jock‚ has a major attitude and is so tough that she broke the collarbone
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secret In James’ life. Dana Lynn Yarboro and her mother Gwendolyn Yarboro are secrets to others in his world‚ excluding his adopted brother and closest friend Raleigh. However‚ Dana‚ who is the protagonist in the first half of the book‚ and her mother know all about James’ secret and know that they are the very center of it. Dana takes a great deal of focus as to what one calls something. In fact this is quite common it is why there are many words for essentially the same thing. Dana expresses her belief
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by three unique individuals. Two of the founders (Igor Tkachenko and Roman Yukab) are internationally accomplished musicians and composers. The third founder (Alexandra (Sasha) Gimpelson) is a 1987 MBA graduate from HBS. Other MGI members include Dana Soiman (HBS MBA student)‚ Dav Clark (MIT graduate student)‚ and Alexandar Jan Sartakov (Boston Berklee College Music Business Management and Music Production and Engineering student). The founders are all Russians who are trying to create‚ produce
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and worst qualities in a human being. Dana Franklin‚ a strong african american woman‚ and Kevin Franklin‚ an intelligent white man as well as Dana’s husband‚ travel back to the antebellum south where they meet some of Dana’s ancestors and encounter situations that are eye-opening‚ which changes their views on life and gives them a better understanding of what kind of actions were going on back then. All the characters in this book change over time‚ but Dana‚ Tom Weylin‚ and Rufus are all paragons
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Mullet Fingers is intelligent. “Escaping from a juvenile hall Mullet Fingers used Dana as a decoy”(286-287). This proves Mullet fingers intelligence because escaping from a juvenile hall Mullet Fingers realizes that Dana is a slow brute so the police would be more interested in Dana. Another analysis is while Mullet Fingers is escaping he saw that Dana could not keep up with him so the police would go after Dana not him. The other piece of evidence is “ In the house Mullet Fingers with Beatrice’s
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As I mentioned‚ E-mail is a type of formal communication. The reasons why Margaret decided to write an email to the director of her department‚ none are as significant as the fact that Margaret wanted to solve the problem that Dana kept bullying Margaret like dumping the contents of her trash can onto her chair so she sent the Email to the director. Under this line of thinking‚ Email’s function is to coordinate and regulate of production activities. On the other hand‚ it is an
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Octavia Butler’s "Kindred" Throughout Butler Octavia’s novel Kindred‚ there are several examples of female characters who tend to challenge women’s traditional roles. Dana is the main character who should be considered a dynamo considering how independent she is during the point of time she travels to (the 1800s). Women have been seen for a long time as not being independent because they depend on their husbands to support them while they stay at home taking care of the children‚ I do not
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