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Summary 1: "Prologue," "The River,"and "The Fire."
Summary of "Prologue" In the Prologue of “Kindred” the protagonist Dana is in the hospital because her arm had been cut off. It is very unclear how it happened the cops think it was her husband but it is clear in the dialogue between Dana and her husband that he did not do this rather something strange went on.

Summary of "The River" In the chapter “The River” Dana was in her house with her husband when she seemed to have a hallucination that she was saving a boy named Rufus from drowning soon after she comes to we realize she was not hallucinating she had jumped to time and place. In this start she saved a boy from drowning, the mother in her hysteria had hit Dana not realizing she was helping, the father in confusion threatened to shoot Dana. Dana then comes back home her husband tells her that she vanished out of thin air for a few seconds Dana feels as if she was gone longer they both are confused her husband somewhat doubts her but she comes back with mud on her and she’s wet so he does not know what to believe.

Summary of "The Fire" In the chapter “The Fire” Dana jumps through time again this time revisiting Rufus as he starts a fire, again she saves him. She puts out the fire and is very confused about where she is. She starts to talk to Rufus where she learns it is the year 1815 and she is in Maryland she also learns she is on a plantation and suspects that Rufus is a distant ancestor of hers. She befriends Rufus and learns his father is the plantation owner and has slaves, she also learns that his father is abusive to these slaves as well as Rufus. She also is in fear for her life incase she might not be able to come back home. Rufus helps her devise a plan to get to a slaves house out in the woods. The people in this slave house are also possibly Dana’s ancestors. When she gets to the house she sees a slave get beaten by a patrolmen and dragged back to the plantation. A patrolman catches her and he tries to rape her, she got to knock him out and then she jumped back home. There she was in bed with Kevin he explained that this time she was gone for minutes and she knows she was gone for hours. They both strategize ways to help her incase she jumps through time again. Kevin struggles to make sense of everything but does realize something is happening and he needs to help is wife.

Summary 2: "The Fall."
In the chapter the fall in "Kindred" we learn a little more about Dana and Kevins relationship and how it started. Dana also time travels again this time Kevin joins her by holding on to her. At first Dana was upset because she didnt want him to come because she didnt want the time to get to him. When they get there Rufus is a little older this time hes fallen out of a tree and broke his leg. Dana and Kevin send for Rufus' dad he gets him and is annoyed that the boy is always getting hurt. Kevin and Dana come up with a lie that Kevin is writting at book and traveling through Maryland doing research and he bought Dana for his own personal "Needs" and to help him out. Rufus' dad lets Kevin and Dana stay with in exchange for Kevin tutoring Rufus as he is behind in school and cannot attend for several weeks due to his broken leg. Weylin (Rufus' dad) learns Dana can read he permits her to do so only to Rufus only because he enjoys it but he forbids her to do so on her own or teach any other slave to read and write. Rufus' mother develops a crush on Kevin and is Jealous of Dana sleeping in his room she is also jealous of her relationship with Rufus and treats her really bad. Kevin and Dana are stuck there for 2 months but Dana gets back home while Weylin is giving her a beating because he caught her teaching 2 slave children to read and write Kevin is not around so he is left behind.

Butler's Biography Assignment
The lead of the Octavia E. Butler article is very short. It was about three sentences long and did not really give a clear idea as to what the article was going to be about. The articles structure is a little disorganized I feel that the works section should follow the career section. I feel they should have added the fact that remains the only science fiction writer to receive a "genius grant" I feel that this should go in the awards section. I do not think the article is well balanced. The Lead is very short and so is the awards while the Career section is very long and the early life and education is fairly moderate. There are many broken links in the article

Summary 3 "The Fight"
In this chapter we learn a little more about Kevin and Danas relationship. Neither of their families approved of their marriage. Kevins sister didnt approve of Dana because shes black Danas uncle felt betrayed he wanted her to marry a black man, her aunt didnt like it either but was more accepting because now she had the chance of Danas children being light skinned. Dana stays home 8 days without Kevin which is 5 years for Kevin. She is finally summoned by Rufus again where she sees him being beaten in a fight. Dana quickly discovers the reason for the altercation is because Rufus raped Alice who is married to Isaac. Dana convinces Isaac not to kill Rufus and Alice and Isaac decide to run away leaving Rufus with Dana. Dana gets help for Rufus and is appointed by Weylin to nurse him back to health. In this time Dana learns of all the things that have changed since she left. There is a new overseer Jake who treats the slaves very bad forgetting hes a slave too. Also Carrie who was a child when Dana left is now having a baby. Alice an Isaac were caught on the run and beaten nearly to death Rufus bought Alice back and Isaac was sold down stuff and had been mutilated. Rufus promised Alice he would mail some letters to kevin from her, he never did that made her upset so she tried to run away. A fellow slave Liza told on her Dana was captured and beaten badly. Weylin sent a letter to Kevin letting him know Dana was there, Kevin came for Dana and they left. They ran into Rufus he threatened them with a rifle and it put a fear in Dana that made her able to go back home this time with Kevin.

"The Storm," "The Rope," and "Epilogue."
In the storm Dana is home with Kevin finally but he is not adjusting well at all. He is showing signs of distress and seems to be very angry. Shortly after her arrival she gets pulled right back to Rufus this time finding him face down in a puddle of his own vomit. She brings him to the house where Weylin tells her if she doesn't get him better he will "flay her alive". Apparently Rufus had malaria but Dana brings him to health. Dana learned that Alice has had 3 children from Rufus so far 2 of which have died and is pregnant with the forth. When Rufus finally gets better his father dies of a heart attack, Rufus blames Dana and makes her work in the fields where she is beaten severely by the overseer. Rufus' mom returns from her stay with her sister in Baltimore Dana is put to take care of her. One of the slaves Tes was sold Rufus insists that the sale was set before his fathers death Dana is heartbroken. Rufus then has Dana help him in writing letters to creditors. The slaves have a party one slave in particular takes interest in Dana she does not want him to be sold because Rufus will get jealous so she tells him never to speak to her again. Alice gives birth to Danas ancestor Hagar and wants to run away. Dana becomes desperate goes to the attic slits her wrist in her attempt to go home.

In the rope Dana goes home for 15 days but is always fearful she will go back. She does end up going back to Rufus, when she goes back she does not see him in intimidate danger however he is contemplating suicide because Alice killed herself and he feels responsible. She was caught running away and was brought back to the plantation. As her punishment Rufus told Alice he sold their kids when he really sent them to baltimore with his aunt but he let her believe he sold them. She got so sick with grief she hung herself. After her funeral he got his kids back and got them free papers so that they would no longer be enslaved. Rufus then makes advances at Dana she refuses but he does not take no for an answer she ends up having to stab him to death inorder to stop him. In this danger she time travels home but since Rufus is holding on to her she looses her arm in the travel.

In the Epilogue Dana is home with no arm but relieved that the time travel is over. She and Kevin go back to Maryland and the Weylin house is gone. They find a newspaper article about the sale of the estate after Rufus' death which is explained as a fire ,Dana thinks Nigel set the fire to cover up what happened. However she can not find anything about what happened to the slaves.