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Prologue, The River,And the Fire
In the book “Kindred”, by Octavia E. Butler the main character Dana Franklin has time warped into the early  1800’s  physically and mentally into a society she’s not use to. While living in California she teleported into another universe which wasn’t like  the  spanish colonies  she was used to, but unfortunately a time where the law was against her and she had no protection. Dana time traveled to a time of slavery where people of color was judged by their skin and worked hard labor until sunset, were beaten, sold to the highest bidder,raped and separated from their families for profit,power and authority .Also Blacks weren’t considered as human beings but property. She knew racism existed from movies and and television series but being faced with it was a challenge in itself because unlike television since she was african american if she got caught she could have  be one them. It all began when she was with her husband Kevin who she loved and adored she and kevin were talking in a room then she fell on the floor and vanished very mysteriously and without any reasoning. She came into a world where time was different and very dangerous for African Americans. Where she sees a boy by the named Rufus drowning in lake  and his mother in desperation to scared to save him  crying on the shore. So Dana takes immediate action to save him and why she’s trying the resuscitate him with CPR procedures the mother starts to punch, abuse and yell at her to get off her son. The little boy immediately comes back to life and his father puts a gun to Dana’ head  and then she vanishes again back to Altadena California. When she appears back home her husband is in shock that she appeared back in the same place but in a different time and season and it’s now her birthday. She’s fearful that these Hallucinations or whatever it is that was happening will  regain a chance to start again. During her dismay attitude shes tries to gain consciousness to explain to her husband what has happened to her. While she’s explaining saving the boy, the mother beating her up and also the boys father threatening her with a rifle to her head. He tried to believe her, but it was just really absurd so he tried to calm her down by taking her out to eat but she refused to go out of the house and she wanted to stay home on her birthday. Kevin acknowledges that she’s afraid so they stay home and order out. While they are enjoying their meal it all happens again but this time she warped into Rufus house. Little did she know Rufus house was a slave plantation and many slaves work in the fields, house, and was tortured and abused and they had no protection. She encounters Rufus and he tells her things shes trying to get an explanation why she’s here, but rufus is playing with fire so she saves him yet again. He told her that his father cares more about money so he wanted to avenge him by burning the house down little did she know that Rufus is the son of a slave master and on day would own the plantation and be one of her ancestors. In those time “niggers” have respect for the master son but shes talking very intelligent and disrespectful by not calling him a higher authority such as sir, or mister Rufus. Also after Rufus helps her escape she encounter slaves wagon on the road and they break into Alcie house the woman Rufus said could help her. Her husband is getting beaten and she comes across a little girl named Alice (who later might be with Rufus in the future so she’s Dana Ancestor as well ) and her mother and she stays there for the night shes so confused and scared because she finds out she doesn't have any free papers so she can become a slave before bed she has to go outside to retrieve Alice’s mother comforter and she’s approached by a white man he tries to find information about her because shes not Alice she lied then she ran away he caught her and he tried to have his way with her but she fights him off and return home once again.

The Fall
''In this chapter we find Rufus injured and we meet Nigel,Sarah, and other slaves and Kevin becomes friends with Mr.Tom and Dana is a slave. it all begins with Dana and Kevin arguing and Dana starts hallucinating again but this time Kevin joins her on her Journey. They are now in Maryland in 1815 and of course Rufus is in trouble now he has falling from a tree. Kevin and Dana helps them but this time Nigel doesn't trust them near his friend. The father comes back and Rufus wants him to take Dana and Kevin back to the plantation. Kevin and Tom become friends and Dana becomes a slave. Since Rufus sees Dana always coming to save and this time he has broke his leg playing in the tree he doesnt want to be alone without her. Rufus mother feels like she shouldn't be here and Kevin owns Dana so the mother leaves Dana and kevin are totally looking at Maryland in a different way he likes and she hates it. She leaves kevin and go back home. She lives the slaves life and Kevin and Dana are just not meeting eye to eye about slavery because why he's treated good in the house Dana treated poorly and she dislikes it very much. the chapter was very exciting and I cannot wait to read more. Watoflifej23 (talk) 15:21, 17 March 2014 (UTC) ''

The Fight
In this chapter we find that Kevin and Dana has separated because in the fire we see Dana receives the worst beating in her life. Tom Weylin caught her reading and before she dropped the book he dragged a her told Carrie to get Kevin and before she knew it she was home. We are brought into a flashback of when Kevin and Dana are becoming one but many obstacles and challeneges comes their way. her uncle is disgusted that she wants to be wed by a white man and he feels he failed his sister. On the otherhand Kevin has very few relatives but he feels like the sister will greet Dana with kindness and acceptance. We find Dana back home and for about eight days suffering from the wounds of Mr. Tom whip he back was scared and she called one of her family members to get something for her. When she arrives she tells her Kevin went off and hasn't come home for days and since she scared to leave the house because the hallucinations can happen anytime she just let her believe that Kevin abused and beat her. Days pass and Dana becomes impatient because only way she can go back to find Kevin is if Rufus is in trouble and little do we know he was. Dana appears back in Maryland after becoming dizzy yet agin and finds a white and black males fighting and one woman watching the whole thing. Isacc was tearing Rufus apart nearly killing him. Dana saves the day but Isacc doesn't trust her but the girl does because it was Alice. Rufus is severely hurt because he tried to rape her and she was married to Isacc. She lets them escape Rufus is angry and want revenge she calms him down and tells him that Isacc didn't do this because she wanted Alice to be safe because eventually that will be her ancestor. he agrees and she goes seek help. Tom weylin goes resuce Rufus he's about 18 or 19 now and he's becoming a man but a real stupid drunk man so when the horse came back no one went for him because this occurs all the time. This time he wasn't healing as fast as the other times because he couldn't hardly walk or breathe without feeling pain in his side. He had broken ribs but his lungs was fine because he didn't cough up blood this time Dana came back prepared and gave him aspirin and since she was from the future this medicine wasn't invented yet but he trust her and took it. Now we find out Kevin moved north and Carrie pregnant, and Dana know a slave she tries resist becoming like everyone else because she doesn't want to be there and also she here to protect Rufus but since she's black she has no rights or choices so to avoid another beating she does as she's told. then at the end of the chapter Kevin makes a visit and Rufus doesn't want him around Dana so he pull out a gun Dana screams Kevin and she returns home.

The Storm
In this chapter Dana goes back and find Rufus in trouble again but this time she goes back ready because she felt unsafe last time Rufus took his father death very hard but and blamed Dana for not saving him she had the worst kind of punishment for a woman at that time she had to work in the fields and had no idea what she was doing. Now Rufus wants her to do another task which is watch his mother.She returns to the platation and she has a disease which has to be treated with medication and to Dana surprise she appreciates her helping but as we know Margeret takes advantage of people and the other salves get jealous and this time Dana stuck here for a long time she endevors more hard work people getting saled and punishment carrie and her ancestor Alice has a baby but she wanting for a particular baby that would be her great great great great grandfather Rufus is recovering from a sickness and she's like a doctor on the plantation all the pressure was brought on her  and the other slaves envied her because ;little did she know she was living much better than Sarah and the others Watoflifej23 (talk) 05:35, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

The rope
Rufus becomes real close to Dana and tries to rape her. DAna returns home to Kevin but just like Kevin turn home she is oblivious to everything her memory is drifting off and it doesn't feel like home. she because so use to the 18th century that it's hard to adjust and she doesn't know what's real or not. She returns to the south and Rufus is grew up he's a slavemaster and he's treating the other slaves bad he's lynching people and he he's just resembles his father and every kind of way. Rufus begins to have a thing for Dana since she catters to hima dnm always save him he wants to have sex with her Dana says no and she kills him. In these times slaves had no rights and had no oblgations to anyone but their masters and her saying no changed the slavery system in a very unsual way.Watoflifej23 (talk) 05:35, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Epilogue
AT the end of the book it talks about Octavia's life and what contributed to making Kindred. She had many problems publishing the book. Some publishers didn't see this book selling. She tried to convince people that this book wasn't science fiction.And how this book resembled slavery but neo slavery soft of putting a modern person back in time to see how people communicted behind the scenes of the brutality, mis trest, mischiefous ways they were treated to show even though African Americans weren't free they did have some time together to reflect , to communicate , to build friendships, and to socialize with one another. To show even though their masters were in charge they had a relationship,problems, and sometimes the masters can go through hardships such as diseases,sicknesses and death. Watoflifej23 (talk) 05:35, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Summary
''In the book “Kindred”, by Octavia E. Butler the main character Dana Franklin has time warped into the early  1800’s  physically and mentally into a society she’s not use to. While living in California she teleported into another universe which wasn’t like  the  spanish colonies  she was used to, but unfortunately a time where the law was against her and she had no protection. Dana time traveled to a time of slavery where people of color was judged by their skin and worked hard labor until sunset, were beaten, sold to the highest bidder,raped and separated from their families for profit,power and authority .Also Blacks weren’t considered as human beings but property. She knew racism existed from movies and and television series but being faced with it was a challenge in itself because unlike television since she was african american if she got caught she could have  be one them. It all began when she was with her husband Kevin who she loved and adored she and kevin were talking in a room then she fell on the floor and vanished very mysteriously and without any reasoning. She came into a world where time was different and very dangerous for African Americans. Where she sees a boy by the named Rufus drowning in lake  and his mother in desperation to scared to save him  crying on the shore. So Dana takes immediate action to save him and why she’s trying the resuscitate him with CPR procedures the mother starts to punch, abuse and yell at her to get off her son. The little boy immediately comes back to life and his father puts a gun to Dana’s head  and then she vanishes again back to Altadena California. When she appears back home her husband is in shock that she appeared back in the same place but in a different time and season and it’s now her birthday. She’s fearful that these Hallucinations or whatever it is that was happening will  regain a chance to start again. During her dismay attitude shes tries to gain consciousness to explain to her husband what has happened to her. While she’s explaining saving the boy, the mother beating her up and also the boys father threatening her with a rifle to her head. He tried to believe her, but it was just really absurd so he tried to calm her down by taking her out to eat but she refused to go out of the house and she wanted to stay home on her birthday. Kevin acknowledges that she’s afraid so they stay home and order out. While they are enjoying their meal it all happens again but this time she warped into Rufus house. Little did she know Rufus house was a slave plantation and many slaves work in the fields, house, and was tortured and abused and they had no protection. She encounters Rufus and he tells her things shes trying to get an explanation why she’s here, but rufus is playing with fire so she saves him yet again. He told her that his father cares more about money so he wanted to avenge him by burning the house down little did she know that Rufus is the son of a slave master and on day would own the plantation and be one of her ancestors. In those time “niggers” have respect for the master son but shes talking very intelligent and disrespectful by not calling him a higher authority such as sir, or mister Rufus. Also after Rufus helps her escape she encounter slaves wagon on the road and they break into Alcie house the woman Rufus said could help her. Her husband is getting beaten and she comes across a little girl named Alice (who later might be with Rufus in the future so she’s Dana Ancestor as well ) and her mother and she stays there for the night shes so confused and scared because she finds out she doesn't have any free papers so she can become a slave before bed she has to go outside to retrieve Alice’s mother comforter and she’s approached by a white man he tries to find information about her because shes not Alice she lied then she ran away he caught her and he tried to have his way with her but she fights him off and return home once again.Watoflifej23 (talk) 15:21, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Butler's Biography Assignment
.''While reading the Biography Of Octavia Butler the lead section is very unclear and it leaves many valid important details out. It discusses her but not enough personal information such as her life work missing missing like her accomplishments and leaving out much insight. It leaves out much detail about her books and what she did who she was and how she contributed to Kindred. . The insight on her life isn't direct and as a reader it should be more precise. Many awards are missing and it doesn't express her books as well as the other articles. It doesn't explain how she struggled between different authors refusing. It leaves out how she wasn't famous before her books and how she was very antisocial.This article is not organized at all it's very scattered and confusing to understand how she is, what ,she did, and how she became this famous author.The explanations of her life and books are very short and leaves out a lot of important factors and not in depth at all. All the primary sources aren't reliable here's one https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/The_International_Review_of_Science_Fiction., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooloi. These are reliable http://web.archive.org/web/20120722083639/http://www.empmuseum.org/exhibitions/index.asp?articleID=1480,http://www.scifidimensions.com/Jun04/octaviaebutler.htm. But there still are overuse of the same link not referring to what is it's properly surposed to be used for. It's very random and unorganized.There are also many link that lead to absolutely nothing such as http://voices.cla.umn.edu/ http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/butler2/. Watoflifej23 (talk) 20:10, 23 April 2014 (UTC)