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Many aspects of the feminist cause are found in Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred. ... Kindred allows the reader to focus on Dana as a strong and determined black women who is faced with unimaginable roadblocks and is able to overcome many life threatening obstacles. ... Women saw themselves as wife, mother, worker, homemaker, and nurturer, in much the same way as women do today. ...
In Kindred, Dana spent some of her initial days with Sarah in the kitchen, preparing chicken and vegetables, and baking bread. ...
In Kindred, Butler explores life on the plantation as it was during that period. ...
Kindred portrayed women living the roles that were expected of them during that time, but without the freedom to choose the role that they would have preferred. ...
Octavia Butler touches upon many themes in her portrayal of a modern woman transported into the past. ... In Kindred, Butler lets us know she believes that a person’s environment makes them what they are to become.
Approximate Word count = 1108
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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