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\nENG102: Essay 3
\nEssay 3 is a 750+word reflection on the themes of Kindred. This essay must
\nbegin the introduction of its topic with relevant biographical information on the author of Kindred (for
\nbiographical information, use the biography on Wikipedia),
\nuse summaries\/paraphrases\/and or quotations from Kindred to prove a thesis, and
\nsupport its thesis using at least two pieces of critical analysis. ONE of those two pieces must be one of the
\nfollowing (all are on Blackboard):
\nBedore, Pamela. \u201dKindred.\u201d Masterplots, Fourth Edition (2010): 1 3. MagillOnLiterature Plus. Web. 3 Nov.
\n2013.
\nCrossley, Robert. \u201dCritical Essay.\u201d Kindred. By Octavia E. Butler. Boston: Beacon, 2003. 265 84. Print.
\nDavis, Jane. \u201dKindred.\u201d Masterplots II: African American Literature, Revised Edition (2008): 1 3.
\nMagillOnLiterature Plus. Web. 3 Nov. 2013.
\nMcIntosh Byrd, Tabitha. Novels for Students. Volume 8. Gale Virtual Reference Library. 2000. 114 138.
\nVirginia, Mary E. \u201dKindred.\u201d Masterplots II: Women s Literature Series (1995): 1 3. MagillOnLiterature Plus.
\nWeb. 3 Nov. 2013.
\nYour Works Cited page for Essay 3, then, must contain at minimum four entries: one for the novel Kindred, one
\nfor the biography, and two for critical pieces.
\nTopics to write about (choose one)
\nIn his book New Politics of Race: Globalism, Difference, Justice, race theorist Howard Winant argues that
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\nAfrican slavery divided humanity into Europeans and others and that [f]erocious and unending cultural and
\npsychic energies were expended to sustain this schism, which was also constantly challenged and undermined in
\ninnumerable ways.
\nWrite an essay that traces the ferocious and unending cultural and psychic energies in which the white masters
\nengage to prove themselves different (and superior) to their slaves in Kindred. As you write your argument,
\nmake sure to note the main ways in which the novel also challenge[s] and undermine[s] the division of
\nhumanity into Europeans and Others.
\nIn her tribute to Octavia Butler, Karen Joy Fowler writes the following about Kindred:
\nPart of the impulse to write this book, Butler said, was guilt. Her own mother was taken out of school at the age
\nof 10 and worked in jobs that, as a child, Butler found demeaning. It took Butler several years to see that
\nendurance and sacrifice are, in fact, the characteristics of the hero.
\nLike Butler s mother, Sarah, Alice, and Dana are forced to endure constant exploitation and degradation to
\nsurvive and to allow others to survive. Taking Fowler s definition of heroism into account, write an essay that a)
\ndiscusses what each of these three characters has to endure and sacrifice, and b) explains which character of
\nthese three is the most heroic in your view and why.
\n3. What is the legacy of African slavery in the United States Consider the issues that Kindred brings up in
\nterms of slavery as a system of power and control with the goal of profit. What issues remain What issues have
\nchanged How have they changed and have they changed much
\nThis essay must be a comparison of the issues brought up by Butler in her novel and your own understanding of
\nthe issues as they stand today. You may use ideas from any slide show on this topic in Google Groups. You
\nmay\/should use outside sources to back up your arguments about present circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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