Response to Kindred Dana Franklin, living in 1976 Los Angeles, unexpectedly gets whisked through time back into the nineteenth century. As soon as she realizes what has happened, she notices a young boy, face down in the water drowning. Dana hops into the water and saves this young stranger fr...

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• Grade Level: High School

Octavia Butler's "Kindred" takes us on a time-traveling journey through the antebellum south. ... Not only did Kindred illustrate the lack of human rights blacks were entitled to, but also how whites were able to control them through their abuse of power. ... Kindred. ...

• Word Count: 1258
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• Grade Level: High School