Friday, 26 April 2013

In Octavia Butler's novel Kindred, what does Sarah teach Dana about becoming a woman? Be specific. How do her advices/lessons conform to or resist the...

In , Sarah
is a slave in the house. When Dana first meets her, she sees her as the "mammy" type,
but soon discovers she is far more than that.

Sarah teaches Dana how to
cook. She also gives her advice about living on the plantation. Sarah ultimately shows Dana, why
so many of the slaves didn't try to fight back. Dana learns that all of Sarah's children have
been sold and only her daughter, Carrie, is still there because she can't speak....

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