Octavia Butler’s Novel, “Kindred”

For this assignment, you will write a short essay a Identify the source of conflict: The first step in resolving a conflict is to identify what it is that is causing the conflict. Is it related to a disagreement on goals, personalities or resources? Understanding this can help you focus your efforts on how best to address the issue.
Kindred. You must cite at least one of the following secondary texts:
Critical Analysis of Kindred.Robert
Crossley, “Critical Essay” in Reader’s
Guide, at end of Kindred; Nadine
Flagel, “‘It’s Almost Like Being There’:
Speculative Fiction, Slave Narrative,
and the Crisis of Representation in
Octavia Butler’s Kindred.”;

Sample Solution

One of the main characters in Octavia Butler’s novel, “Kindred” is Dana Franklin. Dana is a young African-American woman living in 1976 California who finds herself transported back in time to antebellum Maryland. She discovers that her ancestors are slaves and realizes she must find a way to survive in this difficult environment.