The book Kindred written by Octavia E. Butler tells the story of slavery in a very unique way. This book takes place in two different time zones, the 19th century and the 20th century. Although this book does have a sci fi aspect to it, the author does a very good job of telling the story for her purpose, to depict slavery. This book is written in such a way that we are fully immersed in the main character, giving us insight on what it felt like to be a black women living not only in a time when there was slavery but also a time when there wasn't slavery. This book was successful in telling a story about slavery. I really like how the author portrayed slavery and the ways she did it.

This book tells the story about a black women named Dana who is unexpectedly thrown into another time period. She travels back to visit Rufus Weylin and young white boy who she soon finds out is …show more content…
The first line of the book is "I lost an arm on my last trip home." Aftering reading that I was so curious as to what had happened. Throughout the book the main character Dana travels back and forth through time. She switches between the antebellum era and the 20th century. This gives the book a whole other aspect and makes it very interesting. It also allows the author to give us to perspectives on slavery. We see how Dana is treated as a black women in the 20th century and how drastically different it is in the 1800's. While she is stuck in the 1800’s Dana is forced to be a slave. She is called names such a “nigger” and has to put up with harsh abuse. In one scene Dana is being attacked by a white male “the new pain shattered my resolve, sent me scrambling away again. I was only able to move a few inches before he pinned me down.” This is the first time she was attacked, and it really showed us that black were not treated as humans during that time period. They were seen as a product and had very few rights, if