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        <title><![CDATA[What are the names of Dana's parents in kindred? It is mentioned briefly...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/what-names-danas-parents-kindred-mentioned-briefly-90295</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What are the names of Dana's parents in kindred? It is mentioned briefly in the book but i can't find it.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:29:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the novel "Kindred," by Octavia Butler, Margaret Weylin is the mother...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/how-can-impact-rufus-mothers-feelings-toward-dana-57685</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In the novel "Kindred," by Octavia Butler, Margaret Weylin is the mother of Rufus.  She is very protective and overbearing where Rufus is concerned.  She dislikes Dana on the spot.  When Rufus breaks his leg and Mrs. Weylin walks in his bedroom she sees Dana placing a pillow under his head.  She starts yelling an screaming at Dana.  Rufus and his father calm her down.  She tells Dana to get out but Rufus says he wants Dana there.  She...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:43:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the novel "Kindred" by Octavia Butler, Dana is a Black woman...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/compare-rufus-his-dad-rufus-an-improvement-over-88331</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In the novel "Kindred" by Octavia Butler, Dana is a Black woman shifting back and forth in time.  She soon realizes that when she is "called" back in time it is to rescue a boy, and later an adult, Rufus Weylin.  Rufus is a spoiled boy that seems to try and please Dana because he knows that she will "come" when he is in trouble.  As an adult, Rufus is "erratic, alternately generous and vicious."  He lies when necessary and tells people...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:09:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Compare Rufus and his dad. Is Rufus an improvement over his father? How...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/compare-rufus-his-dad-rufus-an-improvement-over-88331</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Compare Rufus and his dad. Is Rufus an improvement over his father? How if at all, is Dana's influence evident on the adult Rufus?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/compare-rufus-his-dad-rufus-an-improvement-over-88331</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:01:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The only place where the slaves felt safe, and which Dana herself...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/where-does-dana-spend-most-her-time-weylin-87605</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The only place where the slaves felt safe, and which Dana herself refered to as the "safehouse" for slaves was the cookhouse. In the cookhouse, the slaves felt free to talk to each other and speak about whatever they wanted. In there, they also ate and shared. Dana would use that place also to read and teach the little one to read. Aside from the cookhouse, the only other place she felt safe was the attic, where she slept with the other...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:52:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Kindred", where does Dana spend most of her time in the Weylin...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "Kindred", where does Dana spend most of her time in the Weylin household?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2009 14:55:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[true]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[true]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 4 May 2009 20:25:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[i need to know about eassy for why is dana ablie to survivie while alice...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/why-dana-able-survive-while-alice-not-22587</link>
        <description><![CDATA[i need to know about eassy for why is dana ablie to survivie while alice is not ?  what that means?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:03:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How is love portayed between the characters in Kindred?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/how-love-portayed-between-characters-kindred-79081</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How is love portayed between the characters in Kindred?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:27:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What was plantation life like in Maryland and how was life for a field...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/what-plantation-life-was-like-maryland-how-life-63187</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What was plantation life like in Maryland and how was life for a field hand as compared to a house slave?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/what-plantation-life-was-like-maryland-how-life-63187</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 11:45:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This question is difficult to answer in a true or false way.  Yes, Mrs....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This question is difficult to answer in a true or false way.  Yes, Mrs. Weylin always foregave Rufus and spoiled him.  Yes, Dana forgave him most of the time, but at the end she did not forgive him.  She killed him.  Mrs. Weylin gave into Rufus because he was her son and during that era nothing was more honored by a southern woman than to have given her husband a male offspring.  Dana gave into Rufus and went back to him time after time...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Feb 2009 21:21:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[True or False Question: In Kindred, Dana and Ms.Weylin were alike in...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/true-false-question-dana-ms-weylin-were-alike-that-62805</link>
        <description><![CDATA[True or False Question: In Kindred, Dana and Ms.Weylin were alike in that they always forgave Rufus.           ]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/true-false-question-dana-ms-weylin-were-alike-that-62805</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Feb 2009 21:04:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How can Rufus impact his mother's feelings toward Dana?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/how-can-impact-rufus-mothers-feelings-toward-dana-57685</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How can Rufus impact his mother's feelings toward Dana?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:48:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rufus lives in the state of Maryland. Baltimore is in Maryland.&quot;As...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/what-state-did-rufus-live-51777</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Rufus lives in the state of Maryland. Baltimore is in Maryland.&quot;As a punishment for trying to run, Rufus moved their children to Baltimore, and told Alice that he'd sold them. Despairing, she took her own life.&quot;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 6 Dec 2008 09:50:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;Kindred&quot;, what state did Rufus live?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/what-state-did-rufus-live-51777</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;Kindred&quot;, what state did Rufus live?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 6 Dec 2008 08:46:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A rope is a multi-purpose item that is used to connect, to bind, to...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/why-section-kindred-call-quot-rope-quot-48443</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A rope is a multi-purpose item that is used to connect, to bind, to kill, or to save.  At one point in the novel, Dana creates a bag with items that she can use to make her life better when she is transported back in time.  She ties this bag to her body with a rope.  This is to make sure that no matter where she is, she will arrive with the bag.  In the section entitled &quot;The Rope,&quot; Dana arrives and Rufus takes her to the barn...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:57:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why is this section in Kindred call &quot;The Rope?&quot;]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/why-section-kindred-call-quot-rope-quot-48443</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why is this section in Kindred call &quot;The Rope?&quot;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:23:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[jmg55 you are partialy right and wrong. The reason Alice died is because...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/why-dana-able-survive-while-alice-not-22587</link>
        <description><![CDATA[jmg55 you are partialy right and wrong. The reason Alice died is because she did not overcome her character flaw and so she dies. Dana on the other hand did and does not die. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:02:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The &quot;Storm&quot; is a transitional section of the book.  Dana and...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/why-chapter-kindred-call-quot-storm-quot-45921</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The &quot;Storm&quot; is a transitional section of the book.  Dana and Kevin are finally reunited at home, but Kevin has difficulty in adjusting to being back to the present.  His emotions are &quot;stormy.&quot;  His is aggressive, angry, and confused.  When Dana is called back to Rufus she finds him lying in the middle of a puddle drowning during a storm.  Old man Weylin is still the same stormy personality, but during this section he...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 8 Nov 2008 10:30:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why is the chapter in &quot;Kindred&quot; called &quot;The Storm?&quot;]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/why-chapter-kindred-call-quot-storm-quot-45921</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why is the chapter in &quot;Kindred&quot; called &quot;The Storm?&quot;]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/kindred/q-and-a/why-chapter-kindred-call-quot-storm-quot-45921</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 8 Nov 2008 08:45:04 PST</pubDate>
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