HEROISM

In my 9th blog entry I will be speaking about "Heroism."  In the story "Kindred" there are many heroic characters.  Three specific characters that stand out the most are Sarah, Alice, and Dana.  All three woman are slaves except Dana is from the present time.  Somehow she has traveled back to the 1800's, when slavery existed.
Sarah is a slave of Tom Weylins.  Tom ripped Sarahs family apart, selling her children and leaving her with only one child who was not healthy.  He did this to scare Sarah from running away.  She was afraid he would hurt the only child she had left.
Alice was Rufus Weylins slave.  Alice and Rufus grew up together and were friends as children.  As Rufus grew older he became more and more like his father.  Rufus fell inlove with Alice and grew to be obsessed with her.  Alice did not love Rufus in return so he became angry and abusive towards her.  He raped her and whipped her just to have her in any way he could.  Alice tried escaping but could not get away.
Dana was someone that was not even from this era.  She was not used to all the abuse that was going on around her.  This was all new to her and still she stuck it out and did whatever she had to do to get through it for her and her husband Kevin.  She was treated as a slave.  Instead of curling up in a ball and crying about it she played the part hoping that somehow she would eventually return home for good with her husband.
In my opinion Dana is the most heroic character.  She is a strong woman who fought her way home through slavery.