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Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred. Why did Butler write this novel? For readers to “see that anybody can be a slave... And feel what that's like" - Butler.

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1 Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred

2 Why did Butler write this novel? For readers to “see that anybody can be a slave... And feel what that's like" - Butler

3 LITERARY TERMS

4 SCIENCE FICTION Fiction whose imagined elements are largely possible with advancements in science (different than fantasy which doesn’t coincide with science)

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6 HISTORICAL FICTION fiction that often portrays fictional accounts or dramatization of historical figures or events.

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8 Realism Shows good and bad in everyone / every situation Shows life “as it really is” Focuses on the “truth”

9 Realism (Continued) Written in realistic DIALECT = How someone would have talked in that area and time

10 Ante Bellum “Pre War” The South before the Civil War

11 Themes to watch for: -Slavery occurs largely because the people allowing it have become dulled to its harm -People are products of their environments - Who is “good” and who is “bad” isn’t always easy to know

12 Motifs to watch for: -Home -Whip -Education -Ownership - Female bodies (not their own)

13 Focus while reading: Deep (subjective) questioning Discussing literature

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15 Octavia Butler Interview http://www.npr.org/templates/dmg/ dmg.php?prgCode=TAVIS&show Date=04-Mar- 2004&segNum=2&NPRMediaPref =WM

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