Read Kindred by Butler and, Option1 Power struggles develop between a variety of characters in the novel Choose two characters and describe how their struggle evolves over the course of the novel and why it is significant to the meaning of the novel as a whole.
Option 2: in the United state, you often hear people say things like, “Home is where the heart is” or “There’s no place like home” or even “You can’t go home again.” How does Butler explore the paradoxical meaning of feeling at “home o returning “home” in Kindred?
Option 3: The word “kindred” means one’s family or relations (e.g. next of kin), or to be similar in kind (e.g. “kindred spirits”). How does Butler interpret the term through the stories she tells in the novel?