Kevin
It's one thing to learn about slavery in history class, it's another thing to read about slavery in a book, and it's a completely different thing to go back in time and live in slavery. Could you actually imagine living in America during the 1800s as a black person? The novel Kindred by Octavia E. Butler has an interesting take on this thought. Through the eyes of Dana, the reader gets an idea of what it would be like to have their world flipped upside down. Despite Dana being the main character of the novel, her husband, Kevin, intrigues me most. Kevin is a 'progressive' white guy married to a black woman despite the objection of his family. Kevin is pulled in with Dana and is trapped in the era of slavery for five years. The reason why Kevin comes off as a unique character to me is because -- he's white. Why didn't Butler make the Dana's husband a black guy? Does he really understand Dana? The concept of a 'progre...