blog 10

Throughout the classes we have discussed many different topics and had may discussions about slavery and how it effected slaves lives. one blog that i thought was important was blog 8. blog 8 talked about the abuses that slaves had to suffer. the fact that a a white man could control everything that a slaves does, to control their minds keep them ignorant, beat them senseless until they have broken bones, make them work all day and night, slaves not able to learn or have any type of education if they tried to they would be whipped or hanged. slaves were treated badly during this time, they were kept ignorant so that the masters could control their minds, the masters bring fear into their lives so that they would be scared of the punishments, blacks were so used to getting whipped that it was a routine they were scared to leave.They had to obey their masters and have respect for their masters, they had to work all day and night, they were ripped from their families and they never saw them again. their whole life was taken from them. what makes me proud of this is the fact that i am thankful of the fact that i can get an education and do whatever i want in my life and not have someone give me orders or control my life because i have my own mind that i can follow.

We have discussed done many different activities, discussed many situations that have happened in our lives, we have discussed the situations the lives of slaves and the book Kindred. One of the things i have learned about the activities that we have done so far was the slave system this was a system that slaves had to follow this was the life they had to live. going through punishments being separated from their families, having to work all day, having their minds controlled by their masters to keep them in order. throughout this discussion i have learned more information about the slavery system and the slaves being treated badly and unfair. they were treated as if they were not humans like they did not belong to the world. no on deserves to be treated like that because of their skin color or who they look like. I am thankful for the fact that i can be my own person and not have to follow a system and being able to have a voice and express how i feel and know that i am not going to be punished for it.

From the house evaluations i have learned different perspectives of what my house mated think about our discussions on slavery and the book Kindred. They all have different opinions on what they believe or think and when they write everything makes sense and it comes together. I get to see a different view on certain topics and have a better understanding of it and where it is coming from and have that information instilled into my mind. when i read the blogs from my classmates most of us share the same opinions on those many topics and we give each other advice on how to make it better and express ourselves more.

blog 9

The three characters that suffered the most were Alice,Dana,  and Sarah. Alice suffered various situations like her seeing her husband being beat up by Tom Weylin, Alice being raped by Rufus, she is Rufus sex slave and she tries to escape that but she cant. she becomes pregnant by him and has a daughter,she suffered a lot of beatings for helping her husband Issac escape. Alice also deals with vague  memories about Dana and her marriage and who she is. Sarah also dealing with the fact that her two sons were sold by Tom Weylin the fact that she has to do whatever Rufus tells her to do or she might lose her daughter and she is unwilling to do that so she obeys orders that are given. Dana on the other hand was transported to the south to save Rufus Weylin. in the Weylin household she has to obey orders and that is hard for her to do because she is an educated black women and his wife Margret do not like that. she tries to educated Nigel and Rufus but she experiences a whipping because she gets caught. she gets a lot of back lash from marrying  a white man from her family and the household. The slaves and  the Rufus and tom and Margret Weylin have their own views on her marriage. The Weylin do not care about Dana or her marriage, Alice has mixed feelings about Dana's marriage one day she accepts her marriage and the next day she is attacking Dana about it.  Dana:s uncle does not agree with the marriage  he feels that she should be with a black man like him. Her aunt likes the marriage because

Dana will have light skinned children. Sarah disagrees with her marriage she is disgusted by it. Dana's life is all about survival.  she is also having problems with Rufus it seems like every time she helps him he turns around and rips her apart. however Dana does help all the slaves and tries to take care of them as much as she can especially Alice. she took care of Alice when she was beaten up. Dana had to make a big sacrifice to leave everything behind and help Rufus. Dana has to adjust to the slave life coming from an educated family she has to deal with ignorance. I think Dana is most heroic because she had to go through many horrible situations in order to survive she had to deal with abuse, ignorance, she had to adjust to the slave life, she had to deal with peoples judgment about her. she could not read any books because she would be punished and she was treated badly in that household and she had to keep a certain amount of respect in that Weylin house. Dana saved Rufus from drowning and was not even acknowledged at the fact that she saved his life because his parents were racists with ignorant attitudes.she was constantly being looked upon and called things that were not acceptable. Dana could no express herself the way she wanted to their was a limit to that and that was something that she had to go through with and she survived through everything.

blog 8

When Dana"s cousin said i never thought you will be fool enough to  let a man beat you like that. Dana"s cousin believes that Kevin did that to her but it was tom Weylin who beat her because of the fact that she was giving Nigel a spelling test.kindred addresses many issues with domestic abuse. People stay in a domestic abuse relationship because of the control that the partner has over the person. The person feels that their partner is protecting them and showing them how much they love them.after suffering from abuse you get accustomed to the beatings and you feel like it is a normal relationship.The person is scared to run sway from their partner in fear of the fact that the partner will find them and kill them. So they stay in the relationship thinking that they are safe and that everything will be alright. Dana and and all the other slaves were used to the whips because it was a routine. there was so much fear in their life that they could not escape in fear of the punishments that they will face. once you are in love with the abuser it is hard to get out of the relationship. domestic violence still continues on in relationships and most women cannot seem to get out of them because they are scared of what is going to happen to them.

blog 7

The marriage between Kevin and Dana is a very loving marriage. They both love each other deeply but their families differ their marriage. Kevin's sister does not want to meet Dana and that she will not let her go in her house. Dana's aunt accepts the marriage because Dana's children will be light skinned. her uncle is not for the marriage he wants Dana to marry a black man. he is more hurt by the fact that Dana married a white man he was more sad instead of being upset. Sarah cannot believe Dana is married to Kevin. she is a little disgusted Alice agrees with the marriage she is happy for Dana but sometimes her feelings about the marriage was backwards as well she would also attack Dana about her marriage and question her why she married a white man. Tom Weylin and Margret Weylin does not care about Dana"s marriage to Kevin. they do not even care about the fact that Kevin ran away and Dana does not know where he is and they do not even try to help her find him. all Tom Weylin cares about is his plantation and the slaves that are working on it.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

blog 6

1. Tom Weylin is a white man who is a slave master that lives in the south. Tom Weylin is a slave master who owns a plantation who is full of hate ignorance. Tom Weylin runs a tight household where slaves must obey everything he says or asks of them to do. Dana Franklin is an African American women who was transported to the south into slavery. Dana Franklin happens to be a married  women who is educated with a wise attitude. Since Dana entered the Weylin household things have changed dramatically. Dana herself tries to change the household. Tom Weylin feels that Dana is a threat because of the education that she has instilled in her. Dana comes from an educated family, her mother was a school teacher and Dana was taught that education was important.Tom is intimated by Dana he does not want anyone to be better than he is or smarter than he is threatened by Dana. He does not want Dana teaching anyone how to read or spell. Tom Weylin feels that he is powerful and controls what people do and say. For instance Tom Weylin did not want Dana to teach anyone how to read but she started to teach Nigel to spell and she was punished for that. when Dana speaks she speaks with intelligence she does not talk like all the other slaves she speaks like a "white person" and is she has something to say she will never hold back and tom does not like that. talking back is not allowed in the household. Tom is a very ignorant man he is not very educated, he is a rude heartless person that believes abuse is a way to control someones life. Tom believes Dana is a threat to the household because of how she grew up and because of the intelligence she has over him. he is mad at that the fact that he cannot control Dana's mind because he knows that Dana is not an ignorant black women.