Kindred

Taking a look at the end of this book it got me thinking. What was Butler trying to say when Dana lost her arm at the end of the book? I thought about this long and hard and came to a couple of conclusions that might work. The first one I thought of was the fact that maybe the lost arm was a sacrifice for her freedom. She wanted to be free so badly that she was willing to give up something in order to have her freedom. I don't think that Dana wanted to lose her arm but it was better than a life with Rufus. Another thought that I had is that all of these slaves in that time were so used to being controlled that when they were freed it was hard for them to take care of themselves. It is like a bit of them was taken away from them after being enslaved for so long, they are not the same after they are set free. It will take a long time for the slaves to get there lives back if they ever do.