This term is coined “historical amnesia.”īutler mentions how she overheard a young man from the Black Power Movement expressing contempt for his ancestors for their “submissiveness to whites.” (Kenan 3) Yet, this young man did not understand the circumstances that revolved around the system of slavery. This results in the naivety and ignorance of the most liberal and spirited people of the time. More exactly, many people knew a rough sketch of the horrors that occurred during that time, but many did not want to think or talk about it. However, despite this rise in progressive movements, there existed this repressed trauma in relations to America’s collection memory to history. to the rise of the Black Power to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The 1950’s to 1970’s in American saw a massive resurgence of Civil Rights and Women’s Rights movements from the march of Martin Luther King Jr. From her stereotype-breaking slaves to slave owners with some twisted sense of humanity to a reluctant but inevitable familial bond, Butler’s novel closely parallels that of the modern world. Her random trips to the past allow her to monitor Rufus’ growth while she constantly saves him from death and attempts to change him for the better.
Due to unexplained circumstances, she begins to sporadically travel back in time where she finds her ancestor, Rufus, a slave owner. Filled with bold, stylistic illustrations and differing color schemes, the graphic novel further emphasizes the moods for each scene and the overall theme.ĭana, the main character, represents some of the most spirited women of the time.
Its science fiction components take form in the concept of time travel, which comments on racism in the past and future. Written during a time of new activism for in the Civil Rights movement, Kindred hosts a plethora of realistic, non-stereotypical characters that give the audience a more connected sense to the story. Butler that was first published in 1979 which was adapted into a graphic novel by John Jennings and Damian Duffy in January 2017.
Kindred is a science fiction novel by Octavia E.
Octavia Butler Illustrated by John Jennings Damian Duffy
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