Kindred Argumentative Essay Love is more addictive than drugs. It exploits a person’s weakness. Love consumes a person and opens the gate to a number of overwhelming feelings that wouldn’t open for anything else. It is uncontrollable no matter how hard a person will resist from it. In the book, Kindred, by Octavia E. Butler, a black woman named Dana, who lives in the late 1970’s, time travels to a boy with a death wish in the early 1800’s. Later as the plot continues, it is revealed that this boy, Rufus, is in fact her ancestor, and she must protect him for his life and her own. The plot shows off Dana’s neverending courage to survive throughout all the obstacles that are thrown in her way. There are also many issues that are discussed …show more content…
Most people would rather get physically assaulted than go through a breakup. Even when a person broke his/her heart; this alone proves that love is uncontrollable. Kindred is revolved around Dana traveling back in time when Rufus’ life is at risk. She was called back when Rufus was about to get beaten to death and as he was about to drown. In other scenarios, Dana travelled back for the same reason; because Rufus’s being was in danger. But at the last travel, there was something different than the other times. Rufus wasn’t being hurt physically. Dana was teleported right when after Rufus discovers a woman that hung herself, Alice, whom he loved despite how insane his actions were towards her. Some people thought that Rufus was only obsessed with her and loved the idea of having her, not actually loving Alice. This shows how much Rufus truly loved Alice, no matter how much people try to argue against it. The reason why Dana travelled back was merely because Rufus’s life was at stake when he knew that Alice was dead. He couldn’t live without her. One can’t get rid of any emotions that they had towards another previously; it always sticks with them. A person can’t forget about a heartbreak or a loss; that’s what makes love so