Alice's Suicide: Her Only Way To Freedom
Alice's Suicide: Her Only Way to Freedom
The Book Kindred, written by Octavia E. Butler, is full of scenes where power, submission and pain are seen throughout its pages. The scene that by far shocked me the most was when Dana discovered that Alice had committed suicide. The whole situation is an act of desperation where a woman has lost the inspiration of her life with nothing to live for.
The scene started when Dana walked into the barn where once she had been whipped. She tried to get used to the darkness. After a few seconds, she saw someone hanging by the neck. The person hanging was Alice. Dana looked at her and touched her not believing what she was seeing. She looked at Alice's dress, shoes and hair. Dana thought that Alice had dressed up for her death. Dana cut the rope to take her down. Rufus finally walked in. He did not want to look at Dana. Dana asked Rufus if she did it that to herself and he answered yes. Then, Dana asked him for the reason but she did not......
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