Hi all:
Thank you for keeping up with the reading over the last week. We'll take a small break from reading the book for Thursday and focus on the questions I raised in class:
What is the purpose of the "third" narrative in Kindred (i.e. the part of the story where Dana recalls the development of her relationship with Kevin)? What purpose does this narrative play in the overall story? Why are we being shown how Dana feels about how she met and married Kevin? How does it contribute to the other parts of the story?
Spend a some time re-reading these parts of the book and then think about these questions. Bring into class at least a page worth of notes on these questions as we will discuss it further in Thursday's class. I will ALSO collect your notes to read from (they won't be graded but you will get a check mark for completion).
Also, as a heads up, you will be finishing the book for Tuesday - I'm letting you know now so you can plan the reading accordingly...
Good luck,
Mr. Twomey-Smith
