2. Octavia E. Butler
• Born:June 22, 1947
• Pasadena,CA
• Died:February 24, 2006
• Lake Forest Park, WA
3. Plot
A 26 African-American woman writer, Dana, finds
herself transporting between her California home in
1976 and a 1815 Maryland plantation. There she
meets her ancestors: (Rufus) a spoiled, self-
destructive white slave owner and the proud black
freewoman he has forced into slavery and
concubinage (Alice). As her stays in the past become
longer, Dana becomes more aware of the horrors
from the past and what slaves had to go through.
6. Dana
• Narrator
• A 26 year old African American last
living in California
• She travels back in time to the 1815
in Maryland to save her families
existence
7. Rufus
• an insensitive, drunk, slave owner
who is the father of one of Dana’s
ancestor
• He expects to always get his way and
blames women for everything bad that
happens to him
• To sum it up he’s a selfish douche
bag
8. Alice
• free slave
• Forced to be married to Rufus
• Alice is like an antebellum-South
version of Dana
• She pretty much represents what
Dana’s life could of been if she was
born at that time
9. Kevin
• Dana’s husband
• He is judged because he is a white
who married a black women
• Travels with Dana (sometimes)
