Based on the novel Kindred by Octavia Butler– Both Kevin and Dana know that they can’t change history, as several of their conversations indicate during the text: “We’re in the middle of history. We

Based on the novel Kindred by Octavia Butler–

Both Kevin and Dana know that they can’t change history, as several of their conversations indicate during the text: “We’re in the middle of history. We surely can’t change it.” and “It’s over…. There’s nothing you can do to change any of it now.” What, then, are the purposes of Dana’ s travels back to the antebellum South? Why must you, the reader, experience this journey with Dana?