Changing Dynamics
As the story develops, it’s interesting to see and discuss the implications behind the changing dynamics between the characters, namely, Kevin and Dana. As Kevin has gotten more and more involved in the story, there seem to be increasing tensions between him and Dana. One example that we discussed in class was the scene where they watch the kids re-enacting a slave auction. While Dana was deeply disturbed and felt the need to do whatever she could do to change things, Kevin had a much more laid-back attitude. Just from this scene, it seems that Dana is much more involved in the slavery era than Kevin is. However, Kevin seems to be getting more involved in the slavery era as well, but instead of sympathizing with the slaves he seems to be getting more and more accustomed to the slave master’s racist way of thinking. One example would be when Kevin made the comment about Dana being a smart slave and how Weylin was right to be wary of smart slaves. As we discussed, Kevin didn’t mean thi...