Whenever, people think about America, they think that it is such a wonderful place to live in, based on how the media lets people perceive it to be. Once seeing through the facade of things in this country, people begin to understand how really messed up the U.S. really is. Therefore, seeing through the lies it reveals the cruel truth that many people choose to ignore. Throughout, reading “Kindred” by Octavia Butler, she expresses that the character, Dana, was somewhat blind to see through the facade of Rufus, and Dana repeatedly put her life at risk in order to save him from losing his life. Additionally, Rufus seems not only try to get his life at risk, but Rufus always seems somewhat entertained to see Dana’s presence when she is transported in time to rescue him from losing his life. Also, it ties to today's society when people first have …show more content…
Although, sometimes racism was more heavily implicated on society, Donald Trump using his prejudices against illegal Mexicans to be deported back to their country and have Mexico pay for a wall to divide the two countries. This is culturally and historically significant to the novel and present day by showing that even though people have knowledge of history, but yet they only want to only satisfy their selfish means. Thus, there are several points that are brought in up in the novel that ties to what is happening today's society. Thereby, Butler promotes to her readers that people should learn the whole truth, before they buy into the facade. On the other hand, Butler promotes to her audience that actions speak louder than words. Consequently, in the scene, where Rufus’s mother was hitting Dana on her back when Dana was trying to give Rufus CPR, it ties to many people in the United States that react before they consider the consequence of their action and many Americans that decided to vote for Donald Trump for