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Pulling from the book Kindred by Octavia E

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Pulling from the book Kindred by Octavia E. Butler answer the following questions using quotes from the book to support your explanations.  You will be graded on the breadth of your evidence and the depth of your analysis (analyzing specific literary choices and devices and how they affect the meaning of the book).  

1. How does a text's organization and arrangement of ideas and details in lines, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, or other sections of text contribute to a text's structure?
2. How does considering the connotations, representations, and associations of specific words or phrases in a text convey figurative meaning and facilitate an interpretation of the text?
3. Which literal objects, images, and events in a text convey figurative meaning through representations and associations?
4. Identify and explain the function of a metaphor, personification, OR an allusion in the book.
5. Considering the human psyche, how does fear among the character(s) contribute to the natural instinct to want to conform?
6. Thinking about broader contexts, how does conformity and/or rebellion cause consequences (small or large) in the book?
7. In the context of your chosen novel, explain how society thrives with both conformists and rebels?
8. When thinking about a certain symbol or symbols in your novel, analyze how this symbol (seen or unseen) contributes to the book's complexity and to the meaning of the work as a whole.
9. What is the author's tone (i.e. personal attitude) toward the ideas of conformity and/or rebellion? Use textual evidence to support your position.