Sunday, April 19, 2015

In Kindred by Octavia Butler, why does Rufus want to kill himself in "The Fire"?

Rufus wanted to kill himself because his father beat him.

Rufuss father can sometimes be uncaring and cruel.  Rufus
respects some things about him, such as his apparent honesty, but
is afraid of him and hates him.  His father beats him harshly, and does not seem to care whether
he lives or dies. 

The boy had his back to me and hadnt
noticed me yet.  He held a stick of wood in one hand and the end of the stick was charred and
smoking. (p. 19)

In anger, Rufus uses a stick to set
fire to the drapes in his bedroom in the middle of the night.  This action puts his
life...

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