Kindred Name Essay

Title: Kindred Name Essay
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 682 | Pages: 2.9 (approximately 235 words/page)

Kindred Name Essay

Do name meanings show what one’s life is to hold? Maybe, but names are an integral part of an author’s selection for the identity of their characters. Few people notice, or care to look deeply into how a character acts, and connect the meaning between the two. Dana, the leading woman, is the main character of the story. Her name means “fire,” which explains her general take to life. When she is in …showed first 75 words of 682 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 682 total…just an old rock at the bottom of a muddy pond. Her last name is also Weylin, which means “land by the path.” She is the land, just sitting there all day; while the slaves, Tom Weylin, Rufus, the “path”, move on, continuously forging ahead. She barks orders even to slaves she’s just met, ones that do not even belong to her, “‘Go on! Get him some water!’” (70). She is the epitome of bitter.

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