Kindred shows a reoccurring theme of sexism and classism but also racism thats been through out Prousts “In Search of Lost Time.” The male characters come off as dominant, over compensating and frightened of a woman with any time of power. Particularly  “black women” but also “Black women who are educated.” Men during this time and in Prousts book believe a woman’s place is only in the household, to bare children, to be silent and submissive to them. The female characters are everything but those characteristics. My favorite character through out the volume of Swann In Love was Odette. She had such a hold on Swann and it came off to me as a powerful attraction that she used to her advantage. Another female character that seemed “dumb” to the male character of the narrator, but was beyond that, was Albertine. These characteristics were apparent in the character of Dana in Kindred.   She obviously came from the 1970’s and during that time in the US women have rights, interracial relationships were more open (shammed but opened) and being plunged into the antebellum south during the 1800’s from such a time would be a great slap in the face. It’s like starting all over again, when she wasn’t even alive to “start” you know?  I couldn’t imagine this, one I’m not black, but I am a woman and having been raised to be independent and not rely on a man for anything, but also that i can date which ever man no matter their skin color  would be a hard thing to learn to not do. So Dana definitely had to adapt to survive. Not only did she have to adapt, but once Kevin traveled in time with her she stressed about his survival. I thought it was weird, that he seemed fairly comfortable living durring this time period because he’s white and a man he had more power than he had when he was in the 1970’s.