Prologue&the fire
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This document appears to be notes from chapters of a novel, summarizing several key events and quotes. It describes a character named Dana experiencing strange phenomena like disappearing chairs and body parts, accepting that she has traveled through time. Dana encounters a free black woman named Alice and witnesses a slave owner whipping a man and threatening another. Dana struggles to get back to her own time after these experiences. The notes analyze themes in the story like the effects of time travel, racism, and making the fictional story feel realistic.
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Prologue&the fire
- 1. By: Kevin Lohmeier Author Discussion
- 2. • The missing arm • “Hole” in the wall • How it happened
- 3. • Dana- “They made their own limbo and held me in it” (pg. 18) • Birthday dinner…”the chair beneath me vanished “ (pg. 19) • Rufus- “That’s the way I saw you …I saw you inside a room” (pg. 22)
- 4. • Dana- “I had already accepted the fact that I had moved through time” (pg. 27) • The free black woman- Alice • To the cabin
- 5. • “The man was forced to hug the tree” (pg. 35) • The whip • Going back for the blanket
- 6. • “You got no manners, nigger, I’ll teach you some” (pg. 41) • The struggle • The branch
- 7. • Back to consciousness • The bag • How to get back
- 8. • Effects of time travel • Racism • Making the story real