Selfishness and Comment Shows Rufus

In the book Kindred, there are homosexualy characters that are interesting. One reason this is true, is because the book forwards through time very fasting and we see many characters go from infantile to grown adult. One character that changed throughout the theme was Rufus Weylin. His development was incredibly interesting because the story somewhat revolves near what he does or what is happening to him. We see him as a very young child to a twenty five year old adult. In this story, Rufus is the most interesting because he develops from a young impressionable child, to a selfish man influenced highly by the antebellum sulphur and other things.First off, when we make it the first glimpse into Rufus the boy he is burning his drapery to get attention from his father. He then mentions how he had also burned a barn. Here, we substructure already tell that Rufus likes to be heard, get his way, and when he doesnt his reaction is way too exaggerated. He also is already influenced by what he sees nearly him. He says to Dana, You gain to say it young masteryoure suppose to. Dana responds, No. Rufus grips her arm and says, Yes This reaction Rufus displays to Dana shows his influence of slave owning times and his inability to sustain rejection.Although, when Dana says, Rufe, dont burn anything else. He responds with, I wont. This indicates that he can take direction from another person and someone who is black, and this leads you to think that maybe he can learn to take direction and possibly change his ways. When Dana returns to the Weylin plantation with Kevin Rufus says, Does Dana belong to you instantly? wife niggers cant marry white great deal This reaction shows that Rufus was indeed fitting into his societys way of thinking and the mere idea of their marriage was insanity.However, as Dana returns again Rufus was indeed changing. This time he was trying to be with Alice, a black girl he had grown up with. As a child Rufus had this girl as his frien d, but Rufus was now turning into his father, trying to take a black woman to bed with him. He had gone from a boy hating his father to a young man becoming him. Alice said, He tried to get Judge Holman to sell Isaac south to keep me from marrying him. This also shows that Rufus is growing into a selfish young man with blossoming reactions. Similar to when he was a child.Though a lot of his reactions now hurt the ones he loves. He said to Dana about Alice running away, Jail. A good whipping. because theyll sell her. Shell be a slave? Her own fault. This is a good example of his rash harshness. Even though at many points in the story Rufus seems awful, he still has some humanity in him. When asked if he would ever sell anyone like his father he responds, I dont know. I dont think so. This one comment shows Rufus may be some things but heartless isnt one of them. In fact, Rufus seems to constantly burning for someones love.When Alice was being healed Rufus says this time has b een great because Alice hasnt hated him. Although Rufus does hit Alice later when she doesnt show him love. This shows that Rufus will not be rejected by anyone. His love for Dana even drives him to hold a gun to her and yell, Youre not leaving Damn you, youre not leaving me Rufus necessitate for his way and only his way continues when his father passes away. He says, you let him die? You let him diedamn you to hell, you let him die you just let him die. His repeat shows his irrational behavior.He doesnt take into account that Dana has just saved his life and there was nothing to do for Tom Weylin. Rufus continues to show his selfish behavior conflate with his plantation upbringing when he sends Dana to the fields to work as punishment. His ultimate step into becoming a plantation owner was with his father passing, and now he was far from the person that said he would never sell a slave. His authority is really noticeable when he says, You walk away from me, Dana, youll be mask ing in the fields in an hour Dont you ever walk away from me again At this point his threats arent him whining like when he was a child, he meant it. Rufus character develops a lot near the end of the book as we realize his feelings toward Dana all to clearly. In the middle of the night he approaches Alice and Dana and says, You really are only one woman. Did you know that? Rufus had Alice for his physical needs and Dana for his emotional. We start to see that Dana wasnt just his friend he needed to have her, no matter what. His jealously became clear when he sold the slave Sam for just speaking to Dana.He said, He wanted youhe wanted you. He then says to Dana, Your so much like her, I can hardly stand it. Rufus relationship with Dana had gone from friendship and understanding to Rufus wanting more and he aimed to have it. When we see that Rufus was allowing his son to call him daddy finally it was reminder of his humanity. We see that in some ways he was still good, and not rack ed with screaming(prenominal) emotions. However, his humane side diminishes slowly with his irrational wants, desires and need for affection.Rufus character is interesting because of his development throughout this novel. In some ways it was radical and in others it was not. As a child he seemed to react too strongly in situations, like he does throughout his life. As a child you think he may change and not let his times control the way he thinks, but as he becomes an adult its obvious the South and his father have a big effect on him. In the end, Rufus selfishness, dominance, possession, and jealousy outweigh his sincerity, ultimately leading to his demise.