Selfishness and Comment Shows Rufus

In the ledger Kindred, there are many characters that are interesting. One reason this is true, is because the maintain forwards through time very fast and we see many characters go from infantile to bighearted adult. One character that changed end-to-end the humbug was Rufus Weylin. His development was incredibly interesting because the story nighwhat revolves around what he does or what is happening to him. We see him as a very newborn child to a twenty five year old adult. In this story, Rufus is the most interesting because he develops from a puppy deal impressionable child, to a self-centred man shaped highly by the antebellum South and other(a) things.First off, when we get the first glimpse into Rufus the boy he is pruneing his curtain to get attention from his father. He then mentions how he had also ruin a barn. Here, we can already tell that Rufus sames to be heard, get his expressive style, and when he doesnt his chemical reaction is way too exaggerated. He also is already influenced by what he sees around him. He says to Dana, You have 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 accept rejection.Although, when Dana says, Rufe, go intot burn anything else. He responds with, I wont. This indicates that he can take direction from a nonher(prenominal) soul and whateverone who is black, and this leads you to think that maybe he can gip to take direction and possibly change his ways. When Dana returns to the Weylin plantation with Kevin Rufus says, Does Dana belong to you today? wife niggers cant marry white people This reaction shows that Rufus was indeed fitting into his societys way of thinking and the chaste 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. A s a child Rufus had this girl as his fri peculiarity, only 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 pronounce Holman to sell Isaac south to keep me from marrying him. This also shows that Rufus is growing into a selfish young man with rash reactions. Similar to when he was a child.Though a lot of his reactions now hurt the ones he loves. He said to Dana nearly Alice running away, Jail. A good whipping. Then theyll sell her. Shell be a slave? Her own fault. This is a good example of his rash harshness. in time though at many points in the story Rufus seems awful, he heretofore has some humanity in him. When asked if he would ever sell anyone worry 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 glowing for someon es love.When Alice was being healed Rufus says this time has been 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 need for his way and only his way continues when his father passes away. He says, you let him peter out? You let him diedamn you to hell, you let him die you just let him die. His repetition shows his irrational behavior.He doesnt take into forecast that Dana has just saved his life and there was nothing to do for turkey cock Weylin. Rufus continues to show his selfish behavior mixed 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 in truth noticeable when he says, You laissez passer away from me, Dana, youll be back 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 dark he approaches Alice and Dana and says, You really are only one woman. Did you know that? Rufus had Alice for his physiologic 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 cherished 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 familiarity 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 final ly it was reminder of his humanity. We see that in some ways he was still good, and not racked with intense emotions. However, his humane post 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 manifest 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.