When Dana returns to 20th century Los Angeles from 19th century Maryland for the very last

time in the novel, she loses an arm. The ways the novel presents this loss to us seem

thematically important. The loss of her arm, in fact, is the first thing we learn about Dana and

the specific story of how she lost it ends the novel proper before the Epilogue. Using the

language, plot, and/or form of Kindred as your evidence, discuss the thematic importance of the

ways the novel presents (that is, in terms of the language, plot, and/or form) her losing the arm