Alice's Suicide: Her Only Path to Freedom The book Kindred, written by Octavia E. Butler, is full of scenes in which power, submission and pain are seen in all its pages. The scene that shocked me the most by far was when Dana found out that Alice had committed suicide. The whole situation is an act of desperation where a woman has lost the inspiration of her life with nothing to live for. The scene began when Dana entered the stable where she had once been whipped. He tried to get used to the darkness. After a few seconds he saw someone hanging by the neck. The person hanged was Alice. Dana looked at her and touched her not believing what she was seeing. He looked at Alice's dress, shoes and hair. Dana thought Alice had dressed up for her death. Dana cut the rope to take her down. Finally Rufus entered. He didn't want to look at Dana. Dana asked Rufus if he did it himself and he said yes. Then, Dana asked him why but got no response. He wanted to ask about Alice's children. Rufus moved his head and walked out of the bard. Dana later discovered that Rufus had told Alice that he had sold Alice's children. He also discovered that it was all a lie. Rufus used the idea of ​​selling the children as a way to manipulate Alice. This time everyone, including Alice, believed he had sold them. This scene gives a mix of emotions: sadness and happiness. It saddened me to know that those children would grow up without the love and protection of a mother. Alice was a woman willing to give and do anything for the joy and freedom of her children. She was a mother whose children had become her hope and motivation to live. On the other hand, the scene made me happy because Alice's suicide was her only way to escape a man who was madly in love with her. That man sexually abused and insulted her and had the power to do whatever he wanted with her. She was once a free woman and then brought back into slavery. She was once in love but her husband was captured, mistreated and sold. A rope around his neck is the only path he can follow towards the freedom he tasted previously.