As a child Rufus started depending on Dana. In another words, Rufus's survival was left in the hands of Dana. Just as when Dana went back to the past the first time to save Rufus from drowning in the river. "I reacted to the child in

For these reasons, you understand how Dana feels about Rufus. No matter how many times Dana saved his life, he paid her back by punishing her in one of his brutal and vicious ways. If Dana didn't have to save her future by waiting until Hagar was born she would have killed Rufus a long time ago. Put yourself in the place of Dana and think about what you would have done.

Rufus is a man of his time. To begin with he treats his slaves the way any man would do in his period of time. Like the time when his father died and then he started to buy and sell slaves like any other slaveholder would do. Like Alice said "He's all grown up now and part of the system". Further more Rufus had started to take whatever he wanted by force if he couldn't get it peacefully. For instance, the time when Alice said he didn't want to go with him and she decided to marry Issac. Just as then he thought he should get her by forcing her to come wit

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