“No? How about this: You talk to her-talk some sense into her-or you’re going to watch while Jake Edwards beats some sense into her.” (Butler 163) She acts out in order to help Alice avoid pain. She shows that she has no choice because she makes it that way. Although she tries to throw Rufus off the idea, Dana appeals to human feelings and helps Rufus out. Desperation works into this by showing how she’s desperate to help anyone avoid pain especially whipping even though the result is rape. Dana even went far enough to slit her wrist to get away because Rufus smacked her. She felt the trust and respect was lost between them. This shows how her walls are breaking down and she losing her way. This is why her actions are portrayed as desperate because majority of the time she has no idea what to do. All she knows is survive which is a basic instinct. Dana actually kept a secret that she was his ancestor. Thus showing the control she had over Rufus. However, he didn’t know about her leverage. Dana was pulling his strings in hope that it leads to the birth of
“No? How about this: You talk to her-talk some sense into her-or you’re going to watch while Jake Edwards beats some sense into her.” (Butler 163) She acts out in order to help Alice avoid pain. She shows that she has no choice because she makes it that way. Although she tries to throw Rufus off the idea, Dana appeals to human feelings and helps Rufus out. Desperation works into this by showing how she’s desperate to help anyone avoid pain especially whipping even though the result is rape. Dana even went far enough to slit her wrist to get away because Rufus smacked her. She felt the trust and respect was lost between them. This shows how her walls are breaking down and she losing her way. This is why her actions are portrayed as desperate because majority of the time she has no idea what to do. All she knows is survive which is a basic instinct. Dana actually kept a secret that she was his ancestor. Thus showing the control she had over Rufus. However, he didn’t know about her leverage. Dana was pulling his strings in hope that it leads to the birth of