![]() ![]() ![]() In The Underground Railroad, the narration switches perspectives.Why do you think Whitehead chose to include these scenes? Many of the scenes on the Randall plantation are graphic.Days before Cora decides to leave, a man is brutally tortured for an escape attempt.How is your understanding of slavery in America different now than it was before reading the book? Did it prompt you to do any more research or find out any other stories about people who escaped? Novem(age 53) New York City New York Notable Works: Sag Harbor Apex Hides the Hurt Harlem Shuffle The Colossus of New York The Nickel Boys The Noble Hustle The Underground Railroad Zone One. ![]() The Underground Railroad Book Club Questions A suspenseful tale of escape and pursuit, it. This continues with violence throughout the book, but also on the settlement in South Carolina where doctors are sterilizing women without their knowledge and intentionally infecting men with syphilis to “study” how the disease progresses. The Underground Railroad confirms Colson Whiteheads reputation as one of our most daring and inventive writers. This starts on the plantation with the slave owners, but even between the enslaved people on the plantation with how Cora has to destroy the dog house built on her mother’s plot of land. Another theme throughout the novel is that of fear, especially fueled by brutality. ![]()
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