Colson Whitehead

the United States stated that “all men are created equal”; this fundamental law was proposed to make America a country of freedom, but ironically enough, not all men are treated equally in this country. In the novel The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, the protagonist Cora is a runaway slave; she is currently located in North Carolina. Despite she has only been traveled to a few states, Cora’s journey to freedom was even more precarious than what she has imagined — too many innocent and lonely

The writing styles of Claudine Rankine and Colson Whitehead vary significantly, but both manage to address the issue of race in America in profound ways. In Citizen: An American Lyric, the former utilizes a combination of images and poetry to convey a sense of open-endedness, while the latter follows a traditional historical fiction narrative in his novel, The Underground Railroad. The books build on historical and modern events to evoke emotion and convey criticism. *Rankine uses an experimental

Justin Cohen AP Literature & Composition Mr. Gordon 5 September 2017 The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead: An Analysis (1) Toni Morrison’s Beloved takes place after the Civil War during the Reconstruction era, when the violent oppression of the black race continued, with flashbacks to the horrific trauma of the early 19th century slavery period. In Margaret Atwood’s review of Beloved in The New York Times dated September 13, 1987, many of the events in this novel appear to parallel the

Out of the two novels that were assigned to read for the semester, I enjoyed “The Intuitionist” by Colson Whitehead the most. I found this novel to be really interesting because of its concept and where it took place. When I began reading this novel I did not know what to expect, and as I read more and more I became more interested in how the plot was going

Full of plague but unaware. That night the shivers came, and the legendary bad dreams… She returns to her cubicle the next day because she hasn 't taken a sick day in years. Then transformation," (Whitehead 18-19). The amount of detail devoted to a single zombie is disproportionate compared to most mainstream zombie depictions. To name a zombie, present that zombie with a backstory, and to rationalize that zombie’s presence is give the zombie human

Set in the midst of the early 20th century of New York City, The Intuitionist, by Colson Whitehead, is a story describing the trials of an African American elevator inspector named Lila Mae Watson. Watson is marginalized for many reasons: her Intuitionist method of inspecting elevators [because her peers are Empiricists], her race, and gender. Intuitionists like Watson inspect elevators by listening to them and feeling their vibrations, and from that she can tell the condition of the elevator. She

Same-sex marriage at this time one of the most debated political issues in our nation. The controversy over same-sex marriage is a very touchy subject. It involves many legislative, religious and family matters. Advocates claim that same-sex couples should have the same marriage rights and that same-sex marriages should be acknowledged the same way as heterosexual couples. Advocated state that eliminating gay marriage is a form of discrimination. The varying definitions of marriage comes with a large

In August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, there are multiple characters that struggle with things that happened in the past. Bernice Charles is often shown fighting with her brother, Boy Willie, over selling the piano that has carvings of their family’s history, which is very valuable to her. Another thing Bernice fights is her family’s history as slaves and this is shown through her daughter’s lack of knowledge of her family’s history. She says she does this to keep her daughter safe because those who

Gay Marriage Gay marriage has been a controversial topic throughout all of time. Until recently, straight marriage was the only kind of marriage acceptable to most people. Gay marriage is defined as the legal marriage between two people of the same sex. In the United States of America, Same-sex marriage is legal, but it has not always been that way. Since the 70’s, the path to marriage equality for homosexuals has not been easy. It took blood, sweat, tears, and countless hours of protest

In August Wilson’s, The Piano Lesson, there are multiple characters that struggle with things that happened in the past. The character Bernice Charles is often shown fighting with her brother over selling the piano that has carvings of their family’s history, which seems to be very valuable to Bernice. Another thing Bernice fights is her family’s history and this is shown through her daughter’s lack of knowledge of her family’s history. She says she does this to keep her daughter safe because those