The Underground Railroad
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1: Ajarry
Chapter 2: Georgia
Chapter 3: Ridgeway
Chapter 4: South Carolina
Chapter 5: Stevens
Chapter 6: North Carolina
Chapter 7: Ethel
Chapter 8: Tennessee
Chapter 9: Caesar
Chapter 10: Indiana
Chapter 11: Mabel
Chapter 12: The North
Themes
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Family, Heritage, and Home
Endurance vs. Rebellion
Death and Freedom
Value, Ownership, and Commodification
Brutality and Violation
History, Myth, and Fantasy
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Characters
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Cora (aka Bessie)
Caesar
Ajarry
Mabel
Lovey
Terrance Randall
James Randall
Old Randall
Chester
Arnold Ridgeway
Sam
Miss Lucy
Mr. Field
Dr. Aloysius Stevens
Martin Wells
Ethel Wells (née Delany)
Fiona
Homer
Boseman
John Valentine
Gloria Valentine
Elijah Lander
Royal
Connelly
Symbols
All Symbols
Cora’s Garden
Dance
Hob
Griffin Building
The Freedom Trail
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Paradox
Pathos
Setting
Stream of Consciousness
Style
Tone
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The Underground Railroad
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Colson Whitehead
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1: Ajarry
Chapter 2: Georgia
Chapter 3: Ridgeway
Chapter 4: South Carolina
Chapter 5: Stevens
Chapter 6: North Carolina
Chapter 7: Ethel
Chapter 8: Tennessee
Chapter 9: Caesar
Chapter 10: Indiana
Chapter 11: Mabel
Chapter 12: The North
Themes
All Themes
Family, Heritage, and Home
Endurance vs. Rebellion
Death and Freedom
Value, Ownership, and Commodification
Brutality and Violation
History, Myth, and Fantasy
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Cora (aka Bessie)
Caesar
Ajarry
Mabel
Lovey
Terrance Randall
James Randall
Old Randall
Chester
Arnold Ridgeway
Sam
Miss Lucy
Mr. Field
Dr. Aloysius Stevens
Martin Wells
Ethel Wells (née Delany)
Fiona
Homer
Boseman
John Valentine
Gloria Valentine
Elijah Lander
Royal
Connelly
Symbols
All Symbols
Cora’s Garden
Dance
Hob
Griffin Building
The Freedom Trail
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Paradox
Pathos
Setting
Stream of Consciousness
Style
Tone
Theme Wheel
Theme Viz
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