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What purpose does Colson Whitehead have when using irony in the "freedom trail"?

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How does the authors use of imagery in the quote "In her dreams the fire was shaped like a woman holding two babies to her heart. The firewoman would carry these two little girls with her all the way to the woods of the Inland and then the babies would vanish, and the firewoman’s sadness would send orange and red and hints of blue swarming every tree and every bush in sight." help bring back the symbol of fire and refer to what was first introduced in the beginning of the novel?

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How does the chapter South Carolina and North Carolina shift from emotion and atmosphere?

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Why do you think Abena went to the missionaries for their help?

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What impact does the contrast or change of setting of the chapters of South and North Carolina have on the readers?

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Why does the author uses multiple similies during Cora’s stay at Ethal and Martins house to describe how Cora was feeling?

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What is the impact of the author’s choice to include Akua’s dreams?

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How does the author use the symbol of fire in Akua's dream and how does it relate to other characters?

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Why did the author choose to vary H's life to his parent's life? Why did the situation change?

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If you were Ethel and Martin, would you help a runaway slave even though you know you could get killed?

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Why do you think the author chose to end the chapter with the following sentence: “Ethe did not submit so easily. She did not lean back into him until the pot had been scraped clean”

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What impact does "He may be big, but he’ll bleed just like the rest of them” have upon the meaning (page 160) ?

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In all honesty, what do you think is Whiteheads purpose in leading the reader throughout different cities in the United States?

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H is scared to ask for help from Ethe when he is taken by the police because he fears they might abuse of her willingness to help him and that she is a woman. How does this help build on to previous ideas of gender stereotypes that have been developed in the plot?

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What emotion is the author trying to express with the phrase "In what sort of hell had the train let her off?" as used on page 155?

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What is the purpose in using related stories from different time periods?

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Rl4: Why does the author uses questions during the narration?
Ex.their bulging eyes seemed to rebuke her stares, but what were the attentions of one girl, disturbing their rest, compared to how the world had scourged them since the day they were brought into it? (pg.155)

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Rl3: If you were cora, would you be in that attic knowing the consequences of Ethal and Martin getting caught?

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How does the author chose different settings demonstrate the timeline and the evolution of the families generations?

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What is the irony behind Ethel describing Jasmine "like a sister to her" (Whitehead 152).

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During H's chapter, what is the significance of the whip marks in black men that were ex-convicts if they weren't actual criminals?

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How do you think Whitehead is developing the plot of the story by continuously changing the setting of the novel?

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What are some similies, metaphors, and symbols mentioned throughout the novel? What do they mean and what do they add to the text?

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What do you think is the purpose of including Cora's grotesque dreams? What does it represent? Especially this scene: "Behind the next window, Miss Lucy cut open Cora's stomach with a letter opener and a thousand black spiders spilled from her guts" (Whitehead 143).

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How does telling us the background for new characters help us understand the current situation in the United States?

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How does Colson Whitehead's frequent introduction of various characters affect the story and what does it teach the reader about slavery?

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"I have black skin, but I don't have a tail. As far as I know-I never thought to look" (186). What does this say about Coras mentality?

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How does the author's use of a smilie in the quote "Cora always fell asleep following Martin's visit, sometimes after an interval of sobbing and sometimes so quickly she was like a candle being blown out" (Whitehead) affect the reader's perspective on Cora and how does it help the reader understand how Salves lived?

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In what way does the author's use of irony in the chapter "North Carolina", when mentioning the freedom road, impact readers' understanding of the book?

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Martin, the husband of the home where Cora is staying in, states, "You’ll bring us to ruin,” Martin said. “Yourself, me, and Ethel, and all who helped you up and down the line". Why did Martin and Ethel help Cora out, a single slave whom they dont know, and risk their whole lives for her? While this happens, the author focuses on how their own lives can be finished if they hide her and they get caught.

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What impact do you believe that the author wanted to create when the narrator explains how racism is on North Carolina? For example, "Crossing a single street transformed the way people talked, determined the size and condition of the homes, the dimension and character of the dreams" was one of the quotes that the author used, while his word choice is expressing the way that society behaves on North Carolina.

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Why does the author choose to go into depth about Ethel's character? How/why is her character significant in the story?

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During the chapter, Cora watches the Friday Festival. How does this develop the setting of North Carolina and the people living within it?

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How does Whitehead manage to change the atmosphere between North/South Carolina? How does this affect the novel as a whole?

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What choices does the author use to describe the reaction of the people when they were taking cora back to the plantaition?

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In the change of settings or also the change of chapters South to North Carolina how does these change of setting impact the story.

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Why did the author feel the need to really express Ethels way of being in the novel? Why did he make this character that way

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What is the tone in the "North Carolina" chapter.

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How dose the change of setting in north carolina and south the book have a impact in the reader?

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When Cora reaches North Carolina it is clear to see a tone change in the book, do you believe that it has to do something with the Friday Festival, or was it since the moment she arrived.

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What did the author want the readers to interpret when he mentioned the freedom trail?

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How do you think the atmosphere and mood of the book changed after the change of setting in the book?

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How does the author show us the danger Martin and Ethel are running as they are helping a runaway slave knowing the possible consequence?

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What is the real meaning when cora said "I have black skin, but I dont have a tail" (Whitehead 182) And how does it impact the atmosphere?

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How does the author develop the setting in the chapter, North Carolina and what impact does this create?

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In the chapter North Carolina, the author mentions "The freedom road", how is this ironic and how does this impact the atmosphere?

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Did you think that Cora took the right desicion of staying in the attic even when she knew the consequences if Martin and Ethel got caught?

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What do you think that was the impact of the tone of the novel when we progressed from south carolina to north carolina?

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What was happening in North Carolina that made Martin and Ethel so terrified? Why did Ethel agree on helping Cora even though her life was at risk?

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In the chapter North Carolina, why do you think the author included “the freedom road”? Why did it make an impact while reading the novel?

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In page 160 when they hang Louisa in the middle of the park how does this impact Cora mentally and how does it affect her decisions and bravery for the rest of the book?

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How does the author develop different literary elements like the change in setting, tone, and emotions from the chapters South Carolina to North Carolina?

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How does the author's use of similes to describe Cora's stay at Ethel and Martins's house affect the tone and mood of the story?

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R.L3
Why do you think the author dedicated a whole chapter to Ethel? Why is she important? And what does she represent?

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R.L4
"Ethel thought it would be spiritually fulfilling to serve the Lord in dark Africa,
delivering savages to the light." (Whitehead 152) Why do you think Ethel refers to slaves as "savages"?- What effect does that have?

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How does the way the author included metaphors such as "The earth trembled faintly" (Whitehead 116) in the chapter North Carolina affect the layout of the story and the way?

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How does the authors word choice and use of similies Coras situation and the tone of the story? Do you think that if the word choice and description were different the overall tone of the story would be different?

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When the setting changes from one state to another, do you think that it has a big impact on the mood of the story and the development of the plot?