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Example Family, a Heritage and home
‣ Cora's garden in Randall's plantation , a kind of home and was passed down by her grandma
‣ Valentine farm is a new home she created with a new community and family in a place that is foreign to her
‣ Mabel impacted her freedom on Cora and inspired Cora to escape and be free
Endurance versus Rebellion
‣ Cora waiting in North Carolina because if she tried to leave she would be killed
‣ Rebellion gives a chance at freedom but could have very bad down falls
• Cora consistently breaking free from ridgeway
Death and freedom
‣ Mabel died for freedom
‣ Freedom trial, is freedom in death
‣ ridgeway reappearing and finding Cora she never was really free
Fantastical History
‣ Freedom trail, it was a trail of bodies but it was not real
‣ The railroad its self
‣ Griffith building not real
Violence
‣ Cora killing child
‣ Caesar dismembered
‣ Set house on fire
‣ Friday nigh festivals
‣ Jasper being shot
Endurance versus rebellion
◦ Endurance versus rebellion
‣ The pressure to stay and endure the brutality of slavery and systemic racism
‣ VS
‣ Risks of rebellion- Facing deadly consequences.
How did Cora resist dehumanization
◦ Ownership over her plot of land
‣ Cora protected her garden from anyone else trying to take it. She even broke down a dog house. It's the one thing that she feels she owns and can tend to
◦ Friendship with the hob woman
‣ They embraced each other by making eachother like family, they cared for eachother. They were rejected from everyone else so they because family.
◦ Confronting danger
‣ Some examples of her taking on danger is she learned how to read and write. If she was caught she would have been punished. She New this but she wanted to be literate
• How are the workers affected by there work?
◦ Their lives are on the line, if caught helping them escape they would be killed, we saw this with Sam his house got burned down.
◦ There families were also at risk, because if caught there family could be punished as well
◦ They are accountable for all peoples lives and their own
• Differences between Cora's desire for literacy and Frederick Dougless
◦ Cora went to school and enlisted into a school and Fredrick dougless learned from his mistress, and he also tricked kids to learn.
• Cora. VS Jim
◦ Coras travels solo because it allows her to be more discreet and travel. Due to there is no male around sexual violence is common
◦ Jim travels with Huck, this allows it to make it seem like Huck either owns Jim or is transporting him back to the plantation he escaped from.
How is South Carolina another form of slavery?
Because although they may be free she is still owned by the government, treated poorly and has to always look over her shoulder. People were being hung and killed. They were given a credit and charged for everything
What is the symbolism of the griffin building
‣ Innovation masking true oppression, and shows fear of change
Symbolism of dancing
• On Randall's plantation it was a punishment where as on valentine farm they danced for joy and it brought them happiness. This is because they were free
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