Intros Flashcards
(2 cards)
Underground Railroad Introduction
Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad is a powerful display of American slavery, using historical realism to explore the brutal realities of racial oppression. Through the harsh journey Cora went through, as a young enslaved woman who escapes a Georgia plantation, Whitehead demonstrates the physical and psychological toll of slavery on a person.
Surplus Value Introduction
David C. Ward’s Surplus Value is a reflection on the decline of the industrial America and its impact on the working class. Its shows Michigan’s crashing manufacturing industry, the poem offers a deeply personal engagement yet it adds a political view on capitalism and its cost on human.