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CORA
Quotes
"... and before the slave part of her caught up with the human part of her, she was bent over the boy's (Chester's) body like a shield. (24)
"She would have died in that place, after untold brutalities, if Ceaser had not come along" (17)
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"No one else in the village made a move to help the boy-how could they? They'd seen it a hundred times before, as victim or witness, and would see it a hundred times more unity they died. But Cora did." (281)
"Let them burn by flame or fever, let the destruction started here rove acre by acre until the dead have been avenged. (259). Cora's "hopes" for the people of Tennessee
"She fought for the dirt. There were the small pests, the ones too young for real work" --> she is resilent
"He hated her mother as much as she did. That, and the fact that they both had eyes in their head, meant they had two things in common." (267) comparison of Ridgeway and Cora
About her garden in Georgia: "She owned herself for a few hours every week was how she looked at it, to tug weeds, pluck caterpillars..."(12)
"On her own, she couldn't understand all the words" (221) she is uneducated
Resilient throughout the novel. Even after Royal's death, it2s said that "she'd find the terminus or die on the tracks" (364)
"As she did every time, Cora considered the chances to escape and came up with the dead results" (261)
General Info
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She never knew her father, Grayson, who died before she was born
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She runs away from Georgia with Ceaser, where she is a slave, in search for freedom
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She is a token of luck for Ceaser because her mother was the only one who was able to escape the plantation
She kills a white boy in the beginning of the novel while she was trying to escape the plantation. This is a burden that she carries with her throughout her journey
She is followed by a slave catcher called Ridgeway who failed to catch her mother, Mabel
She was abandoned by her mother who ran away while she was a young girl. Cora inherited her stubborn instinct for resistance from her mother
Indirect
She wants to belong and have a sense of community, which is why she was determined to stay in SC for so long even though she saw the cruelties beneath the surface
She often refers to her ancestors and to the struggles of African Americans in general (e.g. talks about her grandmother at the beginning)
She is resilient throughout the novel. Even after Royal's death, it is said that " she'd find the terminus or die on the tracks"
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the narrator infers that Cora inherited her capability to endure obstacles that she faces and her brutality from Ajarry, her grandmother
she is brave and rebellious, she protects Chester even though she knows that Terrance would beat her up
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she is a fierce and independent character due to her gaining survival skills after her mother's escape