![]() As a history lover, I’ve always thought that the most amazing thing about the Underground Railroad was the fact that its work wasn’t done by magic, but by people using real-life resources to save lives. I thought much time was wasted in the novel’s midsection as Hi works to get his power of conduction back. Painting, The Underground Railroad by Charles T. ![]() ![]() The Underground Railroad is also interested in Hiram’s powers and how they might be used to transport slaves from one spot to another. Hiram spends much of the middle of the novel doing two things: trying to get his magical power back, and trying to free himself and the people he loves. Instead he finds himself on the dry land of the Lockless plantation. ![]() Oddly, when he is out of the water, he’s nowhere near the collapsed bridge. While Hi is struggling to save himself, the selfish Maynard cries out for Hi to help him. Suddenly the bridge disappears and both Maynard and Hi are plunged into the water. When we first meet Hi, he is driving his white half brother Maynard in a carriage over a bridge. ![]() Hi is the mulatto son of his master and his slave mother who was sold years ago. We are introduced to Hiram Walker (called Hi throughout the novel), a house slave on the Lockless plantation in Virginia. The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a debut novel that has both significant pluses and minuses. ![]()
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