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Barbara asked this question about The Underground Railroad:
Does anyone like that the author wrote the railroad as a physical, operating one? I felt it unnecessary and beyond the scope of possibility.
Lisa In response to "It's a metaphor": It doesn't work as a metaphor. "Underground railroad" is already a metaphor for the network of routes and stops for …moreIn response to "It's a metaphor": It doesn't work as a metaphor. "Underground railroad" is already a metaphor for the network of routes and stops for escaping slaves. It's a metaphor because it was not literally a railroad and it was not literally underground. So turning that metaphor into a literal railroad, literally underground, makes it NOT a metaphor.(less)
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The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)
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