@thesis{thesis, author={Obed Juliven Harefa}, title ={THE EFFORT TO SEIZE FREEDOM ON CORA IN THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD NOVEL}, year={2021}, url={http://repository.unsada.ac.id/3132/}, abstract={This research departs from a similar case that occurred in 2020 where a black citizen named George Floyd had to lose his life at the hands of a white police officer. The novel tells about main character faces various challenges to gain her dream of freedom. Through the intrinsic approaches are applied concepts: characterization, plot and setting. Through the extrinsic approaches are applied concepts: Genetic Structuralism which consists Human Facts, Collective Subject, World Views and The Concept of Liberty: The Positive Freedom. This study is the variety of qualitative research, types of library research, interpretative analysis using the method of data collection in the form of literary texts from the novel The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead as a primary source and supported by some of the literatures to relate the theory, concept and the relevant definition as a secondary source} }