Whitehead's The Colossus Of New York

When one encounters, The Colossus of New York, it is much like New York itself. Colson Whitehead highlights little moment that define the Big Apple. He takes you on a free trip, landing you right on the map of New York City. Whitehead writes a love letter sent to everyone who has set foot in the city once, twice, or a thousand times before, doing an excellent job of finding yourself catching sentences that you can identify are from the most populated city in the United States. Perhaps, making that the most interesting aspect of this novel. The novel is composed of thirteen chapters, each one managing to keep you hanging off your seat searching for more of what a beautiful city has to offer. Reading the first four chapters, I never felt overwhelmed with his relationship and the city. He tells you what almost feels like everything, yet he pays close attention to his poetic rhythm and choice of words. …show more content…
Many longtime residents and newcomers dream of making the melting pot their home. Of course there are challenges to be conquered, but we will always end up in the same place and we might not even know it. “We overlap. Or don’t...That we walk past each other every day, and never know it until now.” The world is small, yet it is so big. Throughout chapter one, Whitehead would continue to explain how we live life, but never may live in the moment and appreciate what it has to offer. We also never make the proper goodbyes, for this reason it is amazing what people take for granted sometimes. Life moves fast, and is always changing and you never know what is going to