Invisible Man: Chapters 4,5, & 6
Chapter 4
1. The imagery in this chapter belie's the narrators inner tension can be connected to the white line that he is following along the highway and as well in the college; this can be seen as a divide between something or someone.
2. The narrator dislikes Trueblood because of what he did to his daughter and how it may have reflected their races' stereotype. In addition, he dislikes him because he feels that he is affected in some way.
3. The effect of comparing the college to a plantation is an amplification on how African Americans are able to be on campus but still face implications from the white men.
4. Dr. Bledsoe was able to achieve power by following those who were above him and keeping them pleased.
5. The mirror and the aquarium are metaphors because both are able to distort an image, making ones loss of self or confusion of self apparent.
Chapter 5
1. The rhetorical argument behind the comparison to the moon and a white mans bloodshot eye was that although they each hold a mass amount of power, they come to fall at some point.
2. The tone of the first two paragraphs was serious and solemn.
3. The rhetorical effect is that the last few sentences in the passage seem to ask freedom.
4. The narrator comes to describe Dr. Bledsoe's position as such, "I watched him smiling at first one and then another of the guests, of whom all but one were white; and as I saw him placing his hand upon their arms, touching their backs, whispering to a tall angular-faced trustee who in turn touched his arm familiarly. .."
5. Allusion is used in Reverend Barbee's sermon when the narrator states that he is blind but they witness him him describing Buddha.
6. Simile is used to show the founders death by expressing the men's true thoughts of the event.
7. Black is used as a description of sadness, darkness, and despair.
8. The rhetorical effect of Barbee's blindness is that he says he is able to see, be an expert throughout his and other lives.
9. The image the narrator sees is Barbee's stumble.
Chapter 6
1. His posture seems relaxed.
2. Dr. Bledsoe is angered by the narrator because he believes that the narrator should have lied to Mr.Norton.
3. Dr. Bledsoe's idea is one that is submissive to white men; yet smart in the fact that it allows the white men to continue in their egotistical ways.
4. Repetition is used as an offensive statement, using 'that' as something that offended the narrator.
5. It foreshadows how Bledsoe may assist the narrator in the future.
1. The imagery in this chapter belie's the narrators inner tension can be connected to the white line that he is following along the highway and as well in the college; this can be seen as a divide between something or someone.
2. The narrator dislikes Trueblood because of what he did to his daughter and how it may have reflected their races' stereotype. In addition, he dislikes him because he feels that he is affected in some way.
3. The effect of comparing the college to a plantation is an amplification on how African Americans are able to be on campus but still face implications from the white men.
4. Dr. Bledsoe was able to achieve power by following those who were above him and keeping them pleased.
5. The mirror and the aquarium are metaphors because both are able to distort an image, making ones loss of self or confusion of self apparent.
Chapter 5
1. The rhetorical argument behind the comparison to the moon and a white mans bloodshot eye was that although they each hold a mass amount of power, they come to fall at some point.
2. The tone of the first two paragraphs was serious and solemn.
3. The rhetorical effect is that the last few sentences in the passage seem to ask freedom.
4. The narrator comes to describe Dr. Bledsoe's position as such, "I watched him smiling at first one and then another of the guests, of whom all but one were white; and as I saw him placing his hand upon their arms, touching their backs, whispering to a tall angular-faced trustee who in turn touched his arm familiarly. .."
5. Allusion is used in Reverend Barbee's sermon when the narrator states that he is blind but they witness him him describing Buddha.
6. Simile is used to show the founders death by expressing the men's true thoughts of the event.
7. Black is used as a description of sadness, darkness, and despair.
8. The rhetorical effect of Barbee's blindness is that he says he is able to see, be an expert throughout his and other lives.
9. The image the narrator sees is Barbee's stumble.
Chapter 6
1. His posture seems relaxed.
2. Dr. Bledsoe is angered by the narrator because he believes that the narrator should have lied to Mr.Norton.
3. Dr. Bledsoe's idea is one that is submissive to white men; yet smart in the fact that it allows the white men to continue in their egotistical ways.
4. Repetition is used as an offensive statement, using 'that' as something that offended the narrator.
5. It foreshadows how Bledsoe may assist the narrator in the future.
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