Invisible Man Questions (Ch.1/2)
Chapter 1
1.Allusion is used in the first paragraph as the narrator of the story states that he is 'no freak of nature,' which shows the knowledge he has on inequality and how it continued to stay present (88 years).
2. The narrators grandfather seems to tell him to be both submissive to racism he may face, all while being rebellious against everyone.
3. The significance of the narrator viewing himself as Booker T. Washington is that he, as a successful African american in this time, was able to give hope for success through education and industry (which could be seen as more of a philosophy then).
4. The narrator describes her as a doll and he a puppet, throughout the book this seems present as Ellison uses these as an image to emphasize powerlessness. He feels that it is a situation that truly shows off what the American dream was. It was entertainment for the white men seeing how he was tortured (not being able to do anything). - Naked blonde is objectified by the white men.
5. The chapter shows the limits of assimilation by bringing the fact that the white men find joy in the torture of those in a different race, that assimilation- behind closed doors- has limits.
Chapter 2
1. The white line- he followed the white line while driving the white man (Mr. Norton) around.
2. The rhetorical purpose was to show truth in philosophy in the statue, which had shown Booker T. Washington lifting a veil off of a kneeling slave.
3. I found it was rehearsed, sarcastic and somewhat ironic as he is a rich, white millionaire.
4. He uses the allusion of a well-dressed and mannered person, showing he is educated, rich, and probably organized within his own life.
5. Although he is poor and is one of the characters who is just a side, I believe he fears him because the farmer could be someone who still supports slavery and that the narrator should still be in that setting. Someone who would/could harm or use him because of the color of his skin even though he has no power within his own community.
6. T-O had said there was little enthusiasm for his widow, however there was for Trueblood's daughter and how TB had gotten his daughter pregnant. (negative stereotype)
7. It is foreshadowing because of the incident with Trueblood and that African American's had their own sections that they were forced into so finding a place that had not been abused or unkempt is new.
8. Mr. Norton realizes that Trueblood had done something wrong and found it disrespectful to his daughter.
9. He is blind to what he had done wrong and finds himself innocent in the general situation. This is due to the praise-like behavior white people had exemplified towards him after the incident.
10. That it was praised rather than seen as something wrong.
11. She was going to abort the baby that he had caused.
12. This is because he had 'proven' a negative stereotype that the black community had.
13. It shows that Norton is no different from the other white men who had exploited Trueblood's pain/torture for their own pleasure.
1.Allusion is used in the first paragraph as the narrator of the story states that he is 'no freak of nature,' which shows the knowledge he has on inequality and how it continued to stay present (88 years).
2. The narrators grandfather seems to tell him to be both submissive to racism he may face, all while being rebellious against everyone.
3. The significance of the narrator viewing himself as Booker T. Washington is that he, as a successful African american in this time, was able to give hope for success through education and industry (which could be seen as more of a philosophy then).
4. The narrator describes her as a doll and he a puppet, throughout the book this seems present as Ellison uses these as an image to emphasize powerlessness. He feels that it is a situation that truly shows off what the American dream was. It was entertainment for the white men seeing how he was tortured (not being able to do anything). - Naked blonde is objectified by the white men.
5. The chapter shows the limits of assimilation by bringing the fact that the white men find joy in the torture of those in a different race, that assimilation- behind closed doors- has limits.
Chapter 2
1. The white line- he followed the white line while driving the white man (Mr. Norton) around.
2. The rhetorical purpose was to show truth in philosophy in the statue, which had shown Booker T. Washington lifting a veil off of a kneeling slave.
3. I found it was rehearsed, sarcastic and somewhat ironic as he is a rich, white millionaire.
4. He uses the allusion of a well-dressed and mannered person, showing he is educated, rich, and probably organized within his own life.
5. Although he is poor and is one of the characters who is just a side, I believe he fears him because the farmer could be someone who still supports slavery and that the narrator should still be in that setting. Someone who would/could harm or use him because of the color of his skin even though he has no power within his own community.
6. T-O had said there was little enthusiasm for his widow, however there was for Trueblood's daughter and how TB had gotten his daughter pregnant. (negative stereotype)
7. It is foreshadowing because of the incident with Trueblood and that African American's had their own sections that they were forced into so finding a place that had not been abused or unkempt is new.
8. Mr. Norton realizes that Trueblood had done something wrong and found it disrespectful to his daughter.
9. He is blind to what he had done wrong and finds himself innocent in the general situation. This is due to the praise-like behavior white people had exemplified towards him after the incident.
10. That it was praised rather than seen as something wrong.
11. She was going to abort the baby that he had caused.
12. This is because he had 'proven' a negative stereotype that the black community had.
13. It shows that Norton is no different from the other white men who had exploited Trueblood's pain/torture for their own pleasure.
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