AP English 3
Friday, April 7, 2017
Chapter 22
After the narrator returns to the Brotherhood he is confronted by Jack and others and they get into an argument because the narrator was involving the Brotherhood in in Tod Cliftons protest. On page 473 Brother Jack says "Our job is not ask them what they think but to tell them!" By saying this he wants to control what they think, Jack is the one controlling the shadows in Plato's cave allegory. This is similar to what Dr. Bledsoe said to the narrator in chapter six. This relates to the vision motif in that by controlling what people think, you are controlling the way they perceive events.
Chapter 15
At Mary's apartment on page 319, the narrator notices a "cast-iron figure of a very black, red-lipped and whose mouthed Negro, whose white eyes stared up at me from a the floor, his face an enourmous grin, his single large black hand held palm up before his chest. It was a bank." This stereotypical figure of a black man as a bank symbolizes slavery and it also paints the black man as an object instead of a person. This relates to the vision motif in that the white people now in the narrators case and especially back in slavery do not value the opinions and beliefs of black people, but they would much rather just use them as pawns and for their labor like Mr. Kimbo did.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Chapter 25
This Chapter mainly surrounds TIM's(The Invisible Man) adventures through Nighttime Harlem. When TIM arrives deeper in Harlem in what appears to be a riot. This riot is alluded to later in the book as a possible cause for the upcoming riot. As previously mentioned TIM all but walks into the middle of a black riot. It is however important that TIM can't actually see much as everything around home is essentially black including those around him and even himself. In the first of his small but noble inventions TIM meets Dupree. Dupree does 2 things for chapter 25. most importantly he confirms that this is basically a race riot when questioning a store attendant. secondly Dupree coaxes TIM into basically burning up what appears to be a health center/hospital. following his shenanigans with Dupree TIM has his near final interaction with Ras the destroyer once rass the exhorterdecides that he wnts TIM dead. in these achenes with ras they do reveal some intersecting notions. durnig the interactions there are interesting sound connection (557 specifically)between TIM, our protagonist. especially towards the end where TIM insists that if Ras is to hang him that he is hung for his own crimes and not of for the crimes of the brotherhood.
Rounding out the chapter and the book The Invisible Man finds himself setting fire to his papers of memories in basically the closest thing to a cave, much like the cave there is no visible course of action we can see. In a heartiness way TIM shed his identity once before, though the ending isn't completely crystal clear idea on what is to happen with TIM this portion does end very nicely with a statement almost giving omniciens about the future where he solemnly says the end was the beginning which basically codes for the place where TIM lives in the proluge.
Rounding out the chapter and the book The Invisible Man finds himself setting fire to his papers of memories in basically the closest thing to a cave, much like the cave there is no visible course of action we can see. In a heartiness way TIM shed his identity once before, though the ending isn't completely crystal clear idea on what is to happen with TIM this portion does end very nicely with a statement almost giving omniciens about the future where he solemnly says the end was the beginning which basically codes for the place where TIM lives in the proluge.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Chapter 24
Chapter 24- In this chapter the Invisible Man continues his plan to infiltrate the Brotherhood. Before he can do this however he must first kill them with yeses. The narrator lies to the Brotherhood by saying the conflict in Harlem is dying down and that he wants to organize a cleanup campaign. At the headquarters Brother Jack is celebrating his birthday party. The narrator uses this as an attempt to get some information and first tries to use Emma. Emma however is too smart and she gives him no information, but then the narrator sees a woman named Sybil. The narrator tells her to come to his apartment later on and she agrees. While there, Sybil tells the narrator about her rape fantasy as they are drinking. The narrator doesn’t actually want to rape her so instead he gets her so drunk to the point she passes out. Sybil then later on wakes up and the narrator tells her that he raped her. Sybil is pleased but the narrator must travel to Harlem. A problem arises with this because everywhere the narrator goes Sybil follows him. Finally he pays a cab to take her home and he gets rid of her. There is no real example of vision in this chapter except for the fact that it seems as though a riot is being setup to happen in chapter 25.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Chapter 21
To begin this chapter is significantly shorter than the other chapters. Chapter 21 opens with TIM(the invisible man) thinking and seemingly winding down after their encounter with Ras and the death of Clifton. Soon after however the chapter cuts to Clifton's funeral where there is a surprisingly blended audience for a change all avid admirers of the brotherhood's message. Lastly in this chapter, in order to wrap up, the chapter TIM preforms a speech to remember brother Clifton by.
Chapter 20
Chapter 20- In this chapter the narrator has finally returned to Harlem. He is surprised because of how much has changed since he left and he sees no sign of Brotherhood activity. The narrator then goes to the Barrelhouse Bar. Afterwards he waits to hear from the Brotherhood but gets no notice of a meeting. This is the first example of vision in this chapter because the narrator knows something's not right so he goes to the headquarters to see for himself. When he arrives he finds a meeting in session but is kicked out. The narrator then goes for a walk and see’s Tod Clifton on the street selling something. When he walks up to the crowd he finds out that he is selling sambo dolls. Eventually the police notice and approach Clifton. The policeman harasses him and pushes him around even though Clifton is surrendering. Finally Clifton punches the officer and the officer pulls out his gun and kills him. The narrator asks the Brotherhood to help setup the funeral but they refuse because Clifton “betrayed” them. This contradicts the Brotherhood’s cause and the narrator becomes extremely skeptical at this point. Finally the narrator goes to the subway and upon coming out see’s some boys stealing candy out of a store. This is an example of vision in this chapter because that along with Clifton’s death shows that the Brotherhood has changed nothing in Harlem.
Friday, March 24, 2017
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