All lit circle discussions for Invisible Man should occur in
this thread. Please remember, Blog posts are due Thursday nights by
10pm. Posters in this group include: Kayla, Darean, Marissa and Jenna.
I was very confused about what Dr. Bledsoe did to the author. This book often talks about "colored people" sticking together and helping each other out, but Dr. Bledsoe sells the author out to all of those important men he wrote letters to. Instead of helping the author he is embarrassing him and ruining his future. Another thing that does not make sense it that everyone at the college the author attends, talks about "furthering the cause" and by embarrassing the author and kicking him out of school he is not helping the cause of blacks. The author is obviously extremely intelligent and the white people always seem to like him, so wouldn't Dr. Bledsoe want to use that to his advantage instead of kicking the author out of school?
I was also confused as to why Dr. Bledsoe did what he did. After reading what his letter truly said, I was left surprised. Even though the narrator was expelled from school, I still thought that Dr. Bledsoe liked him and wanted to help him find a job in New York. I agree with the fact that it doesn't make sense for Dr. Bledsoe to be making the narrator's life more difficult.
I agree with both of you. After reading about what he did to the author I was shocked because I too thought that the author and Dr. Bledsoe were good friends. I really believed that Dr. Bledsoe's intentions were genuine in helping him find a job in New York, so I was confused when he opened the letter and read what it really said. It seemed like the author was convinced of this as well so this just did not make much sense to me.
To answer Kayla: I hope that the Invisible Man will eventually get in touch with Mr. Norton. On another note, how do you feel about the narrator's current state as a member of the Brotherhood? I think that he is staring to become successful into thinking for himself, and has finally found a good place in Harlem. What do you think of the racist judgments made toward this group though?
I think that the narrator joining the Brotherhood was a good move for him. It allowed him to feel important and needed for a little while. I think he was starting to feel like he had a place and they understood exactly what he was saying.
To answer Darean's question:The author felt such a connection with the yams because it symbolizes a sense of familiarness. The author has difficulty establishing a sense of identity. When he eats the yams, he goes back to his former life at the college where he has more of an "identity" then.
By the end of the novel, where do you think the narrator stands after such chaos occurred with the Brotherhood? What do you think he has learned about himself and society? I believe that although he still refers to himself as invisible, he will continue to identify himself, but this time without the influence or opinions of others.
I believe that while his involvement with the Brotherhood ended badly, the narrator will take this experience and realize that it is not up to others to tell him his identity, but that he has to find it on his own. He learned that people are not always what they seem and that he trusts people too easily.
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I was very confused about what Dr. Bledsoe did to the author. This book often talks about "colored people" sticking together and helping each other out, but Dr. Bledsoe sells the author out to all of those important men he wrote letters to. Instead of helping the author he is embarrassing him and ruining his future. Another thing that does not make sense it that everyone at the college the author attends, talks about "furthering the cause" and by embarrassing the author and kicking him out of school he is not helping the cause of blacks. The author is obviously extremely intelligent and the white people always seem to like him, so wouldn't Dr. Bledsoe want to use that to his advantage instead of kicking the author out of school?
I was also confused as to why Dr. Bledsoe did what he did. After reading what his letter truly said, I was left surprised. Even though the narrator was expelled from school, I still thought that Dr. Bledsoe liked him and wanted to help him find a job in New York. I agree with the fact that it doesn't make sense for Dr. Bledsoe to be making the narrator's life more difficult.
I agree with both of you. After reading about what he did to the author I was shocked because I too thought that the author and Dr. Bledsoe were good friends. I really believed that Dr. Bledsoe's intentions were genuine in helping him find a job in New York, so I was confused when he opened the letter and read what it really said. It seemed like the author was convinced of this as well so this just did not make much sense to me.
Do you think the Invisible Man will ever get in touch with Mr. Norton?
To answer Kayla: I hope that the Invisible Man will eventually get in touch with Mr. Norton. On another note, how do you feel about the narrator's current state as a member of the Brotherhood? I think that he is staring to become successful into thinking for himself, and has finally found a good place in Harlem. What do you think of the racist judgments made toward this group though?
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Why did the author place such importance on the yams he ate from the street vendor?
I think that the narrator joining the Brotherhood was a good move for him. It allowed him to feel important and needed for a little while. I think he was starting to feel like he had a place and they understood exactly what he was saying.
To answer Darean's question:The author felt such a connection with the yams because it symbolizes a sense of familiarness. The author has difficulty establishing a sense of identity. When he eats the yams, he goes back to his former life at the college where he has more of an "identity" then.
By the end of the novel, where do you think the narrator stands after such chaos occurred with the Brotherhood? What do you think he has learned about himself and society? I believe that although he still refers to himself as invisible, he will continue to identify himself, but this time without the influence or opinions of others.
I believe that while his involvement with the Brotherhood ended badly, the narrator will take this experience and realize that it is not up to others to tell him his identity, but that he has to find it on his own. He learned that people are not always what they seem and that he trusts people too easily.
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