Invisible Man
The novel starts with the narrator living underground. He calls himself an invisible man because people refuse to see him beyond the color of his skin. He recalls the events that led to his life underground. He attended a college but is kick out his junior year for accidentally exposing a wealthy white trustee, Mr. Norton, to black incestuous man, Jim Trueblood. Dr. Bledsoe, president of the college, is the one that kicks the narrator out because the narrator threatened his position as president in the college. After being kicked out, the narrator gets a job at Liberty Paints making their signature product, Optic White Paint. There he encounters a boss that views him as a black man trying to steal his job. An accident occurs in the factory and the narrator becomes injured. The factory hospital cares for him, but it is here that he realizes those that he held in high esteem, i.e. Dr. Bledsoe and Mr. Norton, were really only looking out for themselves. Later, the narrator joins a group called the Brotherhood he thinks that this is where he'll be able to be his true self. However, he finds that he was being used as a token black man to appeal to the black community of Harlem. The narrator tries to get secret information about the Bro
However, it is Trueblood that Norton rewards by giving him a hundred dollar bill. Usually she is the object that is used by white men, but here the narrator becomes an object to her. However, before the Battle Royal, the fighters are forced to watch a naked blond women danced for all the men. Norton asks questions about Trueblood and is fascinated with his story and goes to speak with him. We're expected to pass up too many human things. The policemen cover the hole and trap the narrator underground and in the dark. The white characters of Invisible Man create power over the black characters by using various sexual stereotypes and taboos. By giving in to his primitive sexual urges he lowered his status in society. He had been well liked by the black community, but after sleeping with his daughter he is now despised by them. Three forms of these stereotypes are used to gain power. This is particularly true for Invisible Man. He writes: I felt a blast of cold air chill me. This contact between a black man and a white woman was taboo. The narrator had originally intended to use Sybil for his own gain, but ends up being used by her. Finally, when Sybil, a sexually repressed housewife, uses the narrator in her sexual fantasy, she gains power over him.
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