Invisible man - the narrators speeches
Rhetoric is the art of speaking effectively and persuasively. In Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, the narrator uses persuasive speeches to influence his listeners, convey his ideas to them, and lead them into action. In the narrator's speeches at the eviction and at Clifton's funeral, the narrator uses persuasive speaking to arouse the crowd's feelings, but he doesn't attain the same response in both. As the narrator walks down the streets of Harlem, he comes upon a crowd of people watching as an eviction takes place. An old couple and their household furnishings are being taken out into the street. The narrator identifies with the couple and out of anger delivers a speech to the throng. In his exhortation, the
The narrator, caught up in the fervor of the moment, calls for crowd to go into the apartment and pray. narrator refers to the multitude as law-abiding people, urging them to avoid useless violence and instead plan their moves. In the narrator's speeches at the eviction and at Clifton's funeral, the narrator effectively uses persuasive speaking to arouse the crowd's feelings, but he doesn't arise his audience into action both times. The narrator speaks of Clifton just as Marc Antony speaks about Julius Caesar at his funeral, assuring that he has come to bury him not to praise him. "He's in the box and we're in there with him," meaning that Clifton is death because he could not longer stand to be in the box. After Clifton's assassination, and out of a feeling of responsibility for Clifton's death, the narrator organizes a public funeral in a Mount Morris Park. After the songs and at the crowd's expectance the narrator begins speaking. Both speeches create a great tension among its listeners, but they are uttered differently. The narrator's speech creates tension in the ambient, and although very moving, this time fails to drive the crowd into specific action. In an effort to increase the tension, the narrator ironically says that Clifton is dead and there is nothing they can do about it. Focusing on the structure of both speeches, one can appreciate the development as a speaker that the narrator undergoes throughout the novel. His speech is very simple and honest, which a lot of emphasis on the fact that Clifton is dead. The crowd responds and rushes in, beating the marshals and bringing in the evicted couple's possessions. Bands play funeral marches while the crowd sings together. As the narrator matures as a human being, his deeper understanding of situations and expanded knowledge increase the standard of his speeches.
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