Letter To Ralph Ellison

Dear Ralph Ellison,

           It is such a honor to read one of your famous novel called ''Invisible Man''. I believe that your novel is relevant in today's society. The reason is that this novel creates ideas despite the difficulties to follow up those claims. This novel consists of two different communities that don't see eye-to eye and how black and white community were treated not only in this novel, but also in the real world. I am pleased with how you reveal the stereotype of African Americans and how it was the turning point in each of these communities as this story moves on. As an author like yourself, invisible man is not what others people think of this word; It means to be construed by others as a collection of general stereotypes rather than an actual, individual person. There was one time in my life where I considered myself invisible and I maintain my ability to break it by revealing my true identity. I believe that many people who read your novel extend to the invisible man living out other's views of his identity. In conclusion, I think that your novel will convince others to read and understand what going on and what is truly the definition of  ''Invisible Man''. If you read this letter, I would like to say thank you for your time to read why your novel is relevant in today's society.



                 Sincerely Yours,

                   Derrick Dickerson


            

Invisible Man Chapter 7

1.  What device appears in the vet’s advice to the narrator, after he tells him to “come out of the fog”?

The device that appears in the vet's advice to the narrator is probably a metaphor.

2 .  What does it mean when the vet tells the narrator to be his own father?

When the vet tells the narrator to be his own father, I think that the vet wanted the narrator to find the opportunities that is expected of him.

3.  What allusion is used to describe the narrator’s arrival in Harlem?

The allusion that is used to describe the narrator's arrival in Harlem is in the Old Testament in the story of Jonah. He comparing the experiences of the narrator to Jonah as if they both was lost in their first arrival in a new place and a new environment.

Invisible Man Themes

  The three prevalent themes throughout the novel thus far is racism, true identity, and ambitious. The reason that I choose racism as my theme is because the narrator had experienced racism of others at the battal royal. In the beginning of the novel, he referenced Booker T Washington in his speech saying that blacks should cooperate with the whites that are in power. The reason for true identity is that a young man wanted to know how to define himself and it clearly shows that the young men is looking for his true identify and despite the narrator's claim at the beginning of the novel, I don't think that it is something that he necessary chosen. The reason for ambitious is that the novel is building into a series of hopes and desperate expectations, like his promise for a college that is unknown at this time.

Invisible Man Questions Part 2

Chapter 3

1.  The significance of the wide range of professions that the insane men at the Golden Day used to practice is that this gives us a sense of the subjection these men endure regardless of life experience.

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3. The patients find that kicking Supercargo in therapeutic because they have the sense of freedom when rebelling against authority.

4. The veteran call the narrator invisible because the narrator is stricken with a blindness and the doctor invested his identity so that many people can appreciated him.

Chapter 4

1. The narrator's inner tension is that he feels that the school is being threatened.
2. The narrator hate Trueblood and the people at the Golden Day because it destroyed the narrator's chances at college and acceptance into white society. Also, the narrator  disapprove of what Trueblood did to his daughter.

3. The effect of comparing the campus building to an ''old phantation manor house'' is that it brings back the whole aura of slavery.

4. He basically followed the path pointed to him by white culture; he still dislike the black community.

5. It symbolize the image that many blacks have in themselves living in a society appropriated by whites.

Chapter 5

1. The imagery of the looming moon has been cracked and distorted.

2. The tone of the two paragraphs are very serious and somber.

3. The rhetorical effect of the intalicized passage is that he had a second thought about freedom.

4. Dr. Bledsoe's position seems natural. The narrator is started to understand that by touching a white man was attainable.

5. Barbee is described as Buddha like, but the shocking part is that he is blind. By creating an allusion for the audience to see, it is the only hope to believe.

6. '' Coal black like a reluctant and so literacy tear'' is an example of a simile.

7. It effects the narrator with the speech of the Reverend Barbee and it touches to the word '' black'' probably as a conspiracy.

8. He spend much of his time talking about the vision of the Founder and explained how it still exist.

9. The narrator sees Barbee very stumble as his glasses collapsed. The narrator realizes that Barbee is fully blind.

Invisible Man Questions

Chapter 1

1. How is allusion used in the second paragraph?
  
Allusion is being used in the second paragraph to refers to his guilt. He explained it in the first few sentences how he is not a freak of nature and he isn't ashamed of his grandparents, but actually himself.

2. Explain the advice that the narrator's grandfather gives him: '' Let emswoller you till they vomit or bust wide open.''

The narrator's grandfather gives the narrator advice because he wanted the narrator to be rebellious toward everyone despite the racism.

3. What is the significance of the narrator's viewing himself as a ''potential Booker T. Washington''?

I think that that the narrator's sense of mind is being compared to Booker T. Washington and I believe that he want to compare himself to this individual to show dignity.

4. Explain the ambivalence the narrator feels toward the naked blonde?

When the narrator approached the naked blonde, the narrator felt uncomfortable seeing a naked blonde right in front of him. He feel that this isn't amusing when the white man . I think that he knows of the entertainment that the white men presented to him, but he couldn't have feeling for the naked blonde.

5. How does this chapter shows the limit of assimilation?

This chapter shows the limit of assimilation by the action that the white men at the expense of young black men.

Chapter 2

1. How is the road in the first paragraph used as a metaphor?

The road in the first paragraph is used as a metaphor because the narrator has to follow the white line with Mr. Norton.

2. What is the rhetorical purpose of the founder's statue?

Since the statue is a white man figure, the narrator knew that the background of his school was slavery and segregation.

3. How are the diction and syntax used in the description of the trustees' arrival at Founder's Day?

The way that the white millionaire arrived was kinda ironic in a way.

4. How are allusions used in the initial description of Mr. Norton?

Mr. Norton create an allusion with the way he dresses and the way he moves. We, as readers will probably don't see him as a gentlemen, but at least he attempt to do so.

5. What makes the sleeping farmer ''the kind of white man [that the narrator fears]''?

The farmer is poor and he don't have the power in the white community. But, he had power of the narrator because the narrator is an African American.

6. Why is Mr. Norton's enthusiasm for his widow so strange to the narrator?

His widow and Mr Norton didn't connect, but Trueblood's daughter had and this is the reason why she was impregnated.

7. How is the following statement an example of foreshadowing? '' I've never seen this section before. It's new territory for me.''

Mr. Norton responded to the town where the narrator is driving him crazy. He is going to meet Jim Trueblood and encounter the anger side of the black men at the Golden Age.

8. How is juxtaposition used in the conservation that the narrator and Mr. Norton have with with Jim Trueblood?

I think that the biggest question is whether Mr. Norton feels passionate about his daughter and whether or not he feels right about the role of his daughter.

9. What is the tone that Trueblood uses to tell the story of his incest?

The tone that Trueblood uses to tell the story of his incest is very innocent. Trueblood was very honest about not completing the act. It was probably his self-conscious.

10. What is ironic about the sexual attraction between Trueblood and his daughter?

The white community rewards the family for racial expectation, but the black community strikes back by shaming them.

11. Why would Trueblood's wife bring Aunt Cloe over?

Trueblood's wife bring Aunt Cloe over because she was going to give daughter an abortion.

12. Why do you think Trueblood receives so much more charity from the white community than from his own?

I think that Trueblood receives so much charity from the white community than from his own because the white community wanted the black community to look bad.

13. Why do you think Mr. Norton gives Trueblood $100?

I think that Mr. Norton gives Trueblood $100 just for his own belief. Since Mr. Norton wants to live up to his race, he decided it was right to give him 100 bucks.