Poetry Reading
Here is a link to my presentation on YouTube.
Identity in Invisible Man
Obviously identity is a large part of the novel and the Narrator has an identity crisis throughout the entirety of it so far. In the beginning of the novel the Narrator is focused only on getting into college to become and educated man and change the world for the better, and believes that as long as he does not cause any trouble these opportunities will be available to him. His identity first comes into question when he meets the veteran in the tavern. He speaks to him and learns that he used be be educated and a doctor with very impressive skills, and yet he is in a mental hospital with all the other people at rock bottom. This is very confusing for the Narrator and he tries to make excuses as to why such a skilled man wouldn't be somewhere else practicing his profession. The Narrator then completely flips when it is revealed that Bledsoe sent him on a wild goose chase to get rid of him, going from "oh if I follow orders everything will be OK" to wanting to
The part where you talked about the "I don't play football" shirts is really interesting. It honestly reminds me of Uni. For a school that tries so hard to put diversity at its forefront, no more black teachers have been hired, and the count of black students also remains stagnant. The stereotype still remains that black students are there to fill a diversity quota rather than deserving to be there like the other classmates. Sometimes I think a shirt should be made "I passed the SSAT too".
ReplyDeleteI agree, your parallel to Uni makes sense to me (unfortunately), we hear about a strive for diversity and not a lot of changes are made. This perpetuates the feeling of being accepted into uni based on a quota and only that.
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