Invisible Man Essay: Brother Personal Responsibility

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TX: The narrator is shocked and hurt when Dr. Bledsoe calls him a “Nigger”. We see this when ‘Invisible Man’ is getting talked to about what he did. Dr. Bledsoe is angry with ‘Invisible Man’ because he feels that “Invisible Man’ put the school in a bad position and represented the school in a negative way. Dr. Bledsoe is trying to get ‘Invisible Man’ to confess his wrong doing by saying “Nigger, this isn’t the time to lie. I’m no white man. Tell me the truth.” Obviously, the term “Nigger” is a derogatory term especially to ‘Invisible Man’ and all that he is trying to overcome.

TX: “And do you know what discipline is, Brother Personal Responsibility? It’s sacrifice, sacrifice, SACRIFICE!” What exactly does Brother Jack want sacrificed? To answer this question think about what Invisible Man means when he says to Brother Jack, “…maybe …show more content…

The narrator says “ how could anyone say be pleasant? I had always thought of it as something painful”. There are two points: his race and grandfather. Being an african-american does not help in a society of rich white men. He can wish for it to be pleasant but white people wouldn't understand the struggle. Plus the last thing is grandfather told him before he died of being at war and the guilt the narrator feels each time something good happens to him. TX: The Invisible Man says they are “shell shocked”. Additionally, Ellison basically said that no matter how far African Americans excel in school, they will always be a minority with a social responsibility. The problem was the educated and smart college students were “shell shocked” because they joined the army and died. It was a waste of educational resources for them because they spent their education going to war and mostly murdered. Golden Day was part asylum and many of the educated were there in need of mental

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