A.P. Lit Can See the Invisible Man! December 9, 2014

Focus: What larger conclusions can we draw about Invisible Man?

Project people: Please make sure I have your poem by the end of today.

1. Warming up with our favorite intoxicated white lady: Sybil

What descriptions of Sybil surprise you?

What does Sybil have in common with...

• The other white ladies?
• The Sambo bank?
• The Sambo doll?
• The college scholarship in the narrator's briefcase?
• Birth of a Nation (first American motion picture--KKK as hero saving white woman from raped by black man)?
• Tatlock and Brockway?
• Optic white paint?
• Mr. Norton?
• Mary?
• Ras the Destroyer?
• The symbol of the boomerang?

2. Revisiting the Prologue and the beginning of Chapter 1 and attempting a redaction with a focus on how the narrator has changed (what self-knowledge has he gained?)

3. Drawing larger conclusions about Invisible Man using your brilliant big question blogs

Try using our MMM approach to your blog if you're feeling overwhelmed:

• Moments: What symbols, minor characters, and specific events do you find most intriguing?
• Movements: What larger patterns are you noticing?
• Multiple meanings: What does Ellison want us to make of these patterns? How does this relate to your big question blog?

HW:
1. Just those poetry essays and projects...yep.

2. If you're trying to decide whether or not to revise your literary essay, here's a thought:

6 = 90%
7 = 93%
8 = 95%
9 = You should be teaching this class.

Also, the difference between, say, a 6 and an 8 on the actual A.P. test is quite significant.