tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879974514873032754.post2783823212705029280..comments2023-04-17T02:28:03.570-07:00Comments on Leclaire's A.P. Literature and Awesomeness: 2014-2015: A.P. Is Trying to Find the Invisible Man: November 14, 2014kleclairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942217584894176389noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879974514873032754.post-74560755117322804162014-11-14T08:26:47.571-08:002014-11-14T08:26:47.571-08:00College always shone in moonlight
-Facade→ Not rea...College always shone in moonlight<br />-Facade→ Not real light<br />-Looks nice but it really isn’t<br />-Not much of a difference between the college and Trueblood’s cabin<br /><br />Significance of character’s names?<br />-Trueblood<br />--Symbol of the black man, yet he has the “truest blood”<br />-The narrator has no name<br />-The “Founder” has no name<br /><br />Use of colors throughout the book<br />-White usually symbolizes purity, but Ellison finds other uses<br />--Uses it to describe pigeon poop<br />--Also uses white to describe death<br />-Trueblood and Bledsoe<br />--Both names involve blood→ Red is symbolic <br /><br />Speech in chapter 5<br />-Speaker (Homer A. Barbee)→ What stood out?<br />--White band around his neck<br />--Cage with his fingers<br />--Dark lensed glasses<br />--Black little Buddha<br />--Rhythmic<br />-Glorious story of the founder<br />-At the beginning, he describes the founder as Jesus and a savior<br />--Elevating him above everyone else<br />--“Let my people go!” is something Jesus actually said<br />-Contrasts between a dark land and a bright paradise<br />-Why is the speaker ridiculed?<br />--Contributes to the facade of the college<br />--Founder isn’t really the savior he’s portrayed to be<br /> <br />When speech is over, what stood out?<br />-Speaker is blind→ Foster would’ve said he’s blind for a reason<br />--He can’t see the differences in people<br />--He’s portraying the founder as this amazing person <br />---Making other people blinded by the facade<br />-Mockingbird on statue<br /><br />What’s changing in the narrator?<br />Starting to see through the facade and realizing that the college is not so great<br />Still crushed when he gets expelled<br />View of grandfather’s curse is changing slightly<br />--Can no longer suck up to the white people<br />--Has to fulfill curse in different way<br /><br />Turning point: When Dr. Bledsoe tells him he doesn’t exist<br />-Starting to realize that he’s invisible<br /><br />Images of blindness<br />-Statue with empty eyes<br />-Narrator<br />-Whole college is blind<br /><br />Page 142: Something terrifying about Dr. Bledsoe<br />He thinks he’s powerful, but he’s actually not<br />Since he thinks he has power, he will not push for it<br />Well educated Sambo<br />kleclairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942217584894176389noreply@blogger.com