Lit Anal 3: Invisible Man

Main Character/Narrator:

• A gifted speaker
• 1920's-1930's- lived in the South as a young man
• Was rewarded with a scholarship to a black college 

Mr. Emerson:

• He helps the narrator get a low paying job at Liberty Paints plant
• An explosion happens and the narrator gets knocked out

Plot:

• A man refuses other people to see him; hiding under a manhole
• Steals electricity underground
•  The narrator was introduced into a brotherhood
• He meets the leader Tom Clifton
• After the explosion at the plant he loses his memory and ability to speak

"Brotherhood"

• They are all suppose to be brothers and have a bond
• However, the narrator gets betrayed by them and wants revenge
• He seduces a lady to find out secrets about the group

Themes:

• Racism
• The man struggles to find his identity
• racial prejudice

• Ideology
• inner self complexity

• Stereotypes
• African American trying to escape prejudice

Literary Elements:

• Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
• Liberty paints- demonstrated the relation to black/white (symbolism) 
• Sambo doll- puppeteers dolls in same way the brotherhood manipulated the leader and the narrator