General knowledge
Identify the main themes that appeared through these 5 chapters
Disillusionment/ Appearance vs Reality
Since the narrator first trusts the Brotherhood and takes it as a shelter, but later he realizes everything's a lie and the Brotherhood isn't aiming to support the black community
Does the Narrator have an actual name throughout the novel?
Not really
Slavery objects/ the negative stereotype of the black entertainer
Free Points
Congrats
What causes Tod Clifton's death?
A police officer shoots him to death
Who dies for illegally selling Sambo Dolls?
Tod Clifton
What does the narrator's disguise in chapter 23 symbolize?
It is showing "invisibility" in terms of race expectation and the loss of self-indentity
What's the Brotherhood's intention towards the Black society? Apart from supporting them
They plan for the riot and want to lead the black community to destroy itself
Where does the narrator hide in chapter 25?
The drain
Who is Brother Jack?
He is the white leader of the Brotherhood
Tod Clifton makes the Sambo Dolls dance to entertain the people in chapter 21, so what does the action symbolize?
Clifton’s action symbolizes himself and the black community in general in the same way as being controlled by the puppeteer (the white community)
Where does the narrator organize Tod Clifton's funeral?
Mount Morris Park
What is the name of the place where the Brotherhood's office locates?
Harlem
The narrator disguised as whom to hide away from Ras the Destroyer in chapter 23?
Rinehart
What does the burning of the narrator's high school diploma and Clifton’s doll symbolize?
Symbolizes leaving slavery labels behind and heading toward freedom and self-control
Explain how is the novel Invisible Man similar to the Great Gatsby in terms of the themes?
Both novels have the common theme of disillusionment as both narrators have good expectations for their futures at the beginning of the story, but later they discover the ugly truth