Invisible man book
Brockway, who has a paranoid feeling that someone is trying to take his job away from him (the narrator). The narrator mixes in the wrong ingredient into the paint because of his fear of asking Kimbro about how to do it correctly and gets fired from that job. Kimbro, is very brusque and demanding however, he doesn’t give much instruction or allow questions to be asked of him. The narrator’s thoughts and feelings are jumbled during the day he works at the paint plant. Bledsoe does not want him there anymore after what happened with Suellen when they were younger (the reason why he left). Bledsoe’s response which says that he will not be allowed back into college or even allowed on campus if he returns there temporarily because Dr. The son takes the letter from him instead of giving it directly to his father as was promised, but eventually shows him Dr. Emerson who owns an office building in which the employer works. The employers never contact him so he becomes suspicious and holds back one letter for Mr. He then goes out to hand out his letters of recommendation but is only able to give them to secretaries. The narrator arrives in Harlem, New York, and rents a room at the Men’s House. Bledsoe tells him that if only showed what the school wanted seen rather than showing it all like being expelled and sent off with seven sealed letters promising return when able working for someone important in New York City taking advantage of opportunity while stunned still wanting more than just one job at time wants something better can do something different instead doesn’t want just anything needs money though not sure how much how long it’ll last maybe even get rich someday hopefully won’t need any luck though life has been hard enough already might forget about everything else except work isn’t going anywhere unless gets up now get moving don’t stop looking straight ahead never look back keep your eyes open no matter what happens go for broke
Bledsoe who speaks of the narrator’s invisibility before passing out himself which leads back to school where Mr. Norton feels faint so they take him to Golden Day brothel in order find whisky that will revive him but during their visit, mental patients revolt against their attendant trapping them inside until help arrives from Dr.
Norton into a poor district of black sharecroppers where Norton becomes interested in Jim Trueblood who’s rumored to have impregnated both his wife and daughter (which happened).
At college, he is first faced with disillusionment as he relates the day he was given an honor by driving an old white trustee around campus. The narrator is finally allowed to give his oration and is awarded a scholarship to a renowned black college. The next stage of the novel requires the boys to grab for gold coins on a rug which turns out to be electrified. The narrator fights against Tatlock, who is much bigger than him, but manages to win after several rounds of fighting. He is then asked by one of the white men if he would like to fight in their battle royal for entertainment, which has naked dancing women and blindfolded boxing matches. The narrator remembers when he was a young boy and his grandfather told him that he’d have to give an oration at the white men’s fancy ballroom. The story will be about how he came to this place. He is depressed and living in an underground lair, sucking electricity from New York into his many light bulbs. The novel begins with a prologue about the narrator’s current state.