Chapters 1 & 2 Study Guide Questions Of Invisible Man
Chapter 1
1. On Page 14 (electronic version), bottom of page, an allusion states, “in these pre-invisible days I visualized myself as a potential Booker T. Washington.”
2. In my opinion, “Let’emswoller you till they vomit or bust wide open” meant that the messages of the narrator being the most humble and the blonde society taking it in would make them open up until they couldn’t take anymore.
3. The significance of the narrator viewing himself as a potential Booker T. Washington reveals to the reader that the narrator could possibly be a reincarnation of him and that he could promote positivity through his messages.
4. The narrator feels ambivalent towards the naked blonde due to him being uncertain of his feelings towards her because he knows that it is the white men entertainment and that it would lead to torture if he would get feelings for the naked blonde.
5. Young black men are being used by white men getting their kicks at the expense out of them.
Chapter 2
1. When driving the white man home the road showed how people took different paths in life.
2. The rhetorical purpose of the Founder’s statue symbolized that people were the leaders of education and the slaves who built it were just a background.
3. Diction and syntax are used in the description of the trustees’ arrival at Founders’ Day depicts that they are very wealthy and are looked upon due to their riches.
4. Allusions are used in the initial description of Mr. Norton when the narrator discusses how he dressed and talked, which indicated that the man was wealthy and intelligent.
5. The sleeping farmer “ the kind of white man [that the narrator fears] is because he had power over him, although the white man was poor he still had control over him. No matter how poor you was if you were white you still had power over blacks.
6. Mr. Norton’s enthusiasm for his widow is more strange to the narrator because there isn’t really any compared to Trueblood’s daughter and how he got his own daughter pregnant.
7. The following statement, “I’ve never seen this section before. It’s a new territory for me.” is an example of foreshadowing because it shows how blacks had their limit on certain places they could visit, so when he seen this place it was a shocker to him.
8. Juxtaposition is used in the conversation between Mr. Norton and the narrator have with Jim Trueblood due to Mr. Norton knowing that Trueblood disrespected and was wrong towards his daughter.
9. I believe the tone is innocence due to the fact he believed he didn’t do nothing wrong.
10. The white community awards the Trueblood family due to their racial behavior; however, the blacks eventually shame them.
11. Trueblood would bring Aunt Cloe over because she would give his daughter an abortion.
12. I believe Trueblood received more charity from the white community than his own because he made the Black community look worse than it already did, in addition the white community rewards him.
13. I believe Mr. Norton gave Trueblood $100 because he wanted to fulfill the expectations of the other whites.
1. On Page 14 (electronic version), bottom of page, an allusion states, “in these pre-invisible days I visualized myself as a potential Booker T. Washington.”
2. In my opinion, “Let’emswoller you till they vomit or bust wide open” meant that the messages of the narrator being the most humble and the blonde society taking it in would make them open up until they couldn’t take anymore.
3. The significance of the narrator viewing himself as a potential Booker T. Washington reveals to the reader that the narrator could possibly be a reincarnation of him and that he could promote positivity through his messages.
4. The narrator feels ambivalent towards the naked blonde due to him being uncertain of his feelings towards her because he knows that it is the white men entertainment and that it would lead to torture if he would get feelings for the naked blonde.
5. Young black men are being used by white men getting their kicks at the expense out of them.
Chapter 2
1. When driving the white man home the road showed how people took different paths in life.
2. The rhetorical purpose of the Founder’s statue symbolized that people were the leaders of education and the slaves who built it were just a background.
3. Diction and syntax are used in the description of the trustees’ arrival at Founders’ Day depicts that they are very wealthy and are looked upon due to their riches.
4. Allusions are used in the initial description of Mr. Norton when the narrator discusses how he dressed and talked, which indicated that the man was wealthy and intelligent.
5. The sleeping farmer “ the kind of white man [that the narrator fears] is because he had power over him, although the white man was poor he still had control over him. No matter how poor you was if you were white you still had power over blacks.
6. Mr. Norton’s enthusiasm for his widow is more strange to the narrator because there isn’t really any compared to Trueblood’s daughter and how he got his own daughter pregnant.
7. The following statement, “I’ve never seen this section before. It’s a new territory for me.” is an example of foreshadowing because it shows how blacks had their limit on certain places they could visit, so when he seen this place it was a shocker to him.
8. Juxtaposition is used in the conversation between Mr. Norton and the narrator have with Jim Trueblood due to Mr. Norton knowing that Trueblood disrespected and was wrong towards his daughter.
9. I believe the tone is innocence due to the fact he believed he didn’t do nothing wrong.
10. The white community awards the Trueblood family due to their racial behavior; however, the blacks eventually shame them.
11. Trueblood would bring Aunt Cloe over because she would give his daughter an abortion.
12. I believe Trueblood received more charity from the white community than his own because he made the Black community look worse than it already did, in addition the white community rewards him.
13. I believe Mr. Norton gave Trueblood $100 because he wanted to fulfill the expectations of the other whites.
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