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1) Barbee delivers an influential speech on the origins of the school and its Founder, causing intense emotional reaction from the audience.
2) "I could not look at Dr. Bledsoe now, because old Barbee had made me both feel my guilt and accept. For although I had not intended it, any act that endangered the continuity of the dream was an act of treason."
3) How did Barbee use his speech to capitalize upon the susceptible nature of humans to deliver a deeper message? What is the deeper message?

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1) The narrator travels to New York in the back of the bus and converses with the vet from The Golden Day.

2) "I looked around for a seat away from them, but although the bus was almost empty, only the rear was reserved for us and there was nothing to do but move back with them."

3) What is the connection between what happens between Mr. Norton and the vet and the narrator and Dr. Bludsoe?

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1.)The man arrives to the bar Golden Day to get the whiskey for Norton, but then encounters an ex doctor that tells him the story about his life.

2.) “He has eyes and ears and a good distended African nose, but he fails to understand the simple facts of life. Understand. Understand? It's worse than that. He registers with his senses but short-circuits his brain. Nothing has meaning. He takes it in but he doesn't digest it. Already he is -- well, bless my soul! Behold! a walking zombie! Already he's learned to repress not only his emotions but his humanity. He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative, the most perfect achievement of your dreams, sir! The mechanical man!"

3.) How does the ex doctor story parall the narrators?

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1) Mr. Norton defends the narrator to Dr. Bledsoe, and the narrator dreads another meeting with the doctor.

2) “The sound of departing voices. Something of my life seemed to retreat with them into a gray distance, moiling.”

3) What do the narrator's feelings convey about the reality of his situation? Why is the result of his conversation going to be so impactful for the narrator?

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Summary: The narrator has his meeting with Dr.Bledsoe and consequently gets expelled from the college, as he feared.

Significant Quote:  “Instead of uplifting the race, you've torn it down."

Question: Why do you think Dr.Bledsoe, being African American himself, is so ignorant to the narrators point of view even though he has endured the same persecution?

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Maddie, Elizabeth, and Wyatt (Chapter 2)

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Maddie, Elizabeth, and Wyatt (Chapter 2)

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1. The speaker took Mr. Norton on a car ride upon his request, and they encountered Mr.Trueblood, who told them about his situation which greatly affected Mr. Norton.
2. "... wondering what in the world had made him open his heart to me. That was something I never did; it was dangerous."
3. Why is it that we view being vulnerable as weakness?

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1. Describing his invisibility, our narrator presents his alienation from society not necessarily as an evil.
2. "I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."
3. Is our narrators alienation simply derived from Jim Crow and racism or is there something else causing this? Why would
society choose to ignore him?

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CHAPTER 8
1. Summary- The narrator explores NYC delivering his letters to the trustee's, staying hopeful of his success.
2. Significant Quote- “I had been so confident that I had failed to put aside the price of train fare home.”
3. Question-  How does his hopeful attitude display his ignorance to his invisibility?

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1.The man was hopeful that the interview would go well but soon finds out that Dr.Bledsoe had said in his letter to never hire him leaving him in a state of depression.

2. “Everyone seemed to have some plan for me, and beneath that some more secret plan (pg. 194).”

3. Do you think it’s almost impossible to escape your past?

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1. Summary: After brief disappointment that he would not be able to deliver his speech after the fight, he was given the opportunity and rewarded for his good efforts, leaving the man inspired to create a better life for himself despite his grandfather's critiques.

2. Significant Quote: "It took me a long time and much painful boomerang of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: that I am nobody but myself." (Ellison 13)

3. Critical Thinking Question: How does the man's grandfather's opinions impact the man's personal development?