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Tod Clifton's Sambo doll that represents how IM is basically a puppet.

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"So many blows landed upon me that I wondered if I were not the only blindfolded fighter in the ring, or if the man called Jackson hadn't succeeded in getting me after all." (Ellison 22).

This quote represents the scene of IM and his classmates were forced to fight each other blindfolded. Not only were they physically blindfolded, but it represented their metaphorical blindness towards the fact that the white men were manipulating them and using them as entertainment.

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Ralph Ellison was born in 1913 in Oklahoma City. His father named him after Ralph Waldo Emerson, hoping he would become a poet. Ellison attended the Tuskegee Institute, where he studied music. However, he moved to New York City and met writers Richard Wright and Langston Hughes, who encouraged him to try writing. This led to the creation of his most famous work, "Invisible Man."

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Blackface coin bank: Represents IM taking in money from the white man (the Brotherhood). It represents stereotypical racism of that time period as well.

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These chains have two forms of symbolisms. For one, when Bledsoe showed this to IM, it represents abuse of power. However, when Brother Tarp showed these to IM, it is a symbolism of struggle to freedom.

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IM's fake name, which represents his loss of identity, fulfilling the Brotherhood's wishes.

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"I saw the blinking of sightless eyes. Homer A. Barbee was blind" (Ellison 133).

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"...and I am standing puzzled, unable to decide whether the veil is really being lifted, or lowered more firmly in place; whether I am witnessing a revelation or a more efficient blinding." (ellison 36)

This scene represents the Founders statue as it's hands are positioned as if holding a veil, representing the blinding and manipulative perspectives that the school teaches to its students.

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Rinehart's glasses represent everyone's blindness towards IM. Everyone wants to see what they want to see as the narrator doesn't act like himself, but acts as Rinehart.

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Diploma: Represents the main character's education, but it's also a symbol of the empty promises made to African-Americans in the early 20th century.

IM carries it around, hoping it will open doors for him, but instead, it only serves as a reminder of his "invisibility"