https://padlet.com/necseanraphaelada/96ahcshr2qfb9z4k Made with big dreams en-us 2021-11-09 15:36:00 UTC 2021-11-10 04:17:07 UTC hello@padlet.com necseanraphaelada https://padlet.com/necseanraphaelada/96ahcshr2qfb9z4k/wish/1879129714 This novel is about a black man that lives underground hidden away from the outside world stealing electricity from a local power company and in his isolation he writes the story of his life as a black boy becoming a man in the 1930s that brought him to the point where he is now. Throughout this upbringing the protagonist deals with a conflict his grandfather warns him about on his death bed. When the protagonist was just a child his grandfather told him to conform to the white man's world and be the subservient black man that they'd like so that he could get ahead in life while staying bitter and aware on the inside but his grandfather also told him that doing that would be a detriment to his people. The book explores that difficult concept with themes of blindly taking orders for example the narrator and another black man were blindfolded and forced fight each other in order for the narrator to get this money and use it for school but as they try get this money they're being electrocuted by a group of white men this situation is the exact thing his grandfather warns him of and is the biggest challenge he has to face. That part of the book symbolized the lengths black people go to conform to what the white majority expects in order to stay afloat in this world even if it means harming your own brother who's going through the same struggle as you all while it is seen as just pure entertainment to the white majority. The narrator faces battles like this through the book until he finally has enough and goes into hiding continuing to conceal his identity while waiting for ways to make change to this sick world.]]> 2021-11-09 18:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/necseanraphaelada/96ahcshr2qfb9z4k/wish/1879129714 necseanraphaelada https://padlet.com/necseanraphaelada/96ahcshr2qfb9z4k/wish/1880276875 The Protagonist- The narrator of this book is the protagonist and he remains nameless throughout the novel which adds more ambiguity to his identity. He is the "Invisible Man" constantly hiding who he is from the world. 

Grandfather- A free slave who survived through the civil war and places a heavy statement that lingers in the narrator's mind for the rest of the book.

Mr. Norton- A white man the narrator had to drive around who symbolized the obedience that black people have to face while doing the hard work mean while privileged white people got to relax while it was happening.

Antagonist- Society is the main villain of the story the racial disparities that the protagonist had to face are what drove to isolate himself in his underground home waiting to reemerge with contributions to improve these problems.

Brother Jack- An white ally to the narrator at first who gives the protagonist a job and community where he had other individuals faced social injustices in this group called the Brotherhood but as the story continues the narrator starts to see just how racist Jack is even if he's preaching freedom because he viewed the narrator as just another cog in the machine towards the end goal. This character represents the performative white folks who act like they see all races equally but really are just pushing an agenda.

Sybil- A white woman who the narrator used for information on the Brotherhood who had fantasies of being sexually taken advantage of by a black man such as the protagonist but refers to this man as "savage". This woman represents the dehumanizing of black man in America by white women who don't really accept black men for who they are but fetishize them and push their taboo desires onto them.



 

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