https://padlet.com/c27751/szhmy8nzbu2f Oral/Speech Motif en-us 2016-08-17 16:45:09 UTC 2025-10-25 20:30:00 UTC hello@padlet.com a28037 https://padlet.com/c27751/szhmy8nzbu2f/wish/118619413 In this section, Ellison makes the narrator reiterate the command for the audience to "look" at the people who had been evicted from their homes by the white officials. Ellison purposely includes this to display the invisible man's great understanding of the evicted people's situation, which reveals the greater connection (not necessarily physically) with his people. This connection describes the unity that lies within the black population, which is crucial to their ability to fight back to the adversities of their racist society. Overall, the author treats this motif of speech as a way to convey the persuasive force within the Invisible Man connect the people and describe themselves as "law-abiding" citizens and guilt-free individuals. ]]> 2016-08-17 16:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/c27751/szhmy8nzbu2f/wish/118619413 a28037 https://padlet.com/c27751/szhmy8nzbu2f/wish/118619710 In pages 455-459, the narrator had delivered a speech on the funeral of Tod Clifton, who had been shot by the police by selling the "obscene" Sambo Dolls. At first, the Invisible Man expressed his deeper emotions of disgust towards Clifton who he thought was displaying a flouting behavior that could ruin the reputation of the Brotherhood. The narrator's eulogy for Tod Clifton divulges his (the narrator's) dynamic perspective on the world around him. As a person who has shared his negative opinion on Clifton's selling of the Sambo dolls, his change of heart and new respect for Clifton exhibits his maturing character. Ellison even displays in the written speech itself the narrator's change since at first the narrator provides a more indifferent tone ("...go home and forget it.... He's dead, uninterested, and except to a few young girls, it doesn't matter.").  But as he continues to deliver the speech, the narrator, as Ellison wrote it to be, adds Clifton's integrity, such as detailing the intense violence that he had to face and which essentially led to his tragic death. By adding this to the speech, it reveals that the Invisible Man understands that Clifton is the victim of police brutality here. Also it can be seen that there are two different kinds of "Forget it"s in this particular section, as for in the beginning, the narrator literally wants the people to forget it, but towards the end, his "forget it" connotes a deeper meaning that describes "how could you forget such a thing." The author illuminates this motif to show how dynamic the invisible man is, and also to convey the bigger truth about the intense racism that African-Americans had to endure.]]> 2016-08-17 16:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/c27751/szhmy8nzbu2f/wish/118619710 c27751 https://padlet.com/c27751/szhmy8nzbu2f/wish/118620197 At the end of the battle the  M.C. presents the Invisible man to the crowd and tells them he is a great speaker and that he will present a speech for them. The crowd roared with laughter when the M.C. announced this and when IM took the stage the laughter continued. Beaten and bloody IM was determined to present and finish his speech. He spoke as loud as he could but the audience continued to ask him to speak up or repeat himself. Specifically they asked him to repeat himself when he said "social responsibility" they kept interrupting him, yelling 'what' and 'speak up'. With the room being filled with laughter and the narrator having to swallow his blood, he was distracted and quickly shouted out a phrase that he had heard being denounced in newspaper editorials - "social equality". The laughter was replaced with slurs and hostile phrases towards him the narrator corrected himself and assured the M.C. that this was a genuine mistake. The narrator finished his speech and surprisingly there was an enormous applause.
Analysis
Now, on appearance it seems that the whites tend to be ignorant individuals with no sense of caring. But Ellison's purpose for this is to illustrate to the reader the invisibility of the black race to the rest of the society. Nobody has little to no respect for what blacks want or need. However the narrators "slip up" of saying "social equality" upsets the audience because they do not think that blacks and whites or equal or that they ever should be. The narrator learns what this group of people/s views are and how determined they are to keep things that way.]]> 2016-08-17 16:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/c27751/szhmy8nzbu2f/wish/118620197 s28014 https://padlet.com/c27751/szhmy8nzbu2f/wish/118621262 In this chapter, the narrator goes into Bledsoe's office to discuss his consequences of taking Mr. Norton out. After Bledsoe says he's expelled, he threatens him which provokes Bledsoe that allows us to read a description of the director's internal thoughts.
Analysis
Dr. Bledsoe in this piece of oratory targets two fundamental messages of the book. The first is the importance of selfishness. As Bledsoe demonstrates, implicitly, everyone looks out for themselves and targets what is most beneficial to them. He does this through explaining the nature of his relationship with other powerful members of the society. Furthermore, the notability of this scenario initiates from the discrimination of the black race. Our conceived notion , in that period of time, was that African Americans will support other African Americans. However, Bledsoe's oratorical points illuminates Ellison's assertion that many blacks betray their own race for themselves or pleasing other whites. ]]> 2016-08-17 17:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/c27751/szhmy8nzbu2f/wish/118621262 a28037 https://padlet.com/c27751/szhmy8nzbu2f/wish/118788532

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]]> 2016-08-18 16:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/c27751/szhmy8nzbu2f/wish/118790103 s28014 https://padlet.com/c27751/szhmy8nzbu2f/wish/118940295 The motif of oratory/ speech is prevalent throughout the book because it describes the two biggest implications in the book: First, is the whole notion of invisibility. Ellison, through the narrator, demonstrates the invisibility of the many African American in the eyes of the society. This is best proclaimed when the narrator gives his speech after the boxing match, as well as his expulsion from the school even though he keeps mentioning his inability to control the situation. Second motif is regrading the betrayal of race. Many African Americans have trouble communicating with the society, thus it would only logical that Blacks start having other Black's back. However, throughout the book, Ellison continuously gives examples where Blacks easily betray their own race for pleasing whites like in Ted Clifton's situation. ]]> 2016-08-19 15:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/c27751/szhmy8nzbu2f/wish/118940295