Invisible Man: Prologue-Chapter Nine (Pd.6) by Erin Ives https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz Summarize your assigned chapter in one (1) sentence that captures the main focus of your chapter. What is the dominant plot, conflict, or characterization developed? Capture this in one concise sentence. Identify the most significant quote (1) that resonates with the fundamental significance of your chapter. This should be something that you collectively agree on, you may choose from your individual journals. Finally, generate one (1) critical thinking question about the chapter to foster conversation. These questions should be chapter specific, and emphasize the deeper meaning that your group determines throughout the chapter. Focus on "Why" or "How" questions to elicit impact and insight. en-us 2018-11-29 16:36:40 UTC 2025-11-16 20:40:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Chap 2 lbroach https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309469389 Sam & Lily
1.The prejudice between different social classes of past societies is revealed.
2. "I see the bronze statue of the college founder...and I am...unable to decide whether the veil is really being lifted, or lowered more firmly in place" (36)
3. Why do you think the narrator was so embarrassed to show the founder this area of the college's past?]]> 2018-11-29 18:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309469389 Catherine and Patrick Ch. 9 ckeenan8 https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309469439 1.  The narrator vows to control his own life rather than let others push him around. 
2. "Everyone seemed to have some plan for me, and beneath that some more secret plan."
3. How does his paranoia fuel his desire to take matters into his own hands? ]]> 2018-11-29 18:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309469439 Brenna & Victoria Ch. 1 https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309469448 The invisible man had to literally fight others for his voice to be heard.
Quote: "I wanted to deliver my speech more than anything in the world, because I felt that only these mans could judge truly my ability..."
Question: How do you think this will be a metaphor for the narrator's life throughout the rest of the book?]]> 2018-11-29 18:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309469448 Kaitlyn and Katie Prologue https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309469822 Sentence summary: The narrator is able to express how he views society, and in turn, how he is influenced by it.

Quote: “I myself, after existing some twenty years, did not become alive until I discovered my invisibility” (7)

Question: What is the implicit meaning behind the song that the narrator employs in the beginning of the chapter?]]> 2018-11-29 18:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309469822 Nick B and Maddie Chp. 6 https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309469904 1. The narrator gets kicked out of college and hopes to find a job.

2. “Two things our people must do is accept responsibility for their acts and avoid becoming bitter." His voice rose with the conviction of his chapel speeches. "Son, if you don't become bitter, nothing can stop you from success. Remember that."

3. Why is the narrator shocked that Bledsoe doesn’t worship white people as much as he does?]]> 2018-11-29 18:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309469904 wvongetzie https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309470060 Wolfgang, JT, and Rea Chapter 4

The narrator begins to realize that his seemingly innocuous mistake will prove to be his downfall.

"We were going down the walk now, through the spring air, and he stopped to look at me with exasperation, as though I’d suddenly told him black and white.”

How do the differing reactions of Mr. Norton and Dr. Bledsoe illustrate their vastly different statuses in society?]]> 2018-11-29 18:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309470060 Abi and Nick Chp. 7 https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309470379 Sentence: The man is told to hide from authority and arrives in New York with a new sense of purpose.
Quote: “not until we were sailing though the jersey countryside did my spirits begin to rise. Then my old confidence and optimism revived, and I tried to plan my time in the north” (122)
Question: How did the narrator’s conversation with the vet impact his feelings about arriving in New York?]]> 2018-11-29 18:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309470379 Shawn and Ann - Ch 8 https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309470629 1. The protagonist tried hard to make himself presentable, yet was still faced with rejection. 
2. "I spent several hours on the typing, destroying copy after copy until I had completed one that was immaculate, carefully phrased and most respectful...But the letter brought no reply. Nor, any more than a prayer unanswered by God, was it returned."
3. How do these rejections affect the protagonist's feelings towards men like Dr. Bledsoe in the future? ]]> 2018-11-29 18:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309470629 Vaughn, Bailey, Kieri- chptr 3 vnortier https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309474816 1-Wrong place wrong time: the narrator finds himself in a moral dilemma between saving Mr. Norton and exposing Mr. Norton to shame of his “constituents”. 

2-"He'll do your bidding,
and for that his blindness is his chief asset. He's your man, friend. Your man and your destiny. Now the two of you descend the stairs into chaos and get the hell out of here. I'm sick of both of you pitiful obscenities! Get out before I do you both the favor of bashing in your heads!"

3-How does the narrator's apparent blindness to his condition affect his choices?


]]> 2018-11-29 18:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309474816 Chapter 5: Max and Tiff tlu2 https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309476886 1. Sentence: A memorial of the past where African Americans had little to no freedom.

2. Quote: “And I remember too, how we confronted those others, those who had set me here in this Eden, whom we knew though we didn’t know, who were unfamiliar in their familiarity...” (page 112 or 88).

3. Question: How does this experience at the chapel influenced his outlook towards society?]]> 2018-11-29 18:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/eives/xexff09twyvz/wish/309476886