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Invisible Man

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Chapter 1•The nude dancer• Black men were virtually

forbidden to have any kind of relationship with white women in the south. This made the young black men very embarrassed and uncomfortable.

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Chapter 2• Trueblood’s Narrative• Trueblood tells Mr. Norton, a trustee,

the racy story of his “accidental” sin. He said that his wife tried to kill him with an axe after the incident. This story is not very believable because Trueblood seems to be playing stupid to get money from the white men of the town who want to support the stereo-type.

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Chapter 6•Narrator feels castrated by Bledsoe when he talks of power.

•Represents him feeling inferior(like a boy) and powerless to Bledsoe.

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Chapter 7•The narrator bumps into a white woman on subway and she didn't even notice.

•Represents the freedom and equality in Harlem.

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18 & 19•Narrator is forced to work on the Women Question. After meeting a inspired woman, he goes with her to her house. Where after a brief encounter, her husband comes home...

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Chapter 24•Meets Tolbit’s nymphomaniac wife, Sybil. Gets more than drunk at the narrator’s apartment. A taboo request inspires creative writing.

The End

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