Invisible man
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The document describes the narrator's experiences working at a paint plant where he has an accident after a boiler explosion. He is then taken to the hospital where he undergoes electric shock treatment and struggles with his memory and identity. The narrator experiences a figurative rebirth without a mother and is evicted from his home. He later gives a fiery speech about his experiences with racism and identity.
Invisible man
- 1. Invisible Man -Ralph Ellison
- 2. Liberty Paints Plant ¡°It is optic white, it is the right white.¡± ¡°If it¡¯s white, it is right.¡± 10 drops of black liquid
- 3. Accident in Paint Plant -Shifted to Furnace room -Lucius Brockway -turning a wrong valve and causing a boiler to explode
- 4. Experience in Hospital -Loose ¨C memory Identity -Brer the Rabbit ¨C Buck eye the bear. -Electric shock treatment
- 5. Figurative Rebirth -figurative rebirth without mother. -Castrate -black women eat an apple
- 6. Narrator taken to Mary¡¯s home ¡°I¡¯m in Newyork, but Newyork aren¡¯t in me.¡± ¡°I yam what I am¡±
- 7. Eviction of black elderly couple -Narrator fire speech