Chapter 25

1.     What causes the riot?

At first it was unclear of what caused the riot because people kept saying different things like that it was because “a cop shot a woman or something” and then because “It was that fellow what’s his name?”

Later on the narrator realizes that all alon it was Ras and the Brotherhood that caused the riot, they’ve been planning it all along.

2.     Think about the Book of Revelations in the Bible. In what ways is Ras like one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse?

Ras is like the horsemen that represents battle, since he was the one who started the riot there is a connection.

3.     What drives the narrator underground?

The chasing of Ras and the brotherhood drives the narrator underground.

4.     What does the narrator do with the papers in his briefcase? How is this action symbolic?

The narrator burns his diploma, his anonymous letter, his brotherhood membership, and Clifton’s doll. This action is symbolic because it is if the narrator is letting go of his past. He burned the things that he held on for so long. Fire in a dark place can bring light, the narrator making a fire in the dark opens the narrator’s eyes, and it takes off his blindfold making him realize the truth. 

Epilogue

1.     In what ways has the novel come full circle?

The novel has came full circle because the prologue was actually the ending…it was like if he was telling his story backwards.

2.     Is this a satisfactory ending for the novel? Why or why not?

I believe it is a satisfactory ending, it is an ending that we are probably not use to because we believe that endings are suppose to be “happily ever after” but Invisible Man does a great way of expressing reality, that although a happy ending is good but being able to recognize and see the true reality is better.