Chapter 23
1.
What
symbolism do you find in the narrator’s purchase of dark glasses?
They could
symbolize invisibility, when the narrator puts on the sunglasses everyone
confused him with a man named, Rinehart. The narrator used the sunglasses as a
disguise because he realized that it changed his identity completely.
2 2. What are Rinehart’s various
identities?
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Numbers runner
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Preacher
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A sugar daddy (has many woman)
3 3. Is there any symbolism in
Rinehart’s name (Rind and heart)?
He represents the different identities that people in
general have. For example, I have a different Identity with my parents, with my
friends, and teachers.
Rind= a tough hard covering, just
like the glasses and hat that invisible man wears or like the facade that
Rinehart puts on.
Heart= The heart part of his name
could actually be referring to his actual heart. If you put these words
together it could be saying that Rinehart means a person that has a covered
heart, a heart with many identities.
Has Rinehart learned to play an
identity game?
He has learned to play an identity game.
Chapter 24
1.
Contrast the
narrator’s encounter with Sybil with that of the woman in red whose husband
came home early.
Both of
these women are a representation of Ellison’s idea that white woman are
attracted to black men. These women are both obsessed with black men. They have
a big fantasy of having inmate relationships with black males.
2. What is the significance of the
last line in the chapter?
The significance of the last line in the chapter is a representation
of the narrator’s internal conflict, often we see this scene in movies when a
character feels confused and sad, he just runs out of his house in the night
crying and confused. The narrator at the end is questioning himself. He doesn’t
know, he isn’t conscious of where he was or why he was there.
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