- "I'm interested in your reaction about the book" - Mr. Neal (1:40 PM)
There were many responses throughout the class, and varying opinions.
- "Confusing..."
- "I'm really getting into the book!" - Bruna Gomes
- "...great adjectives."
The class then moved onto talk about Invisible Man beginning with the statue on the school campus:
Statue: Lifting the Veil of Ignorance
The class had different ideas of what the statue represented: Standing man has open hand, offering help, opening the other man's eyes. This discussion led to the point that Ellison is being purposefully ambiguous in his description of the statue. We can't quite tell if the standing figure is helping or hurting the kneeling figure...this image highlights the conflicting themes in the chapter.
The statue is the standing man is the founder of Tuskegee, Booker T. Washington.- "In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the five fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress." - Booker T. Washington
The statue is integrated in Invisible Man as shown on Page 36:
"Then in my mind's eye I see the bronze statue of college Founder, the cold Father symbol, his hands outstretched... I am standing puzzled, unable to decide whether the veil is really being lifted, or lowered more firmly..."
Talk about the White Community immersed with the Black Community
- Jordan Tucker talks about subtle racism sometimes present in situations similar to those at University, where white men try to help in a poor area. At times people feel, "It's like a Shepherd leading sheep" (2:06 PM)
- "Norton's character is finding justification in all those atrocities people like the Truebloods commit." - David Jaquet (2:09 PM)
Hip-Hop Speaks to Children
- We listened to "From the Creation" by Val Gray Ward to hear the cadence of a sermon in a Southern Baptist church of the time. We pointed out that Ellison is satirically describing such a sermon on p. 113, highlighting a "new slavery" created by institutes such as Tuskegee (at least in his opinion).
Jordan Tucker shall be the next scribe
I like that you added here Booker T. Washington's quote about the five fingers on a hand and also the direct quote from page 36 in the book describing the Invisible Man's reactions to the statue. You captured some of the good points made in class, although more description would have helped to remember what else was discussed.
ReplyDeleteI like how you divided everything into sections and how well organized it was. I also like the quotes that you added. It reminded me of how the class went.
ReplyDeleteI like how there are many direct quotes and it is very clear/organized.
ReplyDeleteGreat incorporations of specific details we went over in class. I loved the quotes, pictures, and description we talked about in class. The moments you have were strong points in class that are great to remember.
ReplyDeleteI like the Booker T. Washington quote you used. I also like how you added conversations we had in class and quoted each person who said it. The organization was really good to, but the their could be a little more content about the chapters we read. Overall good Job!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with those complimenting Asa and the organization he used. I also agree with Sara and Karan, however. We need context for each section. This post does not yet have Asa's overall understanding of each component of class discussion. I ask that you revisit your post, Asa.
ReplyDeleteI was absent from school on the day we talked about these things and so to me this is extremely helpful. The over all organization is very nice how ever it seems just to be several quotes put together maybe if there were a little more context to the quotes or if the discussions they may have started were explained, that could be better.
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