Today in class we discussed the book Invisible Man and the many events within the book. We came to realize that “ the book is hard to follow and it is very challenging trying to decipher all the events and their symbols”. We discussed the many cultural reference in the book which are done in a dream like state. We spoke in great depth about Mr.Norton visiting Jim Trueblood’s house and the connotations behind the visit, along with the notion of this “animal experiment on blacks”. We see that Mr.Norton is this affluent white man who is in support of social justice and equality for all. It is implied that Jim Trueblood is only kept around because he is the only man in town who has done something like this to his daughter. Having discovered this, Mr.Norton also wants to question Mr.Trueblood and see what really happened. Because of all this questioning we see possibly there is this "experiment" going on with all the African Americans.
Continuing on from the cultural reference we analyzed the message and purpose behind the statue that is at Tuskegee University. While discussing the significance and purpose behind the statue the question we grappled with the most was “ What is the veil of ignorance?”.
While getting past the notion of the veil of ignorance, along with cultural references to African Americans we spoke much about the influence that the South Baptist Church has on this book. We highlighted page 113 in the book as major example of the Southern Baptist Church influence. While in class Mr.Neal showed us what a Baptist sermon might sound like through Nikki Giovanni’s interpretation of “The Creation”.
And the next scribe is..... Imo. :)
Thanks for being such a good blogger. This really helped me remember what we did on Friday because my memory doesn't usually stretch that far after a long weekend. A little more detail would be awesome, like going into depth of what we talked about but really nice job!
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