Plot Summary of The Invisible

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Every person has a goal to find there station or place in society. Though journey may entail unforeseen obstacles and appear to be nearly impossible it is something we all have to complete. The book, The Invisible Man, takes us along the journey with a man that has no name. Given it is odd to not give the main character a name, think of the significance or purpose a name serves. It is said that a man's actions speak louder than his words? In this story, the man's actions go hand in hand with his words This makes the character loved and hated at the same time. The journey begins with the man fighting for his very education. Earning a scholarship meant to physically destroy the competition. It showed that to get an education he had to act the exact opposite of an educated man. He had to rely upon his own primitive brutality to insure his education. He was then mocked by having to recite a speech he was to memorize, which showed the total disrespect the people who were giving the scholarship had for the future students. After getting into school, a simple job turned into an unforeseen disaster that would change his life forever. He was to chauffeur Mr. Norton, a founder of the college

he attended. Mr. Norton was a well educated but very ignorant man. He felt that the college was doing all of the good that could be done. He had no idea of the evils that dwelled upon the grounds. Dr. Bledsoe, the head of the college, had arranged for Mr. Norton to go for a tour of the grounds, but didn't expect for him to see "everything" at the college. Mr. Norton asked to see some of the more unseen areas of the college, so the driver had to oblige him. There they met a man with an incestuous past. Mr. Norton was dumb founded, he had no idea something like this could happen at his college. This just shows the many evils we come across in our lives that appear like shadows, taking us by total surprise. The phrase, "Out of sight, out of mind," seems to hold great relevance. When you choose to ignore the bad things in life you become weak, and when they finally do hit you, you may never recover from the blow. The next destination they reach is the Golden Day, a hotel/brothel which exists because no one bothers to do anything about it. It's a symbol of what happens when problems are not kept in check. Inside the Golden Day exist some Sanitarium Patients who represent the many faces of society. What is normal? These patients may have been average citizens one day, but the strains of society have taken their toll upon them. The struggle to blend in with society has caused them such stress that it has robbed them of their sanity. These people's journeys have had to many twists and turns which they could not recover from. After returning, Dr. Bledsoe was informed of what had happened. In a rage he blamed the driver for everything. This shows society's need to blame someone or something. Nothing can be what it appears to be. Someone has to be blamed for what happened. This marks the end of the beginning of the man with no identity. Due to circumstances beyond his control he is about to have his entire dreams unknowingly destroyed. The man with no name is instructed to go to work for the summer to earn money for the next semester, which he unknowingly will never see. He is given letters to deliver to different businessmen in order to get a job. These letters speak badly of him. Which he discovers when one of the secretaries shows him the letter. He then gets a job at a factory where they make paint. There he meets Mr. Brockway his boss, a modern day dictator. Brockway is king of his domain, the basement, where the work that no one else wants to do is done. Brockway believes he is a self-made genius due to the fact he helped build the

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Approximate Word count = 1715
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels