Invisible Man

A detailed Summary of Invisible Man

- He is the protagonist of the novel. He refers to himself as the invisible man in the prologue and epilogue. During the novel, set in the prime of his life, he is adapted to life in the south, goes to college, gets kicked out, goes to New York, joins a brotherhood of communists for which he rallies up Harlem's black population with his stimulating speeches. He at first believes he can make a difference for his people with hard work and ethics, which failed. He later learns about racism, himself, and misconception of others.

Dr. Bledsoe - The black president of the Negro college the narrator attended. He puts on a facade for the white contributors of the college. He does not show respect for his people.

Trueblood - The black in-breeder who is embraced by the white community for keeping the black race down. The black community has rejected him for sending a horrible image to the white community.

Todd Clifton - A friend and 'brother' to the narrator who left the brotherhood and was shot after a scuffle with police. His death gives the narrator the motivation to get Harlem's people back in his hands.

ogue getting the reader started. The narrator describes his 'hole', which he is hibernating in, sucking the power of Monopolized Light & Power. He describes his definition of being invisible and then starts the story of his youth, now we will call the narrator Fred. Fred is a boy raised in the south now fully understanding racism. He 'wins' a college scholarship to the local Negro college. He runs into trouble with the president (Bledsoe) who expels him and sends him to New York with 7 letters to employers. Fred feels that Dr. Bledsoe has pitied him as well as will help him find a job and hopefully allow him to return to college the forthcoming fall. Fred is getting an idea of his being mistreated because of race.

As Fred arrives in New York he is amazed that black people are whites are respectful to him and will apologize for bumping him. He now starts to question how he could be mistreated in the south. With high hopes of one of the lucky letters containing a job he is dumbstruck to find Dr. Bledsoe has betrayed him and wrote letters to prominent men to push Fred aside and not meet with him, hoping Fred will find a job and stay in New York. Fred did in fact find a job at a paint factory. He is discriminated against and gets in a injury during work. He is now being paid for compensati

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Approximate Word count = 881
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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