ES295 Lecture : Invisible Man.docx
Document Summary
Must be extended practically, not just theoretically, to african. Americans as well: key to self-fashioning is done through art (i. e. blues) Overcoming hardship, facing trauma, forging identity: ambivalence about what black is, blues/folk figures. Trueblood narrator not a fan of trueblood, because he in reminded of his heritage. Argued that he is an existential hero (pg 66). Makes sense of incestuous relation with daughter, but does not ignore it or pretend it didn"t happen. Vet narrator rejects vet who gives some of same advice of. Norton turns to him after vet. Narrator does not understand content of what people say to him, does not understand the way people speak, does not understand the relationship between form and content. Narrator plans to go back to college and change the way he speaks to do better (he will not be going back to college). Speech is narrator"s medium, but he"s not very good with it.
