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Invisible Man: Ch. 4/5/6 questions

Chapter 4:
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2. The narrator is does not care for Trueblood for the disgusting act he committed on his daughter; The narrator does not like the people at the golden day as well due to them demising his chances for college and being accepted.
3. Old plantations were owned by Caucasians but black slaves were the one's who ran the plantations and did all of the work. The college the narrator attends is ran by Caucasians but the college was established for African Americans.
4. Dr. Bledsoe has achieved power in society by following the expectations that the white's have set and also pleasing them in every way possible. He also did not solely base his actions on what he thought his own people would think of him.
5. Mirrors are things in which a person only sees the outside image, whereas an aquarium is transparent, a person can see straight through and what the aquarium contains inside. The mirror symbolizes the image Dr.Bledsoe and the narrator wears in order to impress superior Caucasians. The aquarium symbolizes the real them and/or how the Caucasians view them.

Chapter 5:
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2. The tone of the two paragraphs is sarcastic. The narrator has a negative outlook on everything.
3. The italicized paragraph appeals to the readers emotions. The paragraph stands out among the other paragraphs and he also tells the story of his past.
4. Bledsoe was smaller than the trustees but was bigger than them reputation wise.
5. Barbee alludes to slavery times.
6. The founder's school began to bloom after his death, because of this his death was noted as a birth.
7. Black symbolizes the  dark atmosphere and mood of the narrator.
8. Barbee's blindness appeals to the readers emotions due to the sad atmosphere that was created.
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Chapter 6:
1. Dr.Bledsoe's posture is relaxed at the meeting.
2.Dr.Bledsoe is angry due to Trueblood's encounter and how black's looked at the Golden Day.
3. Bledsoe is similar to the narrator's grandfather, he too pleases the white people.
4.The narrator refers to the word as "that".
5. Bledsoe's hand was limp during the handshake.
6. The narrator sees a mockingbird and a beautiful sky.




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