Paper Motif for Invisible Man Chapter 1 The

Paper Motif for Invisible Man

Chapter 1 The College scholarship given to IM for saying his graduation speech at the Battle Royale also so that it will point him in the right direction.

Chapter 1 “Keep this nigger running. ” The significance of this quote is that it is what IM was thinking after he got the scholarship. He said that is probably what it said on the scholarship.

Chapter 2 The $100 bill Norton gave to Trueblood for telling the stereotypical story about his incestuous family.

Chapter 6 The seven letters to the trustees were for IM to find a job in New York so he could pay his way in the fall.

Chapter 7 IM’s bus ticket to New York is significant because he is getting away from everything he knows to be in a place that he knows nothing about.

Chapter 8 IM wrote a letter to Emerson and Norton. The letter to Norton was an apology and wanting to work for him again. The one from Emerson did.

Chapter 9 The book that was open on the table that Emerson’s son was reading is kind of ironic because Emerson’s son and IM are both minorities and both have people who judge them. The blueprints that the jiver was carrying around is significant because IM is trying to stick with the plan but everything changed.

Chapter 9 He finally got to read what the letters said and now he is kind of standing up for himself by wanting to seek revenge on Bledsoe.

Chapter 9 The blueprints are shown to the Invisible Man by the street talker, Peter Wheatstraw, he meets on the street. The blueprints symbolize the changes that have happened in his life because the bum talks about how everyone always has changes and they toss the old and bring in the new.

“Blue Prints” The blueprints are shown to the Invisible Man by the street bum he meets on the street. The blueprints symbolize the changes that have happened in his life because the bum talks about how everyone always has changes and they toss the old and bring in the new.

Chapter 11 The placards are important because this is the beginning of IM’s new identity. He is more independent, and standing up for himself.

Chapter 13 In this chapter, IM gets Jack’s phone number, after he delivers a speech for the couple getting evicted. Brother Jack wants IM to join.

Chapter 14 IM joins the Brotherhood and gets a new identity/name. They give him $300 for rent and explain how much he gets each week.

Chapter 15 For the first time he doesn’t feel as invisible as he used to because people are reading the tabloid story of the eviction speech and riot.

Chapter 16 IM goes to a boxing match and saw a torn picture of a champion fighter. This is ironic because he used to want to be a fighter. IM used to idolize the idea of being a fighter. But he wasn’t willing to take the consequences of being a fighter, for example going blind.

Chapter 18 IM gets a warning note telling him not to “go too fast”. And to remember his social standing in the world. There is a possibility that one of the white brothers wrote the letter.

Chapter 21 At Clifton’s eulogy former members were marching with banners because they are angry about Clifton’s death.

Chapter 25 In his briefcase are all of the important papers, to him, that he has collected throughout the book. He has the diploma that he got after the fight. He has the paper that Jack wrote IM’s new name on and the anonymous letter that is also from Jack.

Chapter 25 While he is going through these, he realizes that “the end was in the beginning. ” The men had stripped him of his individuality and of his illusions.