Blog 18

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Blog #16

The Invisible Man's identity completely changes throughout the novel. He begins at the college by trying his hardest to impress anyone who he considers to be of authority or above him, especially of white race. After he joins the brotherhood he takes what he is told to do, and does it to the best of his ability. While giving his speech, he makes it clear that he does not deliver his speech as he would have before he joined the brotherhood. "Even my technique had been different; no one who had known me at college would have recognized the speech.  But that was as it should have been, for I was someone new." (Ellison, 353). Even the smallest details of how he gives his speeches changes by the time he is in the brotherhood. 

Blog #15

The Tone of Invisible Man changes to a much more caring tone when he goes to Harlem and leaves the south. Mary finds the invisible man and can clearly see that he is not right and very weak and she begins to act like she is his mother and takes care of him even though she doesn't have to. This shows the change in the invisible man after his lobotomy by expressing how it makes him a different person surrounded by a different type of people, who are actually caring and are worried about his well being. 

Blog 14

I think that the Invisible Man identifies best with Dr. Bledsoe because he wants to become a very successful man and make an impact in the world and Dr. Bledsoe has already done that in his life. He views himself as similar to Dr. Bledsoe as well by saying, "If Dr. Bledsoe could do it, so could I" (Ellison, 164). The Invisible Man respects Dr. Bledsoe despite also viewing him with an egotistical attitude. 

Blog 13

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King Jr. 

This quote emphasizes what MLK did during his lifetime. He brought equality of races to the United States by standing for what he believes in and making the biggest difference during the difficult times of controversy rather than comfort. 

Blog 12

The majority of women during the time period that The Awakening was written were repressed regardless of whether they were consider high class or low class. Men looked at their wives like they were their own piece of property and treated them like such. However, women of high class like Edna were looked at differently than those of lower class, being that she should be much more obedient to her husband and family. She is required to uphold her role in social standings regardless of what she wants, and women of lower class aren't being kept under a close eye for these things as much as her. Although different in their social standings, women of lower class and women of higher class both longed for more freedom than they were granted.

Blog 10

Okonkwo makes very rash decisions out of anger, but doing whatever it takes in his mind to protect his clan is something that we all could have seen coming. On page 168 the British say "the white man whose power you know too well has ordered this meeting to stop," this is when Okonkwo realizes that they have been completely overruled. In a way, Okonkwo can be looked at as a hero for murdering the white man and defending his people, but it's also very weak because he ended up killing himself so he could not finish the job that he started.