At The Funeral For Brother Tond Clifton

Can a person physically be invisible? What is invisibility? As society progresses, many different groups have seen themselves as invisible. Whether this is not being treated as they should be, or just not being acknowledged as a person, many things can make a person feel invisible. This happened to many blacks in the years following the abolishment of slavery. They found it hard to act in the presence in their white supremacy. They are physically there for people to see, but they feel as if they have been included in one large mass of people. In "Invisible Man", the author shows the invisible man's identity from his racial treatment and background as his need to be seen in society. The treatment that the invisible man has had to …show more content…
After his first official speech to the Brotherhood, he remembers unaccountably the words of Woodridge, a lecturer at the college, who told his students that their task was "that of making ourselves individuals.… We create the race by creating ourselves." At the funeral for Brother Tod Clifton, whose murder is one of several epiphanies, or moments of illumination, in the novel, the invisible man looks out over the people present and sees "not a crowd but the set faces of individual men and women” …show more content…
The doctor helps to illustrate that the man is not initially perceived for his societal norms, but automatically acts as if they apply in all situations. Because the invisible man is so used to everyone expecting blacks to be a certain way, he naturally actes in that manner and further depicts the perceived idea of blacks. In addition, he takes on the character as someone who is programmed to associate with certain qualifications. He does not have his own feelings or emotions towards what he experiences and his reactions are