My interpretive problem from “The Invisible Man” Chapter 1 pg. 14 “I was told that since I was there anyway I might as well take part in the Battle Royale to be fought with by some schoolmates as part of the entertainment.” The question I perceive is was the invitation to the Battle Royale extended for the purpose to demean the boy; to let him know that although he delivered an oration at his graduation and according to the M.C. on page 23, “I’m told he is the smartest boy out there in Greenwood. I’m told he knows more words than a pocket size dictionary.” That at the end of the he is nothing but a Negro despite what freedom he so calls has and what he is permitted to accomplishes will depend on according to the M.C. on page 25 “We mean to
