Furthermore, the Invisible Man’s briefcase symbolizes his identity. The briefcase contains the scholarship given to the Invisible Man by the superintendent of his school, Mary 's coin bank, Clifton’s sambo doll, the anonymous letter and his Brotherhood name, Brother Tarp 's Leg Chain and Rinehart costume. The scholarship is the first item in the briefcase and it serves as a key to the Invisible Man’s college education. The scholarship was awarded to the Invisible Man because of his well-written speech. But it was also awarded to him because he behaves well around the White people and was obedient to their orders. Next, Clifton’s sambo doll is a racist doll. It represents a puppet that is controlled by the White people. Another item is brother
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Both items represent the Invisible Man’s change of identity. The Brotherhood made the Invisible Man change his identity to fulfill their needs. The Invisible Man lost track of the type of man he was because of the fake identity he had. The Brotherhood try to control the Invisible Man just like the White people. Also, the Brotherhood made the Invisible Man feel the same way that the White people made him feel which was invisible when it came to making decisions. The Invisible Man’s sudden changes begin to show when he says, “As I undressed I saw my outworn clothes and realized that I’d have to shed them. Even my hat would go; its green was sun-faded and brown. I would require a new one for my new name” (Ellison 315). The Invisible Man mentions how because he has a new name and the Brotherhood expects him to live up to that name he has to change the way he dresses due to his new identity. The Invisible Man has to move out and leave Mary who seems to be a mother figure to him because Brother Jack tells him to, “What kind of room would Brother Jack select for me and why wasn’t I left to select my own? It didn’t seem right that in order to become a Harlem leader I should live elsewhere” (Ellison 316). The Brotherhood is beginning to control the narrator and making him invisible when they make him get a new room. The Brotherhood does not take into consideration the opinion of the Invisible Man on what …show more content…
The Invisible Man was mistaken by many people to be someone named Rinehart by wearing these sunglasses. The Invisible Man is shocked to see how this Rinehart guy has many personages, “Could he be all of them: Rine the runner and Rine the gambler and Rine the briber and Rine the lover and Rinehart the Reverend? Could he himself be both rind and heart?” (Ellison 498). In some ways, it seems like the Invisible Man has come visible by being Rinehart and the person he wants people to see him as. But when the Invisible Man needs the dark sunglasses to disguise himself during the riot in Harlem, they break. When the Invisible Man runs into Ras a black nationalist and his men they tried to kill him but the Invisible Man is able to escape. The Invisible Man wanted to use the identity of Rinehart to escape his troubles. The dark lenses represent the Invisible Man’s change of identities and his enjoyment to finally be noticed by other people and not be invisible. When the narrator burns the items in his briefcase he is getting rid of all the identities and baggage that he had to carry throughout the whole novel. The briefcase serves as a symbol of the hardships and identity crisis that the Invisible Man
Both items represent the Invisible Man’s change of identity. The Brotherhood made the Invisible Man change his identity to fulfill their needs. The Invisible Man lost track of the type of man he was because of the fake identity he had. The Brotherhood try to control the Invisible Man just like the White people. Also, the Brotherhood made the Invisible Man feel the same way that the White people made him feel which was invisible when it came to making decisions. The Invisible Man’s sudden changes begin to show when he says, “As I undressed I saw my outworn clothes and realized that I’d have to shed them. Even my hat would go; its green was sun-faded and brown. I would require a new one for my new name” (Ellison 315). The Invisible Man mentions how because he has a new name and the Brotherhood expects him to live up to that name he has to change the way he dresses due to his new identity. The Invisible Man has to move out and leave Mary who seems to be a mother figure to him because Brother Jack tells him to, “What kind of room would Brother Jack select for me and why wasn’t I left to select my own? It didn’t seem right that in order to become a Harlem leader I should live elsewhere” (Ellison 316). The Brotherhood is beginning to control the narrator and making him invisible when they make him get a new room. The Brotherhood does not take into consideration the opinion of the Invisible Man on what …show more content…
The Invisible Man was mistaken by many people to be someone named Rinehart by wearing these sunglasses. The Invisible Man is shocked to see how this Rinehart guy has many personages, “Could he be all of them: Rine the runner and Rine the gambler and Rine the briber and Rine the lover and Rinehart the Reverend? Could he himself be both rind and heart?” (Ellison 498). In some ways, it seems like the Invisible Man has come visible by being Rinehart and the person he wants people to see him as. But when the Invisible Man needs the dark sunglasses to disguise himself during the riot in Harlem, they break. When the Invisible Man runs into Ras a black nationalist and his men they tried to kill him but the Invisible Man is able to escape. The Invisible Man wanted to use the identity of Rinehart to escape his troubles. The dark lenses represent the Invisible Man’s change of identities and his enjoyment to finally be noticed by other people and not be invisible. When the narrator burns the items in his briefcase he is getting rid of all the identities and baggage that he had to carry throughout the whole novel. The briefcase serves as a symbol of the hardships and identity crisis that the Invisible Man