1. Warming up with three good things and a quick explanation of jazz
Look back to your chart from Wednesday: What does Ellison's structure have to do with jazz?
3. Enjoying a Socratic Seminar on Chapters 6, 7, and 8
4. Wrapping up with questions, epiphanies, and kudos
HW:
1. For Wednesday (TOMORROW):
- Read Chapter 9 in Invisible Man (no Socratic ticket needed)
- Review Academic Vocabulary, Units 1 AND 2 (short quiz tomorrow).
2. Thursday we will have a Tuesday writing (it will be a Q2, which is prose-based).
Color symbolism what is its meaning?
ReplyDelete-Blue handkerchief
It can show the sky being both black and blue and sadness
Black and white skin of color
Green grass- the grass being green on the other side- perspective
Color is our perceptions possibly how we see ourselves and make our elves relevant in the world
Color can show personal value in a person
Contrast of black and white in prologue to know when there is more color
When the narrator got kicked out is it the first time to when he accepts he is invisible?
Yes because it is when he is shut out
The narrator choices to ignore the injustices surrounding him, but when it directly happens to him he begins to realize it himself
Metaphor to the blindfold
What is Trueblood’s contrasted to Dr. Bludso's name significance?
Dr. Bludso endured the suffrage to get to where he wanted in the world.
True Blood is the realistic path back people would take while Bludso is the false dream of a possible future
Would Trueblood “drag” his own race?
Dr. Bludso puts himself on a pedestal
He puts himself up by beating others down
Parallel to when black people used to be owned
Good contrast to how white people treated black people
It’s interesting how a black man is doing this to his own race and stands out against social norms
What are they fighting for?
Electric chair
Wealth
Dignity
Lose lose situation
Why even try to look good to white people when the situation is inevitable?
Rebellion
Very slow progress
Perspective on racism no one sees it the same way
New York - The mole on the womens face
The imperfection on the women's face (mole)
Salt and Pepper mob
It's like a stew full of all kinds of people
People aren’t just black and white
Jonah and the Whale
New York is the place where he is trying to go and the bus takes him.
So this is a metaphor for jonah being swallowed by the whale (bus) and taken to new york. New York is the narrator's destiny
New York is a place where people go places and do things
What is the significance of the biblical references?
Rebirth- the tunnel to New York
Parts of the narrator change every time a part of his life changes. What change could New York mean?
To make something new for himself
Opportunities
He doesn’t feel the freedom of New York vs he has a new mindset and sees New York as a place to see and experience new things
The narrator is constantly looking for reassurance from white people
How does the narrator's perspective of himself affect his actions?
How does this define us?
Your identity is formed by others eyes and you start to see yourself through others eyes. So black people could see them through black and white eyes and put on a personality to appeal to others likings. Double minded
Lack of identity - lose yourself by wanting to please others
What do you think is going on with the letters?
Dr. Bludso thinks too highly of himself and other do not look up to him in a positive light
By being small and invisible you have more power of yourself.
The narrator could not even look at the letters so he just has to do what others tell him
Symbolises how he cannot get validation
False goal/ false perception of the reward
Briefcase
Will the narrator's perspective change as he lives in New York?
What about his grandfather's influence?
Lady Liberty torch falling?
Symbolism of the nations identity
The stereotypes at different points within the chapters
Crossing his arms
Doesn’t feel worthy around the other white people
How much power does Bludso have?
Parallel to the prolog in New York will he stay there?
The shackle in Bludso’s place meaning?
The narrator is clueless and the reader is to because of the style of writing