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Author Topic: The Invisible Man  (Read 825 times)

zac4213

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The Invisible Man
« on: March 28, 2010, 09:33:27 pm »

No not the comic book character,the eternally subservient victim of race superiority and flat out prejudice in the aptly titled novel "The Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison. I have been assigned to make a presentation on a theme of the book, and I have absolutely no clue what to do it on. Further complicating matters is that tomorrow is the due date. So now I ask of you fellow B12ers, do you have any ideas for what to make this about?

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Re: The Invisible Man
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2010, 06:23:35 am »

Were you assigned this long enough ago that you could have read the book before doing the assignment?
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zac4213

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Re: The Invisible Man
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2010, 06:18:30 pm »

I've read the book multiple times, I am just not sure what exactly to do the presentation on. The novel is like one big mindfuck and I am still trying to wrap my head around its various nuances.

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Re: The Invisible Man
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2010, 12:21:48 am »

Do the presentation on the Communists, and their love/hate relationship with African-Americans, including how those lovable Commies decided that the best way to get new recruits is to let some African-American cult start a riot in Harlem...

Not sure if that's really a theme you're looking for, but I really enjoyed how the organization outwardly dedicated to ending racial inequality was actually prospering from said racial inequality.
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