*What is ironic about the narrator's discovery of a Bible in his room at Men's House?
*What is ironic about the difference between the way blacks could speak in the North as opposed to the South?
*What is the significance of the image of the Statue of Liberty with her torch "almost lost in the fog"?
*What is unusual about the narrator's description of the pictures in Mr. Bate's office?
*What does the vendor mean when he asks the narrator if he "got the dog"?
*What is the purpose of the drawn-out conversation between the narrator and Mr. Emerson's son?
*How would you describe the tone of Dr. Bledsoe's letter?
*What extended metaphor does the narrator use to describe the imagined conversation between the elder Mr. Emerson and Dr. Bledsoe?
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I thought that it was a mean and rude thing for the waiter at the deli to assume what the narrator wanted to eat, just based on his skin color or that he was Southern. I also thought that it was awful that Mr. Bledsoe sent the narrator away to New York allowing him to believe that he had a chance to return to the college and continue his schooling if he earned enough money for his next years tuition. I thought that it was nice of Mr.Emersons' son though to offer the narrator a job at the Liberty Paints plant and to tell him what was really happening otherwise the narrator might have been waiting to hear from all those people Mr. Bledsoe wrote letters too, when in reality he never would.
I was a little shocked by Mr. Bledsoe's letter, but then again I was sort of expecting that. The narator just drove Mr. Norton where ever HE wanted to go, just following orders. It's ironic that Mr. Bledsoe said that HE had control over Mr. Norton and the whites in the school. That he was the power. The tone of his letter would be aggressive toward the narrator. Saying how the narrator shall continue in his journey and stay as far away from the school as possible. Mr. Bledsoe expresses in the letter that the narrator is basically "shunned" from the school grounds. I think that is too harsh of punishment for the minor mistake he has made.
I was very suprised when the contents of Mr. Bledsoe's letter were revealed. Mr. Emerson's son did an extremely nice thing showing the narrator what was in the letter. Mr. Bledsoe was just plain nasty in the letter. It had a severe type tone. The contents definately explain why Mr. Bledsoe made sure the narrator did not open the letters. I feel bad for the narrator at this point, since he was misled and lied to, not to mention expelled, all for something minor.
I think the main character in this book is going to go through many changes in his views and the way he sees himself and the way he sees the northern and southern communities. The conversation with Mr. Emerson's son and the realization of Dr. Blesoe's "scheme" is just the beginning of this change he is about to embark upon. I think Dr. Bledsoe will be a symbol to the main character to stay in New York and find a new life on his own. I also think its Ironic how the "whitest of white" paints ius made from gray.
I felt the contents of Mr. Bledsoe's letter were very unexpected since Mr. Norton told him that the narrator wasn't to blame for the wild afternoon at the Golden Day, etc. I would say the tone of the letter was apologetic to Mr. Emerson because Mr. Bledsoe was over punishing him for something he was not at fault for. It seemed apologetic because Mr. Bledsoe kept reassuring Mr. Emerson in the letter that he would never come back to the school and that he's sorry to make such trouble over a disruptive young adult.
I was also shocked but kinda expecting the contents of Bledsoe's letter, i feel like the punishment is much to harsh. I feel the tone of the letter is sly but also hostile and energetic towards the narrator. Its sly because he makes the narrator believe the letter contains good things and will let him return to the college when in reality it has the complete opposite. I think the significance of the statue of liberty's flame lost in the fog means the narrator will have a hard time in New York. The flame symbolizes liberty which is freedom from slavery, the fact that the narrator is black and he could hardly see the flame may symbolize the lack of freedom he will have in the north.
Dr.Bledose's letter was very unnecessary i thought. He had already kicked the narrator out of the college (but did not expell him) and told him that he had to earn the money to come back to school. I felt bad for the narrator when the contents of the letter were revealed because he tried so hard at finding jobs and making money because he thought he was able to go back to college. Now the narrator knows tht he is expelled from the college. I think this punishment for what he did with Mr.Norton is a little severe. And it was Mr.Norton's idea that they go out pass the school boundries.
Sorry these are coming so late. I got back from band camp just a few days ago.
Idon't like how the narrator has no name. I get that it plays into the fact that he considers himself an invisable man. I am used to a name, even if it is said a few time throughout the novel. Also, the beginning is starnge due to the fact that he smoked marijuana and listened to music. It made me a little confused.
The Narrator is very naive. He thinks the "battle royal" is the only way he can make his speech. Also, that he usually thinks of the best in others. He is blind to the way people really act. The crazy vet who made Mr. Norton angry was right about how the narrator needed to look under all of the acts people put on to see the true reason for why they do what they do. This blindness is basically self imposed for assuming that the world is black and white, mostly good, and everyone is nice to him untill he messes it up.
Mr. Bledsoe was pretty evil for giving the narrator the letters saying that they would help him get a job. In reality, the letters black-balled him from the large companies they had been addressed to. At least Mr. Emerson's son was kind enough to give the narrator a job the Libery Paints plant. Mr. Bledsoe only cares for himself and his position at his job; so much so that he has a vet transfered to another asylum and permently expels a student for knowing too much. He is no better then the men from the "battle royal" who force the narrator to fight to say his speech.
It must be frustrating to send out all those letters and not get anything back from them people. and thento find out Bledsoe had tricked him. it hought it was terrible, it made me want to punch bledsor in the face. Why did Bledsoe send the narrator to New York and not any other place if he was just going to dump him there.i agree with kristin when she said that it was ironic that the narrator was supposed to have control of mr norton. kind of like switched roles.
Dr. Bledsoe is a really mean man. He expels the narrator for a minor mistake, then acts as though the narrator destroyed the whole college. He also tricks the narrator with the seven letters and lies to him, by telling him he could come back in the fall. Although the narrator is sometimes very naive, which makes it easy for Dr. Bledsoe to take advantage of him, Dr. Bledsoe does not have to do everything so deceitfully. At least Mr. Emerson's son helps the narrator.
Mr Bledsoe's letter really took me by suprise. I was not expecting the letter to say what it did. In the letter Mr Bledsoe was very mean and somewhat out of character. Thankfully Mr. Emerson showed the narrator the contents of the letter so know the narrator knows what it contained. Mr Bledsoe felt he had control over the whites in the school and the narrator should not be allowed back on school grounds. I agree, this is a very harsh punishment
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