Before the first page is turned in Invisible Man, the title portrays a core theme. Readers are quick to understand that the narrator is not actually invisible, just invisible in society due to his skin color. Also, the narrator experienced concealed themes as he was a part of many instances of subconscious racial prejudice. He also saw how time and time again the characters he met along the way fit into their classic racial roles, dominated by racial prejudice and oppression against African Americans. These ideas can be found throughout the book within instances of strong white and black imagery that further the major theme: prejudice and racism in America.
The idea becomes quickly apparent that the narrator is living in a world that has been completely dominated by whites. He lives in a basement of an all white building, with bright white lights illuminating his room. he remarks that these bright white lights “confirms my reality, gives birth to my form,” in regards to the narrator being invisible. The white lights show he is human, “a man of substance, of flesh, and bone, fiber and liquids.” The bright white lights serve as white imagery that provides a metaphor to how his life and future experiences will only come under the white race’s power and authority.
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This looks pretty good. Most of your sentences are in active voice, and there are few prepositional phrases which slow down the action of the sentence. Your first sentence might be re-worked a bit to read:
ReplyDeleteBefore the reader turns the first page in Invisible Man, the title portrays a core theme.
The last sentence of the first paragraph has a few prepositional phrases that could be made more "active". Try:
Instances of strong white and black imagery are present throughout the book, furthering the major theme: prejudice and racism in America.
Otherwise, this sounds pretty good (and also makes me want to read the book).
pretty good, Mike (and Kat). I revised a bit more, highlighting all the strong S-Vs, including your own in the original version. Also, you have some great appositives!
ReplyDeleteBefore readers turn the first page of The Invisible Man , they can see the book's main theme: invisibility. They realize that the narrator is not actually invisible, just invisible because of his skin color. Also, the narrator experiences many instances of subconscious racial prejudice. Time and time again, the characters he met along the way fit into their classic racial roles, dominated by racial prejudice and oppression against African Americans. The strong white and black imagery throughout the book advances the major theme: prejudice and racism in America.
Obviously, the narrator lives in a world that has been completely dominated by whites. He lives in a basement of an all white building. He remarks that the bright white light “confirms my reality, gives birth to my form,” making him visible at least to himself. The white lights show he is human, “a man of substance, of flesh, and bone, fiber and liquids.” The image of the bright white lights serves as a metaphor for his past life and future experiences dominated by the white race’s power and authority.