the overall meaning of the motif (symbolic objects) is still in the same course as the first couple of chapters, TIM is seen struggling with himself and through the objects he able to overcome himself and finally start seeing the truth. the symbolic objects are still implemented in getting readers an "ah ha moment" and realizing the path TIM is going through and walking esch step with him regardless that we know the outcome. When TIM finally realizes himself and starts acknowledging he is invisible and will stay an invisible and see the truth with fresh eyes the readers finally understand he has awoken and with all the hardships he's faced all the items in the briefcase for example being burned and forgotten to escape that white power that a hold of him are out of way and harm he is free and can see now.
Chapter 5 Quote : "Around me the students move with faces frozen in solemn masks , and I seem to hear already the voices mechanically raised in the songs the visitors loved." Content : The invisible man entered the chapel on founders day after the car ride and the whole situation between him and Dr.Bledsoe. Explanation : TIM noticed how the students were only robots for the white people. They are like machines who are there to work for the white people. Chapter 6 Quote : “Suddenly he reached for something beneath a pile of papers, an old leg shackle from slavery which he profoundly called a ‘symbol of our progress’.” Content : The narrator is in Dr.Bledsoe's office talking to him before Dr.Bledsoe kicked him out of the university. Explanation : Dr. Bledsoe believes that the old shackle is a symbol of progress the black people made since slavery. Bledsoe is proud of the leg shackle and shows it to the na...
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