The narrator in Invisible Man is constantly finding himself in a situation where he finally believes he trusts and fits in an environment. It all started with Bledsoe, where the narrator idolized the president of his college. After all the signs of corruption in the president, the narrator still trusted and believed in Bledsoe for a really long time. Somehow this is simply the types of situation that the narrator finds himself in every single time. This time it seemed like the brotherhood that he was oh so foud of was actually isn't the fairytale ending that the narrator is looking for. The brotherhood especially showed it's true colors after the death of a fellow "brother," Clifton.
We see how the brotherhood thought of the death of Clifton, calling him a traitor. This is also where we see some major growth in the narrator which I found to be interesting as it tied him to the narrator we saw in the prologue. The narrator, finally, actually stated a charging statement, stating that shooting and killing a man is more important than someone selling racist dolls. In previous cases where the narrator was angry or thought that the people around him were corrupted, he simply stayed quiet. He became that Invisible Man, almost scared to say anything. Yet in this case, he finally broke out of his shell and spoke out.
In this case, I believe that the narrator is finally seeing that if he lets everything around him be and trusts everyone and everyone's action around him that it will eventually bite him. He seen it happen to him again and again now and after every experience with betrayal, he seems to change how he interacts with people and learns how he needs to act in this world. He is literally turning into the prologue narrator as we read on. This time, we see that the narrator is becoming unblind, lifting the veil off his face and showing to the world that he sees the people who are corrupt and is willing to for the first time actually try to stand up for himself.
We see how the brotherhood thought of the death of Clifton, calling him a traitor. This is also where we see some major growth in the narrator which I found to be interesting as it tied him to the narrator we saw in the prologue. The narrator, finally, actually stated a charging statement, stating that shooting and killing a man is more important than someone selling racist dolls. In previous cases where the narrator was angry or thought that the people around him were corrupted, he simply stayed quiet. He became that Invisible Man, almost scared to say anything. Yet in this case, he finally broke out of his shell and spoke out.
In this case, I believe that the narrator is finally seeing that if he lets everything around him be and trusts everyone and everyone's action around him that it will eventually bite him. He seen it happen to him again and again now and after every experience with betrayal, he seems to change how he interacts with people and learns how he needs to act in this world. He is literally turning into the prologue narrator as we read on. This time, we see that the narrator is becoming unblind, lifting the veil off his face and showing to the world that he sees the people who are corrupt and is willing to for the first time actually try to stand up for himself.
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