Chapter+1-+3+Questions

__Chapter 1:__

1) The Invisible Man finds a great deal of meaning in the words of his grandfather. Explain his grandfather's position and advice as it pertains to the African-American condition before the civil rights movement. Why is the Invisible Man haunted by the words of his grandfather?

2) Explain how Ellison uses the Battle Royal scene as a metaphor for the state of racial equality in America.

__Chapter 2:__

1) In Chapter 2, Mr. Norton (a white founder of Invisible Man's college) meets Trueblood. Explain the significance of this encounter. Does it offer a critique of race relations in the early 20th century? If so, what is Ellison criticizing?

__Chapter 3:__

1) The vet at the Golden Day describes the Invisible Man. With the perspective of a possible Tiresias, the vet, how should we proceed in our reading of the novel.

You could consider this text or any other statements that the vet offers:
 * But seriously, because you fail to understand what is happening to you. You cannot see or hear or smell the truth of what you see – and you, looking for destiny! It's classic! And the boy, this automaton, he was made of the very mud of the region and he sees far less than you. Poor stumblers, neither of you can see the other. To you he is a mark on the score-card of your achievement, a thing and not a man; a child, or even less – a black amorphous thing. And you, for all your power are not a man to him, but a God, a force – (3.314) ||