Slavery ended about 80 years prior to the current events that are taking place in the book. Invisible Man (the protagonist) is an African American student who came from the South and migrated to the North to begin a life. Throughout his journey, he sees all these examples of people’s actions, reactions, and discussions over the dilemma of racism between the whites and blacks, I.M (Invisible Man) further wonders how he will treat white people or any race, if he should accept, deny or ignore them. But as a result he is even further confused about he should approach this, as he has seen the pros and cons of accepting, denying and/or ignoring equality. The very first example of such an opinion was when I.M met Mr. Norton. Mr. Norton was a white …show more content…
He joined The Brotherhood, which was an organization created to use speeches to motivate people into changing Harlem and eventually the world, to accept each other as equals and The members all had their opinion on the topic and each a bit different. For example, Jack the one who recruited I.M, didn 't care what race the people of the Brotherhood had as long as the job was done. Wrestrum who was an African American betrayed I.M and making the Brotherhood move I.M to another movement which was seen by I.M as a demotion. Tod Clifton who was part of the brotherhood and African American wanted equal rights as well but through the use of negotiating and trying to end in peaceful terms though is later seen disgracing his race by selling Sambo dolls. Rinehart who was seen as a man to fear, respect and loved for he seemed like a gangster and someone referred to him as a “reverend.” Rinehart uses these “personas” to control the people whom hate, love and fear him thus making I.M realize the power within that and what cynicism really means. Finally there was also a man named Ras the Exhorter who was an African American and wanted equal rights for African Americans as well except that his ways of reaching such goal consisted of violence and radical methods. Invisible Man ends up in a hole away from all lights of accepting, denying, or ignoring the fight for equality. He ends up in hole