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Course Hero. "Invisible Man Study Guide." Course Hero. 28 July 2016. Web. 3 June 2023. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Invisible-Man/>.
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Course Hero, "Invisible Man Study Guide," July 28, 2016, accessed June 3, 2023, https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Invisible-Man/.
The narrator's grandfather dies, giving him cryptic advice on his deathbed.
Chapter 1Ras calls for the narrator to be lynched; the narrator flees through the Harlem riots.
Chapter 24| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Prologue | The novel opens with the words "I am an invisible man" spoken by a narrator who will remain unnamed throughout the novel... Read More |
| Chapter 1 | The narrator's realization that everyone was trying to define him goes back as far as he can remember. Chapter 1 narrate... Read More |
| Chapter 2 | The narrator attends the college to which he received the scholarship. He describes the beautiful campus and a bronze st... Read More |
| Chapter 3 | Norton needs a "stimulant" after hearing Trueblood's story and asks the narrator to drive him to the nearest bar for a w... Read More |
| Chapter 4 | As the narrator drives Mr. Norton back to the campus, he feels overwhelmed with worry about his future. Even though the ... Read More |
| Chapter 5 | Leaving Norton's room, the narrator rushes to evening chapel. Despite Norton's assurance that he isn't to blame, the nar... Read More |
| Chapter 6 | The narrator takes in the beautiful details of the campus, deep in thought while walking back to Bledsoe's office for hi... Read More |
| Chapter 7 | Feeling as if he is dreaming, the narrator realizes that the only other passengers on the bus are the veteran doctor and... Read More |
| Chapter 8 | In his room at the Men's House, the narrator tries to read the Bible but finds himself unable to concentrate. He can't h... Read More |
| Chapter 9 | Delivering his final letter of recommendation, the narrator travels to the home of Mr. Emerson. Along the way he meets a... Read More |
| Chapter 10 | The narrator starts his new job at the Liberty Paints factory. He reports to his gruff supervisor, Mr. Kimbro, and is gi... Read More |
| Chapter 11 | The narrator wakes, dazed, in a hospital, being peered over by doctors who discuss his treatment. Although the narrator ... Read More |
| Chapter 12 | The narrator takes the train back to Harlem and plans to return to his room at the Men's House, but he collapses on the ... Read More |
| Chapter 13 | The narrator leaves his apartment to get some fresh air and is angered by the shop signs selling products to make black ... Read More |
| Chapter 14 | The narrator returns to Mary's apartment, where she is cooking cabbage, another smell from his childhood. Realizing that... Read More |
| Chapter 15 | The narrator awakens after his long night out with the Brotherhood. His ears throb, his body aches, and he scratches him... Read More |
| Chapter 16 | The narrator travels with Brother Jack to the Brotherhood rally where he is to give his first speech. While waiting in t... Read More |
| Chapter 17 | After four months studying Brotherhood ideologies with Brother Hambro, the narrator is thrilled to learn that he has bee... Read More |
| Chapter 18 | The narrator finds an unsettling letter mixed into the Brotherhood mail warning him that it's a white man's world and no... Read More |
| Chapter 19 | After the narrator's first lecture for the women's division of the Brotherhood, he is approached by a white woman who in... Read More |
| Chapters 20–21 | The narrator returns to Harlem to rejoin the Brotherhood there. He visits a favorite bar of Brother Maceo's and recogn... Read More |
| Chapter 22 | The narrator is called to headquarters to discuss Clifton's funeral. Clearly the Brotherhood is upset that the funeral w... Read More |
| Chapter 23 | After leaving the meeting, the narrator decides to visit Brother Hambro, hoping that he can answer more questions about ... Read More |
| Chapter 24 | To enact his plan, the narrator needs more inside information, so he decides to seduce Emma—Brother Jack's mistress—hopi... Read More |
| Chapter 25 and Epilogue | Harlem is in chaos when the narrator arrives, with police shooting indiscriminately into the looting crowds. Almost im... Read More |
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