Maybe this was the intention of the class, but is it weird that the new parts of canonical literature seem to be much more excitable, easier reading? ‘Invisible Man’ seemed like it was going to be another one of those ‘Sound and the Fury’ kind of head trips, but it really is much more interesting. You feel for the Narrator because he speaks to the reader through a first person narrative, and not unbelievable. Also I enjoy African American literature much more, as it is more modern and closer to our own history, that it all just doesn’t seem like some story.
Ofcourse, its upsetting at the current time how all of the other characters, Bledsoe mostly, treat the Narrator. I hope things work out for him as I tackle these 200 pages for the next blog. I’ll have more to say by then as well.
