2.24.2015
Invisible Man Reading Questions
1.
The notion
of “invisibility” is clearly going to be an important part of the novel. Make
an early attempt to define what the narrator means by being “invisible”. What
is the effect of the title lacking “the” or “an”? How do the motifs of light
and darkness begin to fit into all of this?
2.
Who is
Louis Armstrong? How does the narrator feel about him and his music? His song “What
Did I Do to be So Black and Blue” leads the narrator into a kind of reefer-induced
vision. What is “Weltschmerz” (9)? What about the stories he “hears”?
3.
The
“Prologue” ends with an often paradoxical discussion about “action” and
“responsibility” (13-14). What seems to be his general message?