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Narator's Grandfather Dies
On his deathbed, the grandfather leaves his family with some final advice. " Son, after I'm gone, I want you to keep up the good fight. I want you to overcome 'em with yeses, undermine 'em with grins, agree 'em to death and destruction, let 'em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open."
This show's the narrator's personality because he was close with his grandfather. When his grandfather died his last word's haunted the narrator for years to come. He was always worried. -
Battle Royale
The narrator earns a shcolarship to college but once he is there he is forced to fight, blindfolded, in a boxing ring with other black men. This is called the "Battle Royale"
This shows the narrator's personality because he was scared. He was so happy to get a scholarship and to go to college but once he was put in the battle royale he was scared. He has begun to loose hope. -
The Narrator Gets a Job
The narrator goes to the office of Mr. Emerson. There he meets Emerson’s son, who opens the letter and tells the narrator that he has been betrayed: the letters from Bledsoe actually portrays him as dishonorable and unreliable. But he helps the narrator get a job at the Liberty Paints Pant.
This shows the narrator's personality because he is beginning to turn his life around. Throughout his struggles in the past things are starting to look up and he is beginning to feel hopeful. -
Mary
While at the paint plant, the narrator is injured and sent to the hospital. The white doctors use this black patient to conduct electric shock experiments and turn him out on the street. Eventually some black community members take him to the home of Mary, a nice black woman who lets him live with her for free while he recovers. -
Brother Jack
Brother Jack, a man in the crowd, hears the narrator's speech and offers him a job working for his political organization, the Brother hood. The narrator takes the job, and Jack tells him that he must change his name, buy new clothes & move to a new apartment He also gives the narrator money to repay Mary for the free rent, The Narrator pays Mary and moves out.
This shows the narrator's personality because he was nervous to trust Brother Jack but he did and it turned out to make his life better. -
Accused and Seduced
The narrator is accused of trying to use the Brotherhood to for self-advancement. He is then moved to another post, as an advocate of women’s rights. After giving a speech one evening, he is seduced by one of the white women at the gathering, who attempts to use him to play out her sexual fantasies about black men.
This shows the narrator's personality because he wanted to help people but he ended up being used and then accused by his friends for it. He was just trying to be a good person. -
Riot in Harlem
The narrator becomes involved in a riot in Harlem. He runs into an old acquaintance who calls for the narrator to be lynched. The narrator escapes down a manhole to avoid the police. The police put the cover on the manhole and the narrator stays underground ever since. “I’m an invisible man and it placed me in a hole—or showed me the hole I was in, if you will—and I reluctantly accepted the fact.”
This shows the narrator's personality of wanting to be a good person.
