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Chapters 1617
Summary: Chapter 16 M c c B z . z . c u B c c x c c . u c .A c c c N u ! A c .I c x u . c u c

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c u u c u . u .Y u

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c u Summary: Chapter 17 A c x B H N Y B H . cu c c c u c u B B c u z c c . c .Y H c u .H . u . c c c u c B c

H x cu c u u c. c c cu u . c u .I u u ccu u u c u u u B .H u D .B u c u u c B c c B . .H c c c c

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Analysis: Chapters 1617 I u c ;B j .A u c u u .H c ; c c c u uc c u c . u u c u c B c u c u . c u cu c .B u 16 J u u x u c u .B c uc u u : c u u

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H c c c c c B c u B

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B u u u 1 N c c -B c c c c u . B .L u . c .

Chapters 1819
Summary: Chapter 18 c c B c c u . A u B .W u .W u u c u u B c u W u z B c c B c u u B S u . c .H z . c c u u .H . c u

B qu A u u c B z H W B B z ; c .W u W .H W c u u u H .A .H D u c c c u : c ccu u . c c

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Summary: Chapter 19 A uc c cu B .S .S c u c u B u u Analysis: Chapters 1819 Muc 18 c S u qu j L .I c c u z j c B u c u . u B u W u u . ccu c u .H u c c z x c qu c .B ; u u . u c H x . H c . . B .J c u u cu u u u u c .H u u uc .W u . .S c u .L u c u

u c B c u c u .L c c z c c c N u .H

. c .A u u u qu u c u u u u c . u c u u u B c u c S u u B B u .I N c . c c c x . j c u u xu . c c c .I u .Y S u c ccu N x S u . Bu W c u u cu u c .H c x u u x .W u . c c c c c u c . W u c A c . c c ; c D .B u cu ;B u c c c c c u c c .B c u u .Y c c u c c c . c u cu c u c . u : u c S u c c c ;

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Chapters 2021
Summary: Chapter 20 H c j . B B c u c c .H z u qu xc u . Fu u u c B z . H z .S cu .H u u .H c u c B c c . B J c u .H cu c

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c c c .A u c c c u .

u c u

Summary: Chapter 21 u . c . u c uc c B u H c . c c B u . c c c u H c u .A c c u u .H .H c u cz c u c . u c u c c u z u c .H c B c u u .H u c . Hu c c .H u c qu u .W c .H z u

uc c u

Analysis: Chapters 2021 c cu H c u S xc u c u z B u u u N u c c c u . x c x u c u c u c c c c ;u c u .N u H c u . B . c c c A u c B c B j B u c c c . u c . .W

u c .

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Summary: Chapter 22 u . u u c j c . c c J c u B . Ju .H c c u c ccu u J c B . ccu B J c u . -N c c B c .J c B J c B c . z u J c c u B u

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Summary: Chapter 23 H ( c c . u c u .I uc c u u c . u x B u u . u u ; u c u c B c B u c B . Analysis: Chapters 2223 A u B c B B c c U c c u c z u . c c . .I c c c j c z c c u z c uc c c c c : B u c u c . u c c c c c B .H c M .N c . Ju c B S c M .N u c c c .H . c : c u B cu u c B c H . H u c H B u H .H c u c u u .A .A ; u c c . . c c cu c .A u u c u u u c c u . D

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Chapters 24Epilogue
Summary: Chapter 24 H c H c . u . c u B c H B c c c c u .S c c .H ucc c u S u c u c c B .I qu c . B .I c S c qu c u u c H c c . x c ; u B c u c -u ; .

. u c H c .A . A u u c Summary: Chapter 25 I . . . recognized the absurdity of the whole night . . . And I knew that it was better to live out ones own absurdity than to die for that of others, whether for Rass or Jacks. c c .H uc c c u .H . . c qu u B u c u I cu B .A c u u . Summary: Epilogue I have . . . been called one thing and then another while no one really wished to hear what I called myself. . . . I am an invisible man. .H c u J c z B N u u . .H u c c c c u c . u .H c c u c .H c . c J c . c c c .H c c u .H c u u c . . Bu c u c c c c x c u u u c u u u c u .I c z c c c u u c A u c c z u H c u . u . . . c u u u c c u u S u c .H c c cc u .H c u B H .H

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u .

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c u

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u z B c N Y B c B c c u u qu .B F u c B u c u Invisible Man. F c u u c u x .H F u c x u . u c

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Important Quotations Explained

1. Is big and black and I say Yes, suh as loudly as any burrhead when its convenient, but Im
still the king down here. . . . The only ones I even pretend to please are big white folk, and even those I control more than they control me. . . . Thats my life, telling white folk how to think about the things I know about. . . . Its a nasty deal and I dont always like it myself. . . . But Ive made my place in it and Ill have every Negro in the country hanging on tree limbs by morning if it means staying where I am. D .B N u u S u B H c u c I c u c u c 6 c c c u u .B .H c I . B .B c c c A c c . . x c u uc c u M.

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sledge hammer to prove it wasnt white clear through. Luc u B c L P uc 10. c x L c . c c u cc c cu u c . c P x cW c u c B c u L cW P j

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3. . . . the cast-iron figure of a very black, red-lipped and wide-mouthed Negro . . . stared up at me from the floor, his face an enormous grin, his single large black hand held palm up before his chest. It was a bank, a piece of early Americana, the kind of bank which, if a coin is placed in the hand and a lever pressed upon the back, will raise its arm and flip the coin into the grinning mouth.
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4. I looked at Ras on his horse and at their handful of guns and recognized the absurdity of the
whole night and of the simple yet confoundingly complex arrangement of hope and desire, fear and hate, that had brought me here still running, and knowing now who I was and where I was

and knowing too that I had no longer to run for or from the Jacks and the Emersons and the Bledsoes and Nortons, but only from their confusion, impatience, and refusal to recognize the beautiful absurdity of their American identity and mine. . . . And I knew that it was better to live out ones own absurdity than to die for that of others, whether for Rass or Jacks. x 25. c c ( c c c c u u . c c c z c u u u u u uc uc u uc . u c c .) c x A F c c qu x u c J c x c . u j c u . c u x c u c u x c z

5. And my problem was that I always tried to go in everyones way but my own. I have also
been called one thing and then another while no one really wished to hear what I called myself. So after years of trying to adopt the opinions of others I finally rebelled. I am an invisible man. I cu c x z .H : c . c u c u u c u c c c c . c c c B qu u u u ju c u u x u u c c c c c .H .N . u c c x c c u .H uc

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