Monday, February 15, 2010
Invisible man to save the day!
In my blog I would like the explore the possibility that the "invisible man" is gay. In the portion of the novel that I am in, he has displayed no possibility of being straight. He seems unaffected by girls and the earlier mentioning of the hospital with the male nurses fooling around with the male patients makes me a little worried... Perhaps this novel is not about being black in a white world. Or maybe that's exactly what it is. Since soddom and gommorah, God has told us that he is not big on the whole, "homosexuality thing" and therefore, people who partake in this type of behavior are sinners. Sinning leads the imagery of evil, crimson stained, BLACK with sin. People who do not participate in this type of behavior has white souls and consciences. Throughout the novel, white people are continuously referred to as being closed minded and generally "small" in thought whereas black people are dominating in intelligence and importance. In life, the people who are "townies" and church goers are generally thought of as less than genius as well as small minded. This especially pertains to homosexuality. Ask my primitive baptist, barnesville aboding, preacher uncle about homos and he would say its not real and its not right. All of the white people in the novel are generally that type of person, they live in the deep south, they go to church on Sundays, etc. So, in my exploration of this connotation of the novel, why would the author do this? Because when his novel was written, although slavery and race issues were nearly out of the way and okay to write about, being homosexual is still a hot button issue that people are very afraid to face. SO, lets disguise it as a black vs. white (race) novel. Everybody wins. In the characterization and portrayal of the white characters, I see a lot of animosity towards them. Perhaps this author was made fun of a lot by the "white" members of his societal background. I get a lot of negativity from this author, it is a very different novel than anything I have ever read. I am probably totally wrong about this theory and in the next chapter he going to become a swinger but if that never happens, its totally a go gay book. Im on it! I don't really care that the author is black, it doesn't matter because he is still a guy. Someone during his time would be rejected for his gayness as the invisible man is rejected for his lack of intelligence about being a black man in a masochistic white world. I'm all about speaking out, but lets be clear about it! If its not about that than its extremely clear... almost too clear for a novel for AP lit!
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