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The narrator describes his living situation underground, and the author describes paradoxes between life and death, light and dark, and blindness and sight. The narrator's grandfather died, and he is haunted by his grandfather's last words that expressed his guilt and shame for using humility towards the white man. The narrator goes to this fight ring and this white lady starts dancing naked and it was so weird wtf
— Apr 18, 2023 09:22AM
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Savannah
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The narrator accepts the job offer from Brother Jack, and he gives Mary money back for his rent. He leaves and takes up a new identity as a speaker for the Brotherhood. The narrator goes to his first rally in a strange arena.
— May 08, 2023 09:20AM
Savannah
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The narrator is released from the company hospital and is basically electrically lobotomized. He is taken in by a woman named Mary and tries to look for work. He makes a speech to a group of people, who are enraged by an old couple being evicted. He escapes the police and some rando comes up to ask him to speak for his organization.
— May 05, 2023 09:19AM
Savannah
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The narrator gets into a fight with the man who works in the boiler room, however, he ends up getting hurt. He wakes up in a hospital, and the doctors are performing electroshock therapy upon him. He cannot remember who he is, his name, or any information about himself.
— May 02, 2023 09:17AM
Savannah
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The narrator begins working for Brockway and learns about the gauges and such, and Brockway talks about how he helped build the plant and the idea of "white is right". The narrator goes to get his lunch and walks into a labor union meeting. They rejected him from the meeting, saying that he would threaten their goals and program.
— Apr 27, 2023 09:20AM
Savannah
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The narrator didn't get the job with Emerson because he read the letter, and it basically stated that he was asked to not get a job anywhere and he was permanently expelled. He goes to work for a paint company, and is asked, after working in one building, to be an assistant for a black man in the basement.
— Apr 26, 2023 09:46AM
Savannah
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The narrator is going to the different offices of the people whom the letters were addressed to. He goes to the office of Mr. Emerson, and he speaks to his son. He has an interesting interaction with his son, who asks if he can speak to him frankly despite not knowing him.
— Apr 25, 2023 09:24AM
Savannah
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The narrator is expelled from the school because of his decision to appease Mr. Norton and bring harm to him. The dean offers to help him get a job, in order to come back and pay his tuition for next year because he saw potential in the narrator. He tells him to learn how to "play the game". The narrator sees the veteran from the Golden Day on his train to Harlem. When he arrives, he recognizes the differences.
— Apr 24, 2023 09:19AM
Savannah
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Mr. Norton asks to stop and speak to Jim Trueblood, also known as the disgrace previously mentioned. Trueblood reveals that he raped his daughter, whom is now carrying his child. Mr. Norton gets sick and has to leave; he asks the narrator to drive him to the Golden Day, a bar, for a "stimulant".
— Apr 21, 2023 09:18AM
Savannah
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The narrator is driving one of the Founders of his college around, which is a part of his job. The Founder describes how the narrator is a part of his fate, and asks him to one day for the narrator to tell his fate. They stop on the side of the road to look at log cabins that belonged to slaves.
— Apr 20, 2023 09:20AM
Savannah
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The narrator is forced to give his speech regarding humility to the same men that were bringing him to the fight ring and got him to scavenge for money on an electrified rug. He was awarded a scholarship to an all-black college for his speech. At the school, he recounts the campus, comparing the barrenness to the life present upon it. He works as a driver for a millionaire.
— Apr 19, 2023 09:48AM
