F A M I L Y S Y M B O L I S M

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F A M I L Y S Y M B O L I S M
A project by Alyssa Arroyo And Michelle
Scaperlanda
S K I N A N D S C A P
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T H E C U R S E

• The Invisible Man has a recurring dream about his
  grandfathers curse.
• The curse was that the white people didnt want
  the blacks to act the way they demanded, but the
  way they were stereotyped.

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T H E M E N 'S H O U S E

• The Invisible Man goes to live in a Mens House,
  while in New York.
• The other men who are living there and looking
  for work are like his brothers.
• They live together and talk with each other about
  work and such things.

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N O R T O N
Norton had a beautiful daughter that he was very
close to. They traveled the world together.
While they were attending an embassy party in
Munich she passed out. Everything he has done
since then is in reflection of his memory of her.
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R E B I R T H
When the Invisible Man went to the hospital it
was a form of his rebirth in many ways. He could
become any person he wanted, because he no longer
had an identity.
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After his hospital experience Mary Rambo took him
in as her own son. She was his temporary new
mother. Later on Mary even calls the Invisible
Man her son.
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O L D C O U P L E
As the Invisible Man walks past an apartment
where an elderly couple is being evicted from
their apartment. All of the onlookers work
together to help this unfortunate couple to stay
at their apartment.
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F A T H E R F I G U R E S
Throughout the book, the IM encounters many
father figures along the way. Many of them are
untrustworthy, but father figures despite this.
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1) Norton- According to Norton, he and the IM are
bound together by destiny. 2) Emerson JR.-
Revealed the truth of Bledsoes lies and guided
him into his future. 3) Bledsoe- The IM sees
himself as a younger Bledsoe and views himself as
Bledsoes son, only to be deceived by Bledsoe.