According to Ellison, which of the following is important for perseverance?

The narrator considers himself an invisible man because--------------.

An unnamed narrator introduces himself as an "invisible man." He say that he is a real man of flesh and bone, and that he possesses a mind. This summary reflects whic of the themes discussed?

The narrator recounts an anecdote about bumping in to a white man who cursed at him. Enraged the narrator attacks him. The narrator realizes that the man doesn't even see him and that he is a nightmare to the man. This is an example of all the themes except?

The Narrator elaborates on his own invisibility. He indicates that it is not a physical defect of his own, but rather a mistake of the inner eye of others. This summary is an example of the theme of?

The narrator notes that most of his action now is done softly, to not awaken the sleeping. In this way, he siphons off power from the electric company, using it to light his hideout for free. He tells us that he lives in a forgotten section of the basement of a whites-only building. He calls his home a “hole,” and compares himself to a bear in hibernation. This is an example of all the themes except ___?

The narrator has lined every surface of his apartment with light bulbs to consume as much energy as possible. He says he needs the light because he is invisible, and that it “confirms my reality.” When he is alone, the narrator listens to Louis Armstrong, who has “made poetry out of being invisible.” This is and example of which theme?

The narrator recounts an episode of listening to Louis Armstrong. He is accidentally given marijuana instead of a cigarette one night, and smokes it at home while he listens to music. The experience triggers a vision, where the narrator finds himself “hearing not only in time, but in space as well.” He is drawn down into the dream of the music.

This an example of which theme?

In the vision, the narrator hears an old woman singing a spiritual, and then sees a fair-skinned woman being bid over by slave-owners. He then hears a passionate sermon being preached on the “Blackness of Blackness,” complete with call and response. The preacher emphasizes that black is “bloody” and that the sun is “bloody red.”

This is a reflection of which theme?

The narrator tears himself away from the sermon and encounters the old singer of spirituals he heard before. The woman tells him that she loved her white master, who fathered her sons, though she also hated him. They hear the woman’s sons laughing, and the woman explains that the master promised to free them but never actually did it. She admits that she poisoned her master to keep her sons from murdering their father.

The woman tells the narrator that she loved her master, but she loved freedom more. The narrator asks her what freedom is, but she tells him that she has forgotten and that “It’s all mixed up.” The woman becomes confused, and one of her sons appears and threatens the narrator for upsetting his mother. The son grabs him but lets him go. The music becomes thunderously loud, and the narrator thinks he hears Ras the Exhorter before coming out of the dream.

This is an example of all of themes except?