Invisible Man: Part Three - Identifying the veilo Awarenesso Discovering a trutho School vs educated- Playing “the puppet” is slavery by another nameo Ellison describes how some AA have not left slavery, but it has morphed into another kind of oppression- Removing the veilo Awarenesso Personal autonomyo Self awareness comes in stages Invisible man came with trial and error- Ellison’s vision of race relations in the late 20th and 21st centuryo Brotherhoodo How do they play out in the last chapters of the novel?The Science of History“It was a symbolic poster of a group….bright skin texture and smooth contrast” (Ellison 385)- Mixed race nation because of immigration- Who are the dispossessed today in the 21st century?o Society wasn’t ready for Clifton to be with a white woman (interracial couple)o Native Americans and African Americans were dispossessedo “a color photograph of bright skin texture and smooth contrast” mixed races will present a variety of skin shades and tonesLiving Outside of History“Why should a man deliberately plunge outside of history….who won and who lived to lie about it afterwards?” (Ellison 439)- What happened to Tod Clifton?o Didn’t choose his fate (death)o Why did he mess with the puppets?o Nothingness=Tod leaving the brotherhood made him invisible Voiceless, faceless, non-existento Peddling offensive black figureso Going against brotherhood and black community Becomes an invisible man himself- Not defending himself, he’s just an average man that haslost his uniqueness - What happens to him in the veil?o Used to be a great leader fighting for equality= the veil was liftedo Embracing the stereotype and voids any progress of unveiling the black communityChange is always violent…- “they (the Brotherhood a.k.a. The Chthonians) wanta a reace riot and I am against it. The more of us who are killed, the better” (Ellison 557)o Ellison is alluding to black-on-black violence instigated by those outside of the African American community- “Interestingly, American cinema depicts radical demonstrations and riots suggesting that external factors fan the flames of fire in these volatile incidents- violence: strong force or movement used to drastically change a situation or circumstanceo riot scenes at the end of the