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mouna55
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What are the differences between the narrator (Invisible man) and Dr. Bledsoe?

differences in personality

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Posted by mouna55 on Thursday March 13, 2008 at 11:16 AM and tagged with differences, dr bledsoe, invisible man, narrator, personality.

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  1. cybil Teacher
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    The Invisible Man represents innocence while Dr. Bledsoe is symbolic of manipulation. Dr. Bledsoe has learned how to use his connections with white men of power to maintain his position at the college, but Ellison suggests he has done so at the expense of his race. He has "bled so" by giving up so much of the African-American tradition and culture for his own gain that he is hardly a true black man anymore. Furthermore, he betrays the Invisible Man, who is just a victim of circumstance when he takes the white benefactor Mr. Norton at his request to visit Jim Trueblood and then to the Golden Day to recover. The narrator tries to do what he believes is the right thing while Dr. Bledsoe is conniving and self-serving.

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    Posted by cybil on Thursday March 13, 2008 at 1:57 PM