“This is advice from a friend who has been watching you closely. Do not go too fast. Keep working for the people but remember that you are one of us and do not forget if you get too big they will cut you down. You are from the South ad you know that this is a white man’s world. So take a friendly advice and go easy so that you can keep on helping the colored people. They do not want you to go too fast and will cut you down if you do. Be smart.” (Invisible Man, Page 289)
The narrator is a member of the Brotherhood. The brotherhood is group of black people fighting against the white oppression. There are also white people in the brotherhood and they also fight against white racism. This quote shows that no matter what white people think they are on top. It says in the quote that it is a white man’s world and that the narrator should be careful as to what he says. This quote is actually a letter to the narrator to be careful or else he will be cut from the brotherhood. This letter is meant to have the narrator be checked upon. They want to control the narrator and his identity. This letter confuses the narrator because he does not know where it’s from. Do you believe this letter is from a white man or a black man?
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Its hard to guess. I looked at this excerpt at two points of view. It could really be a white or black brother from the brotherhood, trying to give friendly advice. Or it may be a racist white man, whose becoming nervous about the narrator's advancement.
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