LOCATE AND READ TWO PUBLISHED BOOK REVIEWS by credible sources for each of your chosen three books. Later this week, students will meet with me privately to discuss book choices. Our goal is to have a book selected and on order by the final. The final will be at 10 AM on Thursday, January 24th in room W-336.

MONDAY

Comparison between the advice that Dr. Bledsoe gives the IM, and the advice that the expelled veteran gives the IM on the bus heading north.
HW: Catch up night. If you haven’t read chapters 6 and 7, finish those tonight.

TUESDAY

Introduction to IM in New York City. What is it like, being a young black man travelling alone in New York City in the late 40s / early 50s? Why might the IM need the Gideon Bible?
HW: Finish reading chapter eight, and read the first 10 pages of chapter nine.

WEDNESDAY

Push comes to shove, as the Invisible Man stumbles blindly through Harlem, confronted by the Peter Wheatstraw's who attempt to guide him. Discussion of the importance of Peter Wheatstraw and his blue prints. We will look briefly at the Blues as a mode of American art.
HW: Finish reading chapter nine.

THURSDAY

Returning to Emerson’s essay, “Fate.” Perhaps obviously, the IM learns the true contents of Dr. Bledsoe’s letters—and what his fate is—from the son of Emerson. What was Dr. Bledsoe’s purpose is providing the letters that he does? Is this the IM’s true punishment? And is that just?
HW: Read chapter 10, up to page 211.

FRIDAY

Lucius Brockway's who attempt to thwart or destroy him. That the IM cannot understand his world--that he cannot understand what is happening and why--helps us sympathize with his plight. Who hasn't felt uncomfortable and confused, bewildered by social expectation?
HW: Finish reading chapter 10 in IM for discussion on Tuesday.