WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DROP OUT OF HISTORY and remove yourself from society? If society treats us unfairly, and there’s no justice in America, can we choose to leave society, refusing to participate in it’s unfair and unjust policies? This week, we will see one member of the Brotherhood attempt to do just this, and he is recuded to the most base and offensive methods of survival—or so the Invisible Man believes.

MONDAY

Reading chapter eighteen together in class.
Finish writing the anntoated bibliography. Your Noodle page should have five sources on it, and each source should have one paragraph that critically examines the author, publisher, and the source itself.

TUESDAY

Overview of the week. Lecture on the sexualization and dehuminzation of black American men during the times of Jim Crow. We will then turn to St. Louis University’s online exhibit on Sambo. Students will work in research groups, examining this theme.
Finish chapter 18, and then read chapter 19 for class tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY

We will look carefully at chapter twenty nd what the IM does AFTER his encounter with Clifton on the streets of New York City.
If we haven’t finished the chapter by the end of class, finish reading chapter 20.

THURSDAY

Today, students will begin writing a first draft of the junior theme paper. This paper should answer the question, “What is the most important, least obvious theme that your author explores in the novel? What do the experts say about that theme? What is your view of that theme? We will meet in 377-N to work on these papers.
Read chapter 21. This is the Invisible Man’s fourth speech in the novel (the Battle Royale, the Eviction, the Brotherhood Convention, and this one, the Funeral).

FRIDAY

Today is a repeat of yesterday. My hope is that you will have a first, rough draft on the paper done by the end of class.
Spring break! No homework.