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Sam has to do: Chapters 2 and 5 and find 1 example of symbolism and the Movie project

//Hustle and Flow// relates to //Invisible Man// because both main characters of these stories, DJay and "The Narrator", both find themselves struggling through their lives, finding ways just to get by. The paths of the main characters in these works travel along the same road for quite a while. Both of the characters find their niche in life and pursue their "American Dream". The characters later diverge when Djay finds his way closer and closer to success until the end of the film, while in //Invisible Man//, the narrator finds himself traveling down a road more and more geared towards failure, until the end of the novel where the narrator crawls around in the sewers, alone and **invisible** to all.

Hustle and Flow - Movie Trailer    

__Chapter 2 Summary & Analysis__ The narrator recalls his time at college. He firstly recalls the scenery of the campus and the events reoccurring as he closed his eyes. The recollections bother him though through his description of the campus during his daydream. He wonders how all the memories could be real, if he is now **invisible**. Putting aside the daydream, he attends to his duties, which of today, was transporting a Founder of the college (Mr. Norton) to wherever he wished. Though trying to show Mr. Norton where the funds of the college toward the Negro people were being spent, the narrator makes the mistake of showing Mr. Norton the countryside. After a bit of driving and chatting, the narrator also makes the mistake of telling Mr. Norton about the history of where they were going. That mistake is the story of Jim Trueblood. Both the narrator and Mr. Norton stop at the Trueblood abode, as Mr. Norton demands to hear the story from Jim himself. After hearing the story of the dream and the incestuous mistake from the assailant himself, Mr. Norton finds himself in need of a drink. This is where the chapter concludes.

__Example of Symbolism__ The example of symbolism I used for these chapters was found in chapter two of //Invisible Man.// This quote is found on page 36 of chapter two. "For how could it have been real if I am invisible? If real, why is it that I can recall in all that island of greenness no fountain but one that was broken, corroded and dry? And why does no rain fall through my recollections, sound through my memories, soak through the hard dry crust of the still so recent past? Why do I recall, instead of the odor of seed bursting in springtime, only the yellow contents of the cistern spread over the lawn's dead grass? Why? And how? How and why?" This quote represents what the invisible man represents. A fountain of that nature could only be found that way alone and forgotten by all. The narrator shows that although through all the green of his memories, he really only sees what he truly is; a broken, corroded and dry fountain, but he does not know how and why he achieved that status.

__Chapter 5 Summary__ The narrator introduces the reader into the chapter by setting of the sun, dusk. Shortly after that, the chapel bells ring and the students, faculty, and family of the college filtered into the chapel. Though the narrator only stays to watch one speaker of the chapel, Reverend Homer A. Barbee, he is greatly moved by him. During this time of prayer, the narrator finds himself wondering what Dr. Bledsoe would do to him; if he was getting expelled or not. He also uses this time to think to himself about what he is going through and he also observes his fellow practitioners of faith and wonder about what they are thinking. This entire chapter is mostly spent inside the mind of the narrator and getting to know the character much better. The chapter concludes with the narrator in the doorway of the administration building, pondering the thoughts of expulsion, and the attitude of Dr. Bledsoe he was about to face.

__Work Cited__ [] http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/invisibleman/section3.rhtml [|http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/invisibleman/section4.rhtml]//Invisible Man - Second Vintage International Edition, March 1995 //