When the invisible man and Mr. Norton enter The Golden day, they are confronted with all sorts of obscenities, and crazy accusations. The most profound of these come from the man who is simply called "the vet". After he is done tending to Mr. Norton, he begins to accuse Mr. Norton of tying his destiny to the college and the African Americans. Towards the end of his rant, he says, "Now the two of you descend the stairs into chaos and get the hell out of here. I'm sick of the both of you pitiful obscenities! Get the hell out before I do you both the favor of bashing in your heads!" This is an allusion to the bible, but principally to Dante's Inferno. The vet is accusing both of them for the unconscious crimes that they are committing, and thus telling them to descend into hell. Mr. Norton is guilty of treating the Blacks as things, when he says that they are his destiny, rather than that he means to have them have successful lives. He means to help, but is unconsciously hindering and still being possessive of them. The invisible man is guilty of allowing this to happen, when he tries to do exactly what they want him to. He means to do well in life, but is still staying within the boundaries that have been put in place for his race. The vet is merely pointing this out, and getting this new thought process and way of viewing reality rolling. His statement, "descend the stairs into chaos," is symbolic of this accusation and fate.
Reading section 1, ch 3, Page 95
5- You have done a good job in connecting the idea of Golden Day to Dante's inferno with the use of the quote descending into chaos. However, the analysis of these connections are not clear. Make sure to work on sentence clarity and purpose so meaning is understood.
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