When Mr. Norton becomes ill from talking to Trueblood, he
requests for the Invisible Man to get him alcohol. The only place that he can
get him alcohol without getting in trouble is the Golden Day, but it’s not a
safe place to take one of the schools founders. After they arrive and get Mr.
Norton alcohol, all of the veterans in the building go crazy: “With Supercargo
lying helpless upon the bar, the men whirled like maniacs….some made hostile
speeches at the top of their voices against the hospital, the state and the
universe” (Ellison 85). The Golden Day symbolizes how a place can seem welcoming and
wonderful just by the name; however, the inside is far less splendid. In
addition, the Golden Day represents a place where people
go who have had their futures stolen. These people had the potential to become
lawyers, doctors, and physicians, but were forced to go off to war based on
their lower social status. The injustices at
the Golden Day relay back to the bigger idea that blacks in this time were not
valued equally compared to whites and were not thanked for their contributions
to the nation as a whole.
5. Golden Day is a large point of symbolism for the establishment as a whole. Narrow focus at the name itself. You hinted at this but did not fully develop. In choosing quotes, you want to incorporate the quote within the analysis. For example, "whirled like maniacs" for the idea that it was a place where futures were stolen and the only thing left for these men is a false sense of future (Golden Day) on the horizon.
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