A riot that was supposed to be the start of a new age was in
fact something completely different it was an “uproar”, becoming “a crash of
men against men”, that would lead to nothing “but murder”. With even its
beginning uncertain whether it was because of a “candy bar” or a “black gal’s
man” there was one thing everyone thought for sure “it was a white gal, all right”
or in other words caused by temptation. The people didn’t have to know the cause to
begin fighting because they acted before thinking, society did not think as
individuals but as one. With “a tipsy fat lady” leading “a circus parade”
bodies hung from lampposts. There were “seven” “white, naked, and horribly
feminine” but they are “unreal” only “mannequins”. But all of this, “the
absurdity of the whole night” reveals the absurdity in society. The riot itself
points out how absurd society actually is in turning the races against each
other. The hanging of the mannequins is used as an example of the sin. This
type of hatred found in the hanging of the mannequins causes “blood to spill”
and is not coming towards a time where both races can live in peace. The
invisible man realizes in this situation that he cannot change society because his
society is made up of blind men “controlled solely by white men” who were “as
blind”.
5/6- The direction is a bit confusing. Some elements of analysis there but they don't seem to come to an overall conclusion and work independently on their own.
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