journey week 3

I chose a quote that is about the trip the man takes to the subway and is tormented about his trash on the way. On page 328, a little woman called out the invisible man after putting his trash is a row of trashcans in Mary's neighborhood; "Come on back an' get your trash. An' don't you ever put your trash in my can again." People started gathering and shouting to call the police so the man went on his way after a few choice worlds in search for another trash can to dispose of his garbage. Along the man walks and he decides to "let the package fall into the trampled snow and hurried across, thinking, there, its done." (329) But another neighbor chooses to cause ruckus and asks the man if he has lost something, referring to the trash he dropped. The neighbor was trying to accuse the man of crime so the Invisible Man picked up his trash and "dropped it back into the brief case." (331) This journey down the street is significant to the man because it symbolizes the true nature of the white people. They feel as though they are superior to the "Negroes" so therefore they have the right to be derogatory towards them and not treat them as normal citizens. The man refrained from unnecessary arguments with the neighbors who demanded him to take his trash elsewhere. This is a piece of the man's character that is important because he is obeying his grandfather and the advice/curse that he was given "I want you to overcome 'em with yeses, undermine 'em with grins, agree 'em to death and destruction...." (16). Although the IM had much to say to the little woman and wanted to refute the claim the neighbor man was making, he chose to let them feel as if they were right and carry on.