Music

As we near the end of the book we see a the invisible man come to a lot of realizations.  But before the harlem riot and before the invisible man finds himself underground we see the invisible man at a bar.  We see a very important music quote in this scene, "Yet another juke box is seen at a party. Near the bar in a bar, a juke box is dinning in a smokey-green haze. Metaphorically, the juke box looked as though it was in a murky cave. The juke box was lit up at the time and was shouting a song, Jelly, Jelly, Jelly, all night long, the song danced through the air and into ears (p 486)." Its been apparent now that the narrator is even aware of the amount of music he comes into contact with that has certain meanings. The Jelly, in my opinion, is representative of the blues.  The blues were very popular in this time and also very ironic in this scene.  At this point in the narrators life the blues music is the perfect way to describe it.  This song has a direct relationship with blues singer, Jelly Roll Mortin who definitely had a big impact on black culture.  

Nate Schmal