Sight and Truth #4

As the story progresses, the reader begins to become aware that Brother Jack and the Brotherhood may not be the best organization for the Invisible Man to be a part of. The reader starts to realize that Brother Jack may be a shady and untrustworthy character as he is telling the Invisible Man about his next speech and how "one of his eyes [was] glowing brighter than the other" (359). This implies that Brother Jack is not showing his true nature as he is "hiding" part of himself behind one eye. Eyes have been said to be windows to the soul, so the fact that one of Brother Jack's eyes does not glow, or show the full light of the truth, is not a good sign. Also, when humans lie, they tend to show it by unconsciously making small changes to their body due to the discomfort that comes with lying. Since he lets this small detail slip, it implies that the statement he makes during this natural mistake, is most likely a lie. This does not bode well for the Invisible Man as the statement that was being made at this time was to not "worry about the brothers..." and that the Invisible Man would "do very well" (359). The reader is also made aware of the fact that something is amiss with this Brother Jack when the Invisible Man comments that as Brother Jack was talking to him, he "looked at [the Invisible Man] as though he did not see [him]" (359). This relates back to topics explored earlier in the novel in that Brother Jack is only taking the Invisible Man for what he sees, the physical representation of him. He is not "seeing" the Invisible Man for who he really is, as in his personality, his ideals and his soul, but he is only interested in the Invisible Man as a symbol and an icon to push his own ideas forward. Brother Jack does not actually care "who" the Invisible Man is, only "what" he is. This is also why the Invisible Man could not tell if Brother Jack "was laughing at [him] or with [him]" because if he saw the Invisible Man for who he really is, he would of course be laughing with him as he would accept him as a person. However, Brother Jack is actually laughing at the Invisible Man because the Invisible Man is trying so hard to become his own person when Brother Jack only wants him as a symbol and to "keep him running".