Kassie's post talked about The Invisible Man and her reactions to it. My initial thoughts on it was that this story is about white men and their inherent ability to enjoy fighting and its possibilities. I thought that it was about the "battle royal" as Kassie says but there is also a hidden meaning behind the need to be "above the crowd". Being on top of the world was a huge thing back in the days of racism towards African Americans. I saw it as if the white men of the time wanted to control the black population they also had major aggression issues and I think that is what this story was written to explain why men tend to strive towards being on top and using sport or aggression to become self satisfied. Over all I thought that the story did pretty well in describing the derivative point of most mens' strive to have competition and to be on top of the world.
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