Invisible Man Prologue

1.) The tone of the first two paragraphs can be seen as defeatism and solemn.
2.) The irony with his encounter was the fact that he stated at the beginning that the man saw him even though he called himself "invisible".
3.) The reason he said the man had not seen him was because all he saw was the color of his skin.
4.)The "sleeping ones" are those who are blind or ignore the problems of society.
5.)The narrator needs the light because it is what allows him to know that he is real, and has form.
6.) Louis Armstrong's music gives the narrator a more in-depth view of invisibility and is another way to feel that he is real.
7.) The narrator learns that freedom is much more complex than one may initially think it is and that freedom requires action.