We have read Invisible Man and The Great Gatsby, both of which have main characters that are conscience of those around them and how they affect those people, and where that will get them.
Gatsby shows that he has intentions to swoon a woman from his past and has had this deep care for her after years of being apart. He believes as if for most of the novel that he has unselfish intentions for everyone, but blindly acts on love for Daisy. The acts of Gatsby show a rise in what he becomes, simply for this one woman. But with the rise he quickly falls in a matter of days, ruining the other people’s lives of those he befriended during this time.
Much like Gatsby, the Narrator of Invisible Man does things to help improve his life. But Gatsby can be somewhat seen as a leader for people such as Nick and Daisy, while this Narrator tends to follow what people order him to do in his life, believing that is what is best for him. Similar to Gatsby he doesn’t see how his actions will affect people around him. He is blind to why he is be ordered around to do the tasks he is given by many of the characters. Until the end he doesn’t seem to consider what he has to offer people, until he lives underground and reflects how working for the brotherhood allowed him to be a traitor to everyone in Harlem.
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