Jakob+Cain

first of all, I'm sorry the page numbers aren't matched up with the actual book numbers. I used a PDF for both because, I missed placed both of the books early on (which I have found the invisible man but not the Narrative Life of Fredrick Douglas).


 * Invisible Man**

"Her visitor, she saw as she opened the door, was seated in the armchair before the fire, dozing it would seem, with his bandaged head drooping on one side. The only light in the room was the red glow from the fire— which lit his eyes like adverse railway signals, but left his downcast face in darkness—and the scanty vestiges of the day that came in through the open door. " Page 5 This quote builds up to a dramatic scene of when Mrs. Hall first sees his face, but it creates a somewhat creepy scene...

"Everything was ruddy, shadowy, and indistinct to her, the more so since she had just been lighting the bar lamp, and her eyes were drazzled." Page 5 This was when Mrs. Hall had her first look at his face, and this quote was extremely descriptive with the scene and how it was "ruddy, shadowy, and indistinct." "Is But, as a rule, I like to be alone and undisturbed" page 6 This is very sad. He has lost his body in a sense and his humanity.

“He rarely went abroad by daylight, but at twilight he would go out muffled up invisibly, whether the weather were cold or not, and he chose the loneliest paths and those most overshadowed by trees and banks." Page 12 This scene shows how this "benefit" of being invisible has now had a negative affect on his life.

"There was a violent sneeze in the passage. They rushed out, and as they did so the kitchen door slammed. "Bring the candle," said Mr. Bunting, and led the way. They both heard a sound of bolts being hastily shot back. " page 16 This is just an example of the great diction shown throughout this book, this just adds detail to this book that really make it into a phenomenal read.

"The fact is, I'm all here—head, hands, legs, and all the rest of it, but it happens I'm invisible. It's a confounded nuisance, but I am. That's no reason why I should be poked to pieces by every stupid bumpkin in Iping, is it?" Page 22 Now, it seems the invisible man sees himself as normal, but still as the invisible man.

"The muttered conversation ceased abruptly, for a moment silence, then the conversation was resumed, in hissing whispers, then a sharp cry of "No! no, you don't!" There came a sudden motion and the oversetting of a chair, a brief struggle. Silence again. " page 32 This is right before the 'Invisible Man' loses his temper and this scene is extremely dramatic and whenever it says "silence again" it adds more drama to this scene.

"I am an invisible man." Page 47 This is what he is and this is what he knows he is. The invisible man.

"But what devilry must happen to make a man invisible?" Page 47 During this scene this is when kemp begins to question whether it is scientifically possible to make anyone/anything invisible. This scene just stuck out to me.

"He dreams of a reign of terror! A reign of terror, I tell you" page 74 Thus quote really shows how far Griffin has come from his craziness/madness.

"A want of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood" Page 1 The lack of information of himself mentally devastated him in a way, not know really anything about yourself would actually be horrible, I could never imagine.
 * Narrative Life of Fredrick Douglas**

"It is a common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age." Page 12 Disgusting, absolutely disgusting. That the slave owners wouldn't even alone the slaves to have their family.

"Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears" page 18 This is a very sad irony, usually when I think of people singing it is a happy and joyful time, but in this case it is the people singing in sorrow.

"It was a common saying, even among little white boys, that it was worth a halfcent to kill a ʺnigger,ʺ and a half‐cent to bury one." Page 23 This is horrible, absolutely horrible, that this was a "common saying" and that our country that is supposed to be this great thing was at one point like this.

"Learning would spoil the best nigger in the world. Now,ʺ said he, ʺif you teach that nigger (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him." Page 26 Horrible, I say this for almost all of my quotes but this is just absolutely horrible. Due to the color of their skin they have the rights to learn to read taken away.

"Thus is slavery the enemy of both the slave and the slaveholder" page 30 This is very interesting and I have never found slavery to be this way. I've always viewed slavery as a very negative and horrible thing done to innocent people, but never the same way or anything negative for the slaveholders.

"He brought her, as he said, for A BREEDER" Page 39 Actually is disgusting, not only the fact that another human bought another, but that the owner bought them for profit, and as a "breeder."

“For of all slaveholders with whom I have ever met, religious slaveholders are the worst. I have ever found them the meanest and basest, the most cruel and cowardly, of all others.” Page 46 Very ironic that the people that are believers in a god, that are supposed to care for one person equal to themselves, are the worst slave owners.

"The work of instructing my dear fellow-slaves was the sweetest engagement with which I was ever blessed." Page 59 This quote really just shows who Fredrick Douglas is, even looking at other random quotes from him this really shows who he is.