Sohil's Story

You sit at a desk Tapping your feet They pass out the test And tell you not to cheat You work through the problems At blazing speed Then look back through the test Making sure to proofread You turn test in Nervous for your grade You walk back to your desk Still a little afraid Over the next couple days You still think of your test Trying to distract yourself Just makes you more distressed The teacher finally hands back your test Facing upside down You flip it over hoping for the best And you are not letdown Now you see That your hard work pays off Your worrying was foolish You look back and scoff.

 In Invisible Man , by Ralph Ellison, the narrator is sent North by Dr. Bledsoe under the guise of finding a job in New York City. After being rejected by all except one of the jobs Bledsoe supposedly lined him up for, the narrator goes to the last job opportunity. There a man who is the son of Mr. Emerson, a trustee, reveals to the narrator that the letter of recommendation that Bledsoe gave him actually portray the narrator in a negative light.  This realization leads to a feeling of anagnorisis, where the narrator realizes that just because someone is black doesn't mean that they have other black people's best interest in mind. He understands that Bledsoe doesn't care about him and the other black students, but rather Bledsoe just cares about his position in the white man's society. This means doing anything that allows him to hold his power, which predominately includes doing things that please white men.  After realizing that people's motives may not be what th