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Invisible Man & Uncle Remus Tales

Alexa, Brooke, Elizabeth, and Nick

Buckeye the Rabbit

Brer Fox

  • Younger, more innocent version of Brer Rabbit.
  • narrator in his more innocent state
  • Before he realizes people want to "keep him running"
  • Book describes Brer and Buckeye as "one and the same: 'Buckeye' when you were very young and hid yourself behind innocent eyes; 'Brer,' when you were older" (page 242).
  • Cunning Antagonist
  • Represents all of the "Important Men" the narrator dealt with
  • Controlling Villain
  • Seeks to use Brer Rabbit

Brer Bear

  • Representation of Mr. Norton
  • Initially hospitable towards Brer Rabbit
  • In some ways clueless, and can be subject to games himself
  • Norton in the end fails to see new narrator

Peter Rabbit

  • Wheatstraw connects to Peter Rabbit, (Beatrix Potter) they are both the innocent thieves, willing to have fun, and living life as they wish.
  • The Adventuress of Peter Cottontail (Thornton Waldo Burgress)
  • takes control through connection and humor making himself into the fool the narrator feel more at ease.
  • monster in the garden but if they work together they can get the vegetables. peter never saw the monster.
  • seems crazy laughing and joking.
  • He is still trying to use the fox so they all benefit.
  • Wheatstraw is a different type of rabbit compared to those in the previous stores. He's a non-conformist he's willing to fight for himself, and doesn't bend to others whims.
  • Wheatstraw embodies the narrators connection to the south he doesn't try to use manipulate the narrator to do something he doesn't want to do, but Wheatstraw trys to show him who he is and not to be ashamed of his heritage.
  • not taken seriously

Brer Rabbit

Summary of "The Uncle Remus Tales"

By Joel Chandler Harris

  • http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22282/22282-h/22282-h.htm

Brer Rabbit, who is later compared to the narrator, goes on a series of adventures in which he comes across characters like Brer Fox, Brer Bear, Jack the Bear, along with many others. Each character resembles a character from Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. The stories depict situations that can be linked to the experiences of the narrator.

Jack the Bear

  • narrator thinks those trying to keep him tied down are 'rabbits'
  • represents narrator
  • small, weak, but ingenious force can overcome a larger, stronger, but dull-witted power
  • multiple stories about Brer Rabbit tricking those above him
  • represents a good guy, or the underdog
  • Blacks "yessing" their white masters
  • Always wins in the end
  • narrator wins when he sheds his old identities and creates an identity for himself

Literary criticism:

Michael Timko-

"it is not virtue that triumphs, but helplessness"

"The hero is weak and harmless, but he almost always triumphs"

  • agree
  • the fox, wolf, and bear constantly underestimate the rabbit's abilities
  • relates to TED TALKS
  • those who attempt to keep blacks tied down refuse to see their potential
  • they are blinded by racial identification
  • Jack the Bear is a popular figure in American Folklore that is a trickster. He is able to trick through misdirection.
  • In the beginning, the narrator refers to himself as Jack the Bear because he is in his hole hibernating.
  • The real Jack the Bear of the story is Jack.
  • The two can be connected because in
  • Jack leads through misdirection because at first he seems compassionate and willing to help the brotherhood because he believes in their beliefs. However, he is just as racist as the other white people and only sees the narrator as a tool for the advancement of the Brotherhood.
  • The two can also be connected because in the prologue the narrator explains that people "ache with the need to convince [themselves] that [they] do exist in the real world" (4).
  • the narrator beats that man to become visible
  • jack resorts to misleading his fellow brothers only to advance the Brotherhood and to get it well known and out there

Work Cited

"Folklore Stories." American Folklore: Famous American Folktales, Tall Tales, Myths and Legends, Ghost Stories, and More. S.E. Schlosser, n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2015.

Harris, Joel Chandler. "Project Gutenberg's Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit." Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit. Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, 9 Aug. 2007. Web. 17 Feb. 2015.

Timko, Michael. "What happened to uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit?" World and I Sept. 2008. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 17 Feb. 2015.

Thornton Waldo Burgress. "The Adventures of Peter Rabbit." Boston Little, Brown, and Company. 1917.

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