I thought the opening chapter to Invisible Man was interesting, but it was very chaotic. There was a lot of stuff happening, and it was all happening very quickly. That said, it was an easy read, like most have said. I'm not sure if this story is based on anything that really happened, but it seemed so odd to me that all of those drunk white men would be so adamant about this fight, then give the narrator a chance to speak at the end, and then applaud him on top of that. Another thing I thought was weird was the scene where the fighters all enter and find this naked woman dancing in the middle of everyone. Maybe it was the graphic description that caught me off guard, but her purpose in the story seemed strange.
I know that this was only the first chapter of a long story, but I feel like I would have been able to get a lot more out of it if I knew where it was going. The chapter does seem to cover a time period and tell a well-rounded story, I'm just not sure what it's significance is.
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