Burnside is a former doctor. Sylvester leads the vicious attack on Supercargo. Edna harbors sexual fantasies about white men and playfully propositions Mr. Crenshaw The attendant who accompanies the vet to St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Ras the Exhorter later Ras the Destroyer Modeled after renowned black leader Marcus Garvey, Ras is a powerful orator and black nationalist leader who believes that integration with whites is impossible.
He is violently opposed to the Brotherhood. Young Mr. Emerson Mr. Emerson's presumably homosexual son. Because he himself is alienated from society, young Emerson empathizes with the narrator and shows him the contents of Dr. Bledsoe's letter, addressed to his father.
He also tells him about the job opening at the Liberty Paint Factory. MacDuffy Personnel manager at the Liberty Paint Factory who hires the narrator as one of several blacks chosen to replace white union workers out on strike. Kimbro Superintendent at the Liberty Paint Factory, known to his employees as "the Colonel" and "slave driver.
Lucius Brockway The black man in charge of mixing paints and regulating the pressure on the boilers in the basement of the Liberty Paint Factory. Terrified of losing his job, Brockway causes the explosion that lands the narrator in the factory hospital. Like Dr. Bledsoe, Brockway is a "gatekeeper" who jealously guards his position and does his best to keep other blacks — whom he views as potential competitors for his job — out of the company.
Mary Rambo The kindly, black Southern woman who cares for the narrator after his release from the factory hospital. Although she lives in Harlem, Mary refused to let the corruption of the big city destroy her spirit. Sister and Brother Provo The elderly couple evicted from their Harlem apartment. In an attempt to disguise himself and protect himself from further physical attack, the narrator purchases a pair of sunglasses with dark green lenses. The narrator augments his disguise with a large hat.
Hambro informs him that the Brotherhood intends to sacrifice its influence in the Harlem community to pursue other, wider political goals. At this point in the novel, the narrator finally loses the illusion that he can remain a free individual within the Brotherhood.
He learns that the condition for membership in the Brotherhood is blind obedience to its ideology. Just as his college hired him to show Mr. Norton only what the college wanted Mr. Norton to see, the Brotherhood has hired him to say only what it wants people to hear, to be like the dancing Sambo doll, playing a role defined by the Brotherhood. Related Searches. By continuing, I agree that I am at least 13 years old and have read and agree to the terms of service and privacy policy.
Why do I need to sign in? EduRev is a knowledge-sharing community that depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. What do I get? Forgot Password. Enter OTP. Author Gunjan Lakhani. Views A black preacher from Chicago, Barbee gives a rousing sermon about the Founder , describing the early years of the black college.
After the speech, the narrator realizes that Barbee is blind. Ignorant of any important information, Sybil is more interested in playing out a rape fantasy with the narrator. Young Emerson attempts to help the narrator , exposing Dr. Influenced by his analysis, young Emerson asks the narrator if two strangers can ever really speak honestly with one another. An old foreman at Liberty Paints. Brockway is not an engineer, but is the only person who knows the secrets of how Liberty Paints are manufactured.
He is gladly subservient to his white boss. A patient at the mental hospital near the college, the ex-doctor was once a successful brain surgeon in France. However, he became convinced that his work could not bring him dignity in a racist society. The fictionalized founder of the unnamed black college, the Founder is similar to but different from the real-life Booker T. An insecure but zealous member of the Brotherhood, Wrestrum accuses the narrator of using the Brotherhood for his own self-interest.
A Brotherhood member and crony of Brother Jack. Brother Tobitt is proud of his marriage to his black wife. The bartender at the Golden Day.
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