What if Hamlet had been invisible? Much like the narrator in Invisible Man, Hamlet seems to have anger issues, that lead to him, ahem, exploding with fury whenever his anger has been built up inside of him for too long? However, making Hamlet invisible might only add to the mischeif that he gets into, because then no one would be able to see him- or perhaps it is this very reason the Hamlet should have been invisible. But I guess that really just depends on your definition of 'invisible'. In the OED, 'invisiblity' is defined first and foremost as "not visible to the eye, either characteristically or because hidden'. Maybe the invisble narrator is only invisible because he wishes to be invisible. He has always been the subject of humiliation, deciet, torture, and the likes. If I was subjected to everything that he had been subjected to, then I would probably want to be invisible too, wouldn't you? But I guess Hamlet couldn't have been invisible then, because how else would he and Ophelia have drank Capri Sun together? I would think it would really be kinda hard to do that with an invisible dude, but maybe thats just me.
Has anyone else noticed alot of teeth action in Invisible Man? I noticed it first right after the narrator got into the fight with Brockway, and after that, I keep seeing teeth and biting popping up. And the way that the narrator says "the old man bit me!" (or something along those lines) makes me think of someone who has been stabbed in the back by one that they trusted. What a shock that must have been to the narrator (literally haha) when he found out that he had been betrayed by Brockway. Not that electrical shock therapy is a laughing matter.
And Brother Jack! Ah Brother Jack, I should have known that we would see a Jack. It has been quite awhile since we have seen an All the King's Men connection, afterall. The two Jacks seem similar enough (although I am not going to pretend to know alot about Jack Burden because I will admit that I never did finish All the King's Men... it was just one of those books for me that I picked up when I really wanted to fall asleep, sorry Mrs. Clinch); both in politics, both working for the 'greater good' (whatever that is), and above all else, recruiting others to their cause, no matter how much deception may be involved. I must say, I'm curious to see who we meet next.
A now for a quick rant about Senior year. It really kinda sucks. While I am glad to be taking most of the classes that I am (I wish I had not listened to my mother when she told me to take College Accounting- what does she know?), its starting to feel like its really just one thing after another. As soon as we get a break in one class, we have something in another. I think high schoolers deserve those naps more than kindergardeners do. We certainly do more. And supposedly, we need to get more sleep now than we have in years past, or will need to in years to come. Ain't that a kicker.
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