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harrowing發(fā)音

英：['h?r????]　　美：[?h?ro??]

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harrowing中文意思翻譯

adj. 悲痛的, 難受的

動詞harrow的現(xiàn)在分詞形式

harrowing常見例句

1 、You guys went through something harrowing, and you should be commended.─── 你們經(jīng)歷了可怕的事 應(yīng)該受到贊揚

2 、a harrow with a series of disks set on edge at an angle───在角落的邊上有一系列圓盤的耙機(jī)

3 、Soil being prepared for the planting of a crop is cultivated by a harrow or plow.───準(zhǔn)備種植作物的土壤則是由耙或犁來整地。

4 、"Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes, Or will he harrow the valleys after you?───你豈能用套繩將野牛籠在犁溝之間．他豈肯隨你耙山谷之地。

5 、She told us a harrowing tale of misfortunes.───她告訴我們一個悲慘的故事。

6 、Wicket and Cindel braved the Endor wilderness together, surviving a harrowing brush with a condor dragon, before discovering a peaceful hut in the middle of the forest.───威克特和辛德爾一起逃進(jìn)恩多的荒野，逃過了一只禿鷲龍（condordragon）的襲擊，在森林里找到了一所寧靜的小屋。

7 、It tells the harrowing story of two student friends who exploited when one seeks a backstreet abortion.───如遇歌曲不能播放，系歌曲鏈接失效，請諒解！

8 、power-driven reciprocating harrow───動力擺動耙

9 、to harrow someone's feelings───傷了某人的感情

10 、The farmers harrow was broken during his working.───中文:農(nóng)夫正在勞動的時候，耙子斷了。

11 、To see someone killed is a very harrowing experience.───"目睹他人遭到殺害,是一種使人十分痛苦的感受。"

12 、A heavy harrow for breaking clods of earth.───土耙打碎土塊的大耙

13 、Follow in the footsteps of Dr. Indiana Jones in a harrowing, life-or-death quest for the legendary Fountain of Youth.───為尋找傳說中的青春之泉,印第安瓊斯將帶領(lǐng)各位勇闖危機(jī)四伏的古老神殿。

14 、Of the nearly 1,500 claimants who had taken part in the Harrow trial, nearly a third changed their mind about needing benefit when they were told they were being subject to VRA.───在參加了Harrow試驗的1,500名索賠人之中，如果告訴他們他們需要通過測謊儀檢測，幾乎三分之一的人都會改變主意，不再提出福利要求。

15 、For a week Liu Yan-ling has been listening to the harrowing stories of women and children, especially.───劉燕玲（譯音）在這一周里聽著婦女孩子們講的她們的故事，“孩子們告訴我，他們想上學(xué)，但學(xué)校已不存在了?！?/p>

16 、KJV] Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?───[新譯]你怎能用套繩把野牛系在犁溝呢?它怎肯跟著你耙山谷之地呢?

17 、light mounted 16-disk harrow───十六片懸掛輕耙

18 、I'll not have you harrowed by that sight.─── 我不想讓你去面對那個場景

19 、The company mainly produces a variety of machines with disk plow, disc harrow, agricultural disc, tillage spade, hoe teeth, and other farming machinery and accessories.───公司主要生產(chǎn)各種規(guī)格的機(jī)引圓盤犁、圓盤耙、農(nóng)用圓盤、松土鏟、鋤齒等耕作機(jī)械及配件。

20 、More than 500 Chinese pupils joined elite boarding schools such as Roedean,Charterhouse, Malvern and Harrow in 2000, with at least as many again expected to follow suit this academic term.───2000年，有500多名中國的中、小學(xué)生進(jìn)入了英國名流寄宿制學(xué)校，如羅頓、卡特豪斯、莫爾文和哈羅等學(xué)校，而且至少還有這么多人期望像他們一樣接受這種學(xué)校的教育。

21 、A harrow machine remote control system based on Kingview and PLC───基于組態(tài)王與PLC的遠(yuǎn)程控制系統(tǒng)

22 、Come on, crew, we're in for a harrowing adventure.─── 船員們 要開始大冒險咯

23 、A report in The Sun gave harrowing details of the body, but we've learned the "autopsy report" was fabricated and completely false.───從太陽報流出的報導(dǎo)對他的遺體做了不堪的描述，但那份驗尸報告根本完全錯誤。

24 、The disc harrow is broken; go and find someone to repair it immediately.───圓盤耙壞了，快去找個人來修一修吧！

25 、a harrowing experience which.lay dormant but still menacing&b{Charles Jackson)───埋在心底令人痛苦但仍有威脅的經(jīng)歷(查爾斯 杰克遜)

26 、The farmer's harrow was broken during his working.───農(nóng)夫正在勞動的時候，耙子斷了。

27 、heavy-duty semi-mounted disk harrow───半懸掛重型圓盤耙

28 、Harrow didn't do any work on the third.─── 三號那天哈羅沒進(jìn)行任何尸檢

29 、Harrow is happy that VRA acts as a deterrent, but they do not say that is all it does.───Harrow很滿意語音風(fēng)險分析系統(tǒng)的威嚇作用，但該委員會并沒有說這就是該系統(tǒng)的全部功能。

30 、A light harrowing will follow to cover the seed───再用輕耙在后面蓋種。

31 、Here he finds all kinds of corruption.It is especially shocking when he unearths a huge graveyard of dead prisoners.His harrowing discoveries lead to vast prison reforms.───失去自由的夏理，發(fā)現(xiàn)在獄內(nèi)滿是各種的賄賂行為，濫用職權(quán)及打斗等情況比比皆是，更為可怕的是這里竟然有一個埋葬著多名囚犯尸體的大型墳?zāi)?，他們的死因不明?/p>

32 、plough and harrow again and again───三犁三耙

33 、"It's a tragic end to a program that dozens of people have put their hearts and souls into," said NPWS spokesman John Dengate, describing the act of ending Colin's life as "harrowing".───一些澳洲人指責(zé)有關(guān)官員沒有盡力救“科林”和設(shè)法給它喂食。先前試圖引導(dǎo)幼鯨回到公海的行動也未能成功，“科林”頑固地緊靠游艇不肯離開。

34 、There were also harrowing reports from the scene of a school collapse in Dujiangyan city - south-east of the epicentre - where 900 students were buried and at least 50 dead.───同時，不幸的消息傳來，在震央東南部的都江堰，一所學(xué)校坍塌現(xiàn)場，900名學(xué)生被埋，至少50名死亡。

35 、Between me and civilization was a valley, a long and harrowing drive down a dirt track and a farm filled with demented Emus.───一條山谷，一段勞頓的車途，和擠滿了狂亂的食火鳥的農(nóng)場將我和俗世文明隔開。

36 、However,there still are sone problems in such as not being paid enough attention,harrow application in QOL and Simple measureme...───但生命質(zhì)量評價在我國應(yīng)用中還存在重視程度不夠、應(yīng)用范圍不廣、測量手段單一等問題。

37 、A mainly residential district of northeast Greater London. It is the site of the public school Harrow, founded in1571.───哈羅大倫敦東北部一個建于1571年的主要住宅區(qū)，是哈羅公學(xué)所在地

38 、As China is a vast ancient country with a rich and sophisticated cultural heritage, writers about Chinese culture are confronted by the harrowing question of what to write about and how to write.───中國文化博大精深，要介紹什么和如何介紹確實是一個很值得研究的問題。

39 、light mounted 24-disc harrow───二十四片懸掛輕耙

40 、More than 500 Chinese pupils joined elite boarding schools such as Roedean, Charterhouse, Malvern and Harrow in 2000, with at least as many again expected to follow suit this academic term.───2000年,有500多名中國的中、小學(xué)生進(jìn)入了英國名流寄宿制學(xué)校,如羅頓、卡特豪斯、莫爾文和哈羅等學(xué)校,而且至少還有這么多人期望像他們一樣接受這種學(xué)校的教育。

41 、She was kept under the harrow.───她備受折磨。

42 、After treating Sucre, Sara has harrowing flashbacks of the Panamanian torture cell and Gretchen.───在診治過蘇克雷以后，那些格雷琴在巴拿馬虐待折磨她的可怕情景再次映入莎拉的腦海。

43 、He went to Harrow and to Trinity College, Cambridge, where, amongst other eccentricities, he kept a bear.───他到哈羅學(xué)校和劍橋大學(xué)的三一學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)，在學(xué)校里，他養(yǎng)了一只熊，而且還有其他一些古怪行為。

44 、heavy duty cutaway disc harrow───大型缺口圓盤耙

45 、Does the plowman plow all day long to sow his seed? Does he open and harrow his ground continually?───24那耕地為要撒種的，豈是終日耕地呢？豈是不斷開墾耙地呢？

46 、After a farmer had plowed his field, he would use a cutting harrow, standing on top of it.───刈耙在農(nóng)民將土翻松之后，用人站在刈耙上，由牛來拉。

47 、Toward the very end of his period as prime minister, he was invited to address the young boys at his old school, Harrow.───對他非常年底擔(dān)任總理期間，他應(yīng)邀來解決男孩在他的老同學(xué)，哈羅。

48 、heavy duty spike-tooth harrow───大型釘齒耙

49 、He is removing weeds with a harrow in the rice field.───他正在用耥耙給稻田除去雜草。

50 、Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?───你豈能用套繩將野?；\在犁溝之間。它豈肯隨你耙山谷之地。

51 、"a harrowing experience which . . . lay dormant but still menacing" (Charles Jackson)───“埋在心底令人痛苦但仍有威脅的經(jīng)歷”(查爾斯·杰克遜)

52 、Mounted Medium Duty Tandem Disc Harrow' is designed to break up the ground and it effectively cross discs green manures, trash etc.───1BQDX 懸掛輕型圓盤耙 主要適用于農(nóng)田的耕后碎土、播前整地、疏松土壤、土肥混合和輕質(zhì)土壤的滅茬作業(yè)。

53 、Scarlett Johansson is being lined up to play kidnap girl Natascha Kampusch in a Hollywood movie of her harrowing eight-year imprisonment in a concrete dungeon.───史嘉麗喬安森被選中出演好萊塢新**的女主角。此影片講述娜塔莎被綁架八年悲慘的地牢生活。

54 、Harrow is one of these institutions when I was there which at that time were really geared to train a n elite ruling class.───哈羅公學(xué)便是這些學(xué)院之一。在我在這些學(xué)院的那段時間里，他們確是打算將自己的學(xué)生培養(yǎng)成上層統(tǒng)治階級。

55 、You abandoned me during the most vulnerable and harrowing time in my life.─── 在我最脆弱最傷心的時候 你沒有管我

56 、There are harrowing reports from the scene of the collapse in Dujiangyan city - about 100km (60 miles) from the epicentre in Wenchuan county.───下面這條令人悲傷的報道來自都江堰市，這座城市距離震中汶川縣大約一百公里（六十英里）。

57 、Kidnapped Austrian teenager begins to tell harrowing story───奧地利遭綁架少女?dāng)⑹銎浔瘧K經(jīng)歷

58 、Wireless Harrow Monitoring and Control Systems for Fertilizer Plants───化肥廠耙料機(jī)無線監(jiān)控系統(tǒng)

59 、Harrow, R. (2005), No Place to Hide, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY.───專著：姓，首字母縮寫，（年份），書名，出版社，出版地。例如：

60 、Harrow bet he could stand there longer than me... naked.─── 哈羅都打賭說他能比我在里面呆得更久 裸體

61 、I'll take the iron harrow to the field.───今天下地干活要用上鐵耙了。

62 、Safe technical requirements for agricultural machinery operating--Disk harrow───GB16151.8-1996農(nóng)業(yè)機(jī)械運行安全技術(shù)條件圓盤耙

63 、It follows after three harrowing bars.Piano and orchestra swirl up into one blazing, diabolic cacophony in which the practised ear may detect the thumping opening theme of the movement.───三個悲痛猛烈的小節(jié)過后，鋼琴與交響樂團(tuán)卷入了強(qiáng)烈的魔鬼似的不和諧音中，老練的聽眾可以在其中辨別出樂章重?fù)舭愕拈_始主題。

64 、It says truth will harrow your soul because your inclination as a poor human thing is to lie and to live by lies.───它說真理會燒炙你的靈魂，因為蕓蕓眾生的習(xí)性就是說謊，并且依靠說謊而活。

65 、Harrow's not the only rebel around here.─── 哈羅不是這里唯一的叛逆者

66 、The subcommittee's harrowing report was virtually ignored by the news media.───委員會令人痛心的報告完全被新聞媒體所忽略。

67 、Filmed during the Nazi occupation of Denmark, Carl Dreyer's Day of Wrath (Vredens dag) is a harrowing account of individual helplessness in the face of growing social repression and paranoia.───一位被當(dāng)作女巫而即將被燒死的老婦女逃到了修道院，因為她母親也曾經(jīng)被當(dāng)作女巫燒死，是一位教士救了她。

68 、I first went to Harrow in the summer term.───今年夏天我第一次去了哈羅公學(xué)。

69 、If the plow, harrow, baskets, baskets and even the old customs of marriage married five barrels, furniture and so on, Chaoyang is the study of ancient residential buildings and tourist attractions.───如犁、耙、筐、籮以至舊俗婚娶的五桶、家私等等，是研究潮陽古代民居建筑和旅游參觀的景點。

70 、He was simply regarding the harrowing contingencies of human experience, the unexpectedness of things.───周圍一切物質(zhì)的東西，都在可怕地反復(fù)申明，它們不負(fù)責(zé)任。

71 、a harrow with a series of disks set on edge at an angle.───在角落的邊上有一系列圓盤的耙機(jī)。

72 、It's been a harrowing evening, sitting out there, worried about you.─── 我經(jīng)歷了非常痛苦的一晚 坐在外頭 為你擔(dān)心

73 、Among apprentices of the Circle, nothing is regarded with more fear than the Harrowing.───在法師議會的學(xué)徒中，沒有什么比痛苦儀式跟讓能令人恐懼。

74 、He went to Harrow and to Trinity College， Cambridge， where， amongst other eccentricities， he kept a bear.───他就讀于哈羅學(xué)校和劍橋大學(xué)的三一學(xué)院。在學(xué)校里，他養(yǎng)了一只熊，此外還有其他一些古怪行為。

75 、Harrow is a fabulous pathologist but he's like a painter.─── 哈羅是位傑出的病理學(xué)家 但他更像是一位畫家

76 、The 22-year-old is said to be the first Chinese mainland student to study at Harrow School and enter Oxford's Balliol College on a full scholarship.───22歲的薄瓜瓜曾是英國著名的哈羅公學(xué)首位大陸學(xué)生，后來獲得全額獎學(xué)金進(jìn)入牛津大學(xué)，成為巴利澳爾學(xué)院的首位大陸學(xué)生。

77 、On a large television screen the previous day, Elisabeth, 42, had confronted her father with the full horror of her 24-year ordeal in hour after hour of harrowing prerecorded testimony.───前幾天，42歲的伊麗莎白在一個巨大的電視屏幕上與父親對質(zhì)，這個事先就錄制好的證詞充滿了她24年來分分秒秒的殘酷經(jīng)歷。

78 、After three harrowing weeks on a ramshackle boat, he and 72 fellow Africans were dumped in the sea by their captain off Turkey's Aegean cast.───他和另外72名非洲人在一張破船上苦挨了三周后，他們的船長將他們?nèi)舆M(jìn)靠近土耳其海岸的愛琴海里。

79 、If you learn nothing else from the last few harrowing days, you shouldlearn the difference between what is obvious and what is inevitable.───如果你仍未從過去這幾個令人痛心的日子里得到什么啟示的話，那么你應(yīng)該了解“顯而易見”與“不可避免”之間的區(qū)別。

80 、You'll share your harrowing experiences in the field.─── 你會分享在戰(zhàn)場上的悲傷經(jīng)歷

81 、Author Brian Coe was the Curator of both the Kodak Museum in Harrow, England as well as Curator of the Royal Photographic Society at Bath, England.───作者布賴恩權(quán)證是館長雙方柯達(dá)博物館耙,英格蘭以及策展人的英國**攝影學(xué)會,在洗澡,英格蘭.

82 、Can you make him work with a plow or harrow if you provide him with the proper gear?───你豈能以繩索系住牠的頸項，叫牠隨你耕田？

83 、The article has described substance and its applicability of roll forging technology, advantages producing harrowing tooth with roll forging forming technology.───敘述了輥鍛工藝實質(zhì)及其適用性，用輥鍛成形工藝生產(chǎn)耙齒的優(yōu)點。

84 、to harrow one's finger with a knife───割傷了手指

85 、He was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.───他在哈羅學(xué)校與沙德赫斯特的英國**軍事學(xué)校受教育。

86 、And it was a harrowing ordeal for this week-old puppy.───對于一周大的小狗來說，這是一次痛苦的經(jīng)歷。

87 、When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and harrowing the soil?───24那耕地為要撒種的，豈是常常耕地呢？豈是常常開墾耙地呢？

88 、reciprocating power-driven tine harrow───動力驅(qū)動擺動式釘齒耙

89 、Fighting a spirit beast is harrowing, as the creature phases in and out of existence, rarely appearing in the same place twice during battle.───與一只幽靈巨獸戰(zhàn)斗是痛苦的,該生物若隱若現(xiàn)地存在著,在戰(zhàn)斗中很少在同一地點出現(xiàn)兩次.

90 、In the same way,there was a slight improvement on the soil water content in the fallow,water use efficiency and wheat yield for the no-tillage plus subsoiling due to the harrowing operation.───對免耕+深松耕作法增加播前耙地作業(yè)后，小麥地休閑期蓄水效果和水分利用效率得到一定程度的提高，產(chǎn)量略有增加。

誰有威爾斯的《隱身人》英文版簡介及主人公簡介

我知道他是英國歌特**家.

誰有威爾斯的《隱身人》英文版簡介及主人公簡介

http://www.online-literature.com/wellshg/invisible/(這里有很詳細(xì)的介紹,不過你要有一定英語基礎(chǔ))

http://www.bartelby.com/1003/index.html(或者這里也可以)

下面是我為你找好的故事簡介:

“In our society, it is not unusual for a Negro to experience a sensation that he does not exist in the real world at all. He seems rather to exist in the nightmarish fantasy of the white American mind as a phantom that the white mind seeks unceasingly, by means both crude and subtle, to slay.” (“An American Dilemma: A Review,” Shadow and Act)

This quote from Ralph Ellison’s review of Swedish sociologist Gunnar Myrdal’s book An American Dilemma (which explores the roots of prejudice and racism in the U.S.) anticipates the premise of Invisible Man: Racism is a devastating force, possessing the power to render black Americans virtually invisible.

Hailed as a novel that “changed the shape of American literature,” Invisible Man traces the nightmarish journey of its unnamed narrator from his high school and college days in the South to his harrowing experiences in the North as a member of the Brotherhood, a powerful organization that purports to fight for justice and equality for all people but in reality exploits blacks and uses them to promote its own political agenda. By describing one man’s lifelong struggle to establish a sense of identity as a black man in white America, Ellison illustrates the powerful social and political forces that conspire to keep black Americans “in their place,” denying them the “inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” guaranteed to all Americans. (As numerous historians have pointed out, the U.S. Constitution explicitly excludes black Americans, who, until 1865, were perceived not as men, but as property.)

Often described as a bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, Invisible Man is the tale of a black man’s search for identity and visibility in white America. Convinced that his existence depends on gaining the support, recognition, and approval of whites—whom he has been taught to view as powerful, superior beings who control his destiny—the narrator spends nearly 20 years trying to establish his humanity in a society that refuses to see him as a human being. Ultimately, he realizes that he must create his own identity, which rests not on the acceptance of whites, but on his own acceptance of the past. Although Invisible Man received the prestigious National Book Award, some blacks feel that the novel perpetuates black stereotypes. In addition, some black scholars criticized the novel for not being sufficiently “revolutionary” and not accurately depicting “the black experience.” Ellison’s attitude towards these critics is perhaps best summarized in his classic response to a reporter during a 1973 interview: “I’ll be my kind of militant.” Black feminists also criticized the novel, pointing to the lack of positive female characters, and noting that the women in the novel are all prostitutes, sex objects, or caregivers. Despite these criticisms, Ellison’s novel, regarded as a classic of American literature, enjoyed immense popularity.

Published in 1952, more than a decade before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 declared racial segregation illegal, Invisible Man has been praised for its innovative style and unique treatment of controversial subject matter. The violence and racial tension depicted in Invisible Man foreshadow the violence engendered by the Civil Rights Movement in cities across the U.S. The action of Invisible Man spans approximately 20 years, tracing the narrator’s life from his high school graduation in Greenwood, South Carolina, to his involvement in the Harlem Riot of 1943. By tracing the narrator’s journey from the rural South to the urban North, the novel emulates the movement of the slave narratives, autobiographies written by formerly enslaved black Africans that trace their escape routes from bondage in the South to freedom in the North. One of the most famous slave narratives is Frederick Douglass’ autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, published in 1845. This fact is important to our understanding of Invisible Man, because Frederick Douglass (like the narrator’s grandfather) symbolizes the ghost of slavery alluded to at several critical points in the novel.

The narrator’s path also traces the path of thousands of Southern blacks who moved to the North during the 1930s and 40s in search of better jobs and new opportunities during the Great Migration.

Call and response—a concept rooted in the traditional Negro sermons in which the pastor’s impassioned call elicits an equally impassioned response from the congregation—is one of the defining elements of African American literature. With this in mind, Invisible Man can be read as a response to Langston Hughes’ poem, “Harlem,” which poses the question, “What happens to a dream deferred? . . . Does it explode?” According to Ellison, who also explores the myth of the American Dream, the answer is a resounding, “Yes!” In addition to Langston Hughes, the two authors who had the greatest influence on Ellison’s writing style were T. S. Eliot and Richard Wright. Ellison was especially intrigued with Eliot’s Wasteland, a poem that explores the spiritual wasteland of contemporary society, and with Wright’s acclaimed protest novel, Native Son, and his nonfiction work, 12 Million Black Voices, which Ellison felt was even more powerful than Native Son. Ellison was also influenced by H.G. Wells’ science fiction novel, The Invisible Man, and Richard Wright’s short story, “The Man Who Lived Underground.”

A complex, multi-layered novel, Invisible Man can be read as an allegory (a story with both a literal and symbolic meaning that can be read, understood, and interpreted at several levels) that traces the narrator’s perilous journey from innocence to experience, and from blind ignorance to enlightened awareness. Invisible Man can also be read as a quest narrative. Like Homer’s Odyssey and Dante’s Divine Comedy—both of which are alluded to in the novel—Invisible Man involves a symbolic journey to the underworld, where the narrator must meet and defeat various monsters—such as Brother Jack—and overcome seemingly impossible trials in order to return home.

Ellison’s use of inverted reality, creating a world that mirrors the reality of the white world, is a key structural element in Invisible Man. In the narrator’s world, black is white, up is down, light is darkness, and insanity is sanity. This structural device is used to illustrate that blacks, due to their perceived inferior status in American society, often experience a radically different reality than whites, creating the illusion that blacks and whites live in two different worlds. The white man’s American dream is the black man’s nightmare, and behavior deemed normal for whites is deemed abnormal (or crazy) for blacks. A key example is the novel’s closing scene: The narrator returns to his underground home, the basement (coal cellar) of a whites-only apartment building. Although this can be viewed as a physical move down into darkness and despair, in the narrator’s inverted reality, his return to his underground habitat illustrates a psychological move up towards awareness and enlightenment.

Unlike conventional novels that present a series of related sequential events, Invisible Man consists of a series of seemingly unrelated scenes or episodes—often expressed in the form of stories or sermons—linked only by the narrator’s comments and observations. In this way, the structure of the novel mirrors the structure of a jazz composition, players stepping forward to perform their impromptu solos, then stepping back to rejoin their group.

The structure also emulates the oral tradition of preliterate societies. Passed down orally from generation to generation, their stories embodied a people’s culture and history. In the novel, each character’s story can be viewed as a lesson that contributes to the narrator’s growth and awareness, bringing him closer to an understanding of his own people’s culture and history.

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Invisible Man features a long and complex cast of colorful characters the narrator meets on his quest for meaning and identity who function on both a literal and symbolic level. Many are simply ordinary, everyday people living ordinary, everyday lives. Because their significance depends solely on how the narrator chooses to see them, none can be clearly designated as major or minor characters.

Following are brief descriptions of the key characters, listed in order of their appearance in the novel.

The South (Greenwood, South Carolina)

The narrator (the “Invisible Man”) A misguided, mis-educated young man whose quest for meaning and identity as a black man in white America leads him into numerous dangerous situations. Although he undoubtedly has a name, he remains nameless and “invisible” throughout the novel.

The grandfather The narrator’s ancestor and spiritual guide whose deathbed revelation haunts the narrator throughout the novel and serves as a catalyst for his quest. He appears in the novel only through the narrator’s memories.

The school superintendent The nameless white man who invites the narrator to give his high school graduation speech at the smoker, where he acts as master of ceremonies. After tricking him into participating in the battle royal, he rewards him with a calfskin briefcase and “a scholarship to the state college for Negroes.”

Jackson The most brutal, sadistic white man at the battle royal. Jackson’s overt racism and vicious—albeit thwarted—attack on the narrator foreshadows Brother Jack’s covert racism and equally vicious attack on the narrator’s psyche.

Tatlock The largest of the ten black boys forced to participate in the battle royal. Tatlock and the narrator are final contestants in the bloody boxing match, which results in a temporary deadlock. In the end, Tatlock defeats the narrator and proudly accepts his $10 prize.

Mr. Norton A white Northern liberal and multi-millionaire who provides financial support for Dr. Bledsoe’s college. A “smoker of cigars [and] teller of polite Negro stories,” Mr. Norton is a covert racist who hides his true feelings behind a mask of philanthropy.

The Founder Modeled after Booker T. Washington, founder of Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute, the Founder exemplifies the black American who rose “up from slavery” to achieve the American Dream. Although he does not appear in the novel, the Founder (like the grandfather) exerts a powerful influence on the narrator.

Dr. A. Hebert Bledsoe Known to his students as “Old Buckethead” because of his fondness for reciting the Founder’s famous speech on service and humility (“Cast Down Your Bucket”), Dr. Bledsoe is the president of the black college established by the Founder. Entrusted to fulfill the legacy of the Founder’s dream, Dr. Bledsoe destroys the dream to promote his own selfish interests.

Rev. Homer A. Barbee The blind Southern preacher from Chicago who visits the campus to deliver a moving sermon about the Founder’s life and death. Like his namesake (the blind poet Homer, author of The Odyssey and The Iliad), Reverend Barbee is a powerful orator and storyteller.

Jim Trueblood Although readers may tend to think of him primarily as the sharecropper who has sex with his teenage daughter, Jim Trueblood is the only true “brother” (“blood”) in the novel: He accepts full responsibility for his behavior, makes peace with his God, and fights for himself, his family, and his land.

Kate and Matty Lou Jim Trueblood’s wife and daughter, respectively.

Mr. and Mrs. Broadnax (Broad-in-Acts) The white couple who appear in Jim Trueblood’s dream. Mr. Broadnax, like Mr. Norton, is a racist who hides behind a mask of philanthropy.

The vet One of the shellshocked veterans at the Golden Day tavern. Because of his candid speech, his brutal honesty, and his refusal to act subservient toward whites, he is considered dangerous and hastily transferred to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, a mental institution in Washington, D.C.

Supercargo The warden/attendant who transports the veterans from the hospital to the Golden Day once a week. The veterans hate him because he represents the white power structure.

Big Halley The bartender at the Golden Day. Although Supercargo is officially charged with keeping order at the Golden Day, it is Big Halley who ultimately maintains control. He has his finger on the pulse of the black community.

Burnside and Sylvester Veterans at the Golden Day. Burnside is a former doctor. Sylvester leads the vicious attack on Supercargo.

Edna, Hester, and Charlene Black prostitutes at the Golden Day. Edna harbors sexual fantasies about white men and playfully propositions Mr. Norton.

Crenshaw The attendant who accompanies the vet to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital.