In Chapter Three, Invisible Man takes Mr. Norton to the Golden Day,a local bar near the campus. This bar mainly serves the blacks and the black students on campus. Not only does it serve the blacks, but the Golden Day serves also hospitalized war veterans. It is in this chapter that the war veterans are occupying the Golden Day when Invisible Man brings Norton to revive him from the shock of listening to Trueblood's story. Just as Invisible Man brings the dazed Mr. Norton into the Golden Day, all order is lost with the war veterans. As their caretaker is away with a woman, the war veterans create chaos as they rebel against the authoritative figure that the caretaker represents. A ruckus explodes within the bar and violence is repeated in this chapter as Invisible Man tries to revive Mr. Norton and to leave quickly with him.

As the rebellion is taking place, Mr. Norton continues to stay in the same state, that of bewilderment. Mr. Norton is taken to an upstairs room and is treated for shock by a war veteran. The vet claims that he is not crazy and is merely placed at the hospital cause there is nothing else for him to do. He explains to Norton his belief of the white man's trying to conform the black students and people to the ways in which they desire them to live. He says to Norton, "To you he is a mark in the scorecard of your achievement, a thing and not a man; a child or even less--a black amorphous thing. And you, for all your power, are not a man to him, but a God, a force--" (95). Hearing this, Norton becomes angry and wishes to leave. Invisible Man and Norton leave the Golden Day and, as Invisible Man drives Norton back to the school, Norton sits in silence, immensely angry.

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Other Chapters

Prologue| Chapter 1| Chapter 2| Chapter 3| Chapter 4| Chapter 5| Chapter 6| Chapter 7| Chapter 8| Chapter 9| Chapter 10| Chapter 11| Chapter 12| Chapter 13| Chapter 14| Chapter 15| Chapter 16| Chapter 17| Chapter 18| Chapter 19| Chapter 20| Chapter 21| Chapter 22| Chapter 23| Chapter 24| Chapter 25| Epilogue