It is in this part of the novel, that the reader gets a clear understanding of what is going to happen to TIM before even reading the end which in this case is the beginning. TIM keeps on alluding to the lights that surround him. He explains that these lights are what defines his invisibility. He explains that without light he would not exist. TIM also foreshadows the novel's development by introducing to the reader the people in the novel that he will meet up with later. He is successful at doing this by not giving names directly to these people, but the reader knows that these people will reappear again in the story of his life. Seeing these people later on will explain why these people were mentioned in the Prologue. Character Analysis
TIM: a black male who is struggling with the visibilities of his past with his invisibility of the present He is not sure where exactly he is perceived as visible and when he is not.

A tall blond man: this is a white male that TIM accidentally bumps into on the street. This man is very significant in this chapter because he defines TIM's invisibility.

A beautiful girl: this girl once experienced invisbility herself and describes it as being a reoccurring nightmare. She helps TIM realize that without light in his life, he is also in a reoccurring nightmare.

Ras the Destroyer: he will have significance later on in the novel. Symbols
Light is a symbol that defines TIM's invisibility. This also represents the goals and ideas that he holds to himself. When there is no light, there is no invisibility. When there is no invisibility, there is no existence because it is with that light that he defines himself in the cruel world's society.

In the Prologue, TIM compares himself to a bear. The bear is a symbol of how he is invisible and asleep until someone disturbs his cave or comfort zone, then just like a bear, TIM attacks. TIM says he stays in his invisible world just as a bear stays in his cave to hibernate.

The darkness discussed at this point in the book represents the feeling of confusion that TIM experiences when he has not yet recognized his invisibility in the world of what seems to be a society full of darkness and evil. Motifs (Themes)
A reccurring theme or motif of the Prologue would be invisibility. This invisibility defines the whole novel. It is also a descriptive word as to what happens to those who do not conform to the norm of the greater, powerful society. This word is what gives birth to TIM.

Another reccurring theme would be the light that TIM keeps alluding to. This light gives the shape and form of TIM's human body. This light gives him existence in society. This light could be said to be TIM's mind. Setting
There is not one setting in the Prologue. The setting is based on the environment where TIM is going back to at a particular point and time in his life. His memory takes the reader to a chapel where a sermon is being preached, a street where he is being harrassed, and his apartment which symbolizes a bear's cave where he hibernates. It is at TIM's apartment where he feels most comfortable because there is no one to recognize his invisibility; his existence in his apartment does not matter. Quotations
"I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me" (3). This quotation is significant because it helps the reader to understand how TIM discovered his invisibility. He feels that if society were not there to observe his every move, his invisibility would not exist. Without society, in his opinion, he would not be in existence at all.

"I myself, after existing some twenty years, did not become alive until I discovered my invisibility" (7). This quotation states that TIM does not know exactly who he is until society asks him to conform; then he realizes that he is different. His difference from society then creates his invisibility.

"Light confirms my reality, gives birth to my form" (6). This quotation explains that TIM does not feel that he is a human form wothout his goals and ideas. His goals and ideas are the light.