This chapter opens by describing the beauty of the college campus. It is described very beautifully with the campus's hedges, flowers, birds, and towers. The Invisible Man switches seasons moving from summer to winter, and now he hears the sound of Christmas carols lingering in the air. This descriptive opening is told in a dreamlike state. Symbolism is prevalent throughout and can be found in almost every object mentioned. This "dream" is awakened with the "And oh, oh, oh, those multimillionaires!" (37).

It is here that a revolutionary road trip begins. The Invisible Man is hired to drive Mr. Norton around. When asked where he would like to go, Mr. Norton just tells the Invisible Man to drive around. While driving, the two men engage in some small talk, and we learn that Mr. Norton's daughter has died. He carries a picture of her with him. While driving farther and farther from the campus, they come along Trueblood's cabin.

Mr. Norton wants to take a closer look at this old log cabin. The two men decide to park and begin to talk to Trueblood. The reader now learns of the incest within Trueblood's family. Mr. Norton, after learning about the incest from The Invisible Man, becomes insistent about talking to Trueblood. His anxiousness alludes to the possibility that he too has committed incest with his daughter. Trueblood is fairly open about telling the story of what happens and starts relaying it to Mr. Norton and Invisible Man. They were all sleeping in the same bed to keep warm, and Trueblood starts to dream. His dream appears very strange with a hidden symbolic meaning. He enters a room full of white, and then sees a white woman come out. Soon a clock starts to strike and he begins to feel something wrong. He gets loose from the woman and runs for the clock. However, the dream ends up in a tunnel with a bright light ahead. Trueblood then finds himself in a lake. He swims out of the lake and is relieved to be back in the daylight. Trueblood then awakens from his dream on top of his daughter. He is confused and frightened that his wife will awaken.

The Invisible Man interrupts Trueblood to inform Mr. Norton that they need to leave or he will miss his appointment. Trueblood continues on with his story. . . Kate, his wife wakes up horrified at what she sees. First she takes his gun. Then she grabs an ax. Kate finally leaves a scar on the side of Trueblood's face using the ax. Mr. Norton has become very pale and says it is from the heat. Before leaving he gives Trueblood a hundred dollar bill. They then return to the car. In somewhat of a frenzy Mr. Norton asks The Invisible Man to drive out of here and go get some whiskey. The Invisible Man, because of fear that he will be blamed if something happens to Mr. Norton, follows his orders and takes him to the only place he can think of at that time, Golden Day.

Humility: Trueblood feels due to his actions.
Betrayal: Trueblood has betrayed his family.

Whiteness: The whiteness present in Trueblood's dream is very symbolic of pureness.
Dreams: Trueblood's dream.
White women: Mr. Norton's daughter.

"It was because I felt even as a young man that your people were somehow closely connected with my destiny" - Norton (41).

"As I listened I had been so torn between humiliation and fascination that to lessen my sense of shame had kept my attention riveted upon his intense face."-Invisible Man (68).

by Larissa Alcorn