Characters from Invisible Man

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

The Reverend Homer A. Barbee - This character is a blind preacher from Chicago of substantial rhetorical skill who gives the Founder's Day speech at the college.

Dr. A. Herbert Bledsoe - This character is called "Old Buckethead" by the students and is the president of the college.

Lucius Brockway - This character is the invisible man's irascible second supervisor at Liberty Paints.

Brother Tod Clifton - This character is the leader of the Brotherhood youth. When the Brotherhood fails, he plunges into despair, becomes a street peddler and is ultimately killed by...
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