First and Last Quotes

“I am an invisible man.”

This is from the book, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. The book was first published in 1952. This book covers racial values in a time where African Americans were treated very poorly. This is the first person story about a man trying to find who he really is by having flashbacks to the Civil War Era. Though this story is mostly told from New York, it starts in South Carolina.

It sounds like an interesting book, but I don't think it is quite my cup of tea. I'm more for the books with some supernatural events that happen. And tell you the truth, I'm not much for books that are about racial issues either. I get that they can be a big deal, but I don't see what makes the book relevant to today's world.

“In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking- chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.”

This is a quote from Sister Carrie Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser and first published in 1900. It is the story two people. A girl who ends up being an actress after a life of low paying jobs and a man who is financially well off and ends up on the streets. Their lives soon clash and Carrie begins supporting him with money and a house. But despite of all that, the man is not satisfied and he commits suicide. Carrie then states this quote, saying that she can never again feel happiness.

I don't think this book is my cup o' tea either. I do really like the quote. In so many ways that quote is what many people in today's world may not say, but they may be feeling like that. I feel like my quote that I used from The Count of Monte Cristo kind of reminds me of this quote and the quote fits in with the story line of The Count of Monte Cristo as well. So, maybe I would like it. I don't know, but I do not think I will read it.