Invisible Man Chapters 25 to END Reading Questions

Chapter 25

1. What causes the riot? → No one knows for sure who or what caused the riot. There are many interpretations about how it was caused.
2. Think about the Book of Revelations in the Bible. In what ways is Ras like one of the four horseman of the Apocalypse? → Ras is holding a spear that is taunting the narrator. He sends out men to hunt the narrator down and kill him. Ras is also riding a big black horse.
3. What drives the narrator underground? → The men that were sent by Ras to kill him. They pushed him into a manhole and take the latter away so he cannot escape. All they give him is a pack of matches.
4. What does the narrator do with the papers in his briefcase? How is this action symbolic? → The narrator burns down all of the documents contained inside the briefcase. This shows that the narrator is destroying his past.  

Epilogue

1. In what ways did the novel come into a full circle? --> The beginning(the prologue) is where the narrator has been throughout all these time. He is in a hole where he is truly invisible from the outer world.

2. Is this a satisfactory ending for the novel? --> I think that it kind of ended in a cliffhanger. I did not like the ending.