The main character discards the remains of a ruine
The main character discards the remains of a ruined coin bank shaped like a grinning man that he destroys while staying in the apartment of a woman he barely knows named Mary. In one scene a man faints while visiting the Golden Day Tavern after a group of veterans start a brawl. Jim Trueblood's story of how he impregnated his own daughter horrifies the rich trustee Mr. Norton during a campus tour lead by the protagonist, who is ultimately expelled from college by Dr. Bledsoe. The narrator meets Tod Clifton when he joins The Brotherhood before Ras the Exhorter incites a violent race riot in Harlem at the end of this novel. For 10 points, name this novel narrated by a nameless black man, written by Ralph Ellison.
The main character discards the remains of a ruined coin bank shaped like a grinning man that he destroys while staying in the apartment of a woman he barely knows named Mary.
Invisible Man