Liberty Paints
The narrator's first job is in a highly patriotic paint company most famous for its Optic White paint color. Whee-oo! Whee-oo! Symbolism alert! When a novel explicitly about the weird and evil line...
Vision and Sight
When there's a lot of talk about eyeballs in a book called Invisible Man, you just know something's up with sight. And you're right.Reverend Barbee gives a crowd-pleasing speech praising the Founde...
Sambo Doll
First things first: what the heck is a Sambo doll? In a word: racism. This little puppet is racism encapsulated. It's a caricature of a black man drawn along the crude and evil lines of mid-century...
The Battle Royal Briefcase
If you're anything like us, you hung on to some childhood trinkets for way too long. Maybe it was a "Everyone's A Winner!" tee-ball trophy, or a crown from an elementary school play. And, at some p...