“I was strongly attracted and I looked in spite of myself (Ellison 182).” Ellison placed this woman in the midst of these men as a symbol of something they would never be able to attain. As the scene takes off the narrator reveals another symbol the white woman carries on her body. The narrator realizes as his eyes wander along her body an American flag tattooed on her stomach. The placement of the tattoo on the womans body symbolizes the equality black men and white men will never share. The narrator desires the white woman, as they desire freedom and equality. “I felt a desire to spit upon her as my eyes brushed slowly over her body (Ellison 182).” The narrator desires the white woman just as he desires freedom and equality as the white men have. He also craves for equality as he does the ability to love this white woman. The act in itself was used as a form of embarrassment from the white men of power towards the black
“I was strongly attracted and I looked in spite of myself (Ellison 182).” Ellison placed this woman in the midst of these men as a symbol of something they would never be able to attain. As the scene takes off the narrator reveals another symbol the white woman carries on her body. The narrator realizes as his eyes wander along her body an American flag tattooed on her stomach. The placement of the tattoo on the womans body symbolizes the equality black men and white men will never share. The narrator desires the white woman, as they desire freedom and equality. “I felt a desire to spit upon her as my eyes brushed slowly over her body (Ellison 182).” The narrator desires the white woman just as he desires freedom and equality as the white men have. He also craves for equality as he does the ability to love this white woman. The act in itself was used as a form of embarrassment from the white men of power towards the black