Observation

This question requires candidates comment on the significance of the narrator’s battle with Monopolated Light and Power. Most candidates could not capture the events of the struggle.

Candidates were expected to discuss:

• The themes of racial discrimination, invisibility, identity crisis and violence
• The character identification of the narrator and Monopolated Light and power.
• The ‘battle’: the narrator fights Monopolated Light and Power by illegally tapping electricity supply from the plant. He deliberately wastes the power that he steals
• Implications of the battle: the narrator realises his visibility from the battle. He uses the battle to protect himself from further extortion from the company. The battle emphasises black resilience against white dominance
• Significance of the battle: the narrator discovers his own ingenuity. He finds out that his invisibility defines the typical culture and character of white supremacy. It is symbolic of the narrator’s defiance of the system of white domination. It gives him an opportunity to become an inventor
• Most candidates gave shallow answers and as a result, earned low marks.