Out of curiosity I kept a list of all the stereotypes that the narrator was subjected to in the novel. By the end, I counted more than six labels that society placed on the narrator. These included the Pacifier (battle royal), the Savage (Sybil’s rape fantasy), the Criminal (blond man mugging), the Pimp (Rinehart disguise), the Good Slave (coin bank), and the Sycophantic Sloth (Sambo doll). Through experience the narrator found each of these typecasts to be inconsistent with how he saw himself. Although not using the same labels, I realized that society even at Roncalli still stereotypes people. Through preconceived prejudices we label classmates as Jocks, Geeks, Gamers, Brains, and Freaks just to name a few. Just as the narrator was made to feel insignificant or “invisible” to society, I wonder how many classmates we unintentionally make feel “invisible” by the labels we use and the way we treat them? Although the Invisible Man is set in the Deep South over 80 years ago, I realize its insights are as valid today as they were when first published.