1. Why is the meeting with the Brotherhood described in terms of a dream?
Because everything feels unreal to the narrator and he is unsure of what to expect.
2. On p. 463, the members are said to have "flowed in one channel too long and too deeply." What does this mean?
That his feelings have been bottled up for too long.
3. Why does the Brotherhood object to the phrase "personal responsibility?"
Because no one has responsibility for anybody but themselves. Also that would imply that the narrator has power and authority, which the Brotherhood insists that he does not.
4. Contrast the reaction of the Brotherhood to the funeral speech to the audience's reaction to the graduation speech. Has the narrator come full circle?
The narrator received positive feedback from the graduation speech, but negative feedback from the funeral speech. Instead of saying what the Whites wanted to hear the narrator spoke his mind and what he truly believed. Once the Brotherhood began to critique his actions and speech he stood up for himself instead of just complying with them as he did with his graduation speech.
5. What is the significant of Brother Jack's glass eye? How does it develop the sight image that is throughout the book?
The eye symbolizes Jack's limited vision of the world, a vision without a perspective other than Jack's greediness and self-interest. Jack's limited vision makes the narrator feel as if he was invisible to the Brotherhood and Jack all along.
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