Explain the following quotation "Some folks just live in filth," she said disgustedly. "Just let a little knocking start and here it comes crawling out. All you have to do is shake things up a bit." in Invisible Man

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Invisible Man

Explain the following quotation "Some folks just live in filth," she said disgustedly. "Just let a little knocking start and here it comes crawling out. All you have to do is shake things up a bit." in Invisible Man

Chapter 15

Asked by toya #345481 on 4/6/2014 2:14 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 4/6/2014 3:53 PM

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Answered by Aslan on 4/6/2014 3:53 PM

I suppose the cockroaches are a metaphor for cleaning out one's own life, the narrator's life. The Narrator had let himself live in filth so long, he had to shake things up to clean his life out.

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