At some point, the Invisible Man realizes that he can never shake off the image of a Southern boy. As he heads north, the narrator discovers that there is a new level of freedom for black people compared to the south. But when he orders breakfast one morning, the waiter assumes he would like a typical Southern meal. The waiter thinks that because of the invisible man's initial appearance and behavior and the way the young white man was raised, he won't let him order what he wants. These indicators represent how little freedom to be himself the narrator has, no matter where he goes. Likewise, some African Americans are still tied to their past. Part of a chain gang in the South and later on the run, Brother Tarp is presented as a strange member of the Brotherhood who firmly believes in the memory of days gone by and continues to suffer from the injuries he suffered in during his nineteen years of slavery. ; his persistent limp attests to the permanence of these injuries (publisher SparkNotes). Even though it reminds him of pain, he still wears his chains as if he is still tied to these cruel events. He is an example of how, even though he is supposedly free, the past can challenge a person's identity. Third, the Invisible Man is misidentified as Rinehart's character, causing him to become