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The Ideologies of the chum salmonhood in Invisible Man       And he had hardly settled himself when he stared at my desk, saying, What you got there, sidekick?  and pointed toward a pile of my papers.  I leaned late back in my chair, looking him in the eye.  Thats my work, I said coldly, firm to stop any interference from the start.   unless I mean that, he said, pointing, his eyes beginning to blaze, that there.   Its work, I said, all my work.   Is that too?  he said, pointing to Brother Tarps leg link.   Thats just a personal present, Brother,  I said.  What could I do for you?   That aint what I asked you, Brother.  What is it?   I picked up the link and held it toward him, the metal oily and peculiarly skinlike now with the slanting sun entering the window.  Would you care to examine it, Brother?  One of our members wore it nineteen years on the chain gang.   Hell no He recoiled.& nbsp i mean, no, thank you.  In fact, Brother, i dont think we ought to catch such things around   You think so,  I said.  And just why?   Because I dont think we ought to dramatize our differences.   Im not dramatizing anything, its my personal property that happens to be assembly on my desk. But people can see it   Thats true, I said.  But I think its a good reminder of what our movement is scrap against.   No, suh  he said, shaking his head, no, suh  Thats the worse kind of thing for Brotherhood - because we insufficiency to make folks think of things we have in common.  Thats what makes Brotherhood.  We have to stir this way we have of always talking about how different we are.  In the Brotherhood, we are all brother.   I was amused.  He was obviously disturbed by something deeper than a need to forget differences.  Fear was in his eyes.  I neer thought of it just that way, Brother,  I said, dangling the iron between my digit and thumb. But you want to think about it, he said.  We have to written report ourselves.