While the Invisible Man is being unveiled, he is in a sate of confusion. While attempting to remember his past in this state the motif of sex appears only as a suggestion in his past. A sexually suggestive memory of a woman comes through lyrics of, "You can't see her pot for the steam..." While this is not explicit, the pot is a symbol for her vagina, and while keeping sex non-explicit Ellison shows that sex was and is not a major identifier for the Invisible Man.
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