Similarly, as Bledsoe’s life reveal the unattainability to achieve true identity due to the influence of society, an additional character, Brother Jack, also reaffirms Ellison main message of identity. Jack’s blindness also reveals the failure to take control, resulting in the inability to personalize one’s identity. In a few scenes after the main character’s speech in Clifton’s funeral, a conflict emerges between the Brotherhood and the main character. Within this argument, it can be seen that Jack and the Brotherhood do not accept the main character’s speech and are attempting to put the main character back where he belongs, under the influence of the whites. This consequently turns the main character into a tool for the Brotherhood to use