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   How well does the narrator truly know himself?

   The narrator has difficulty understanding himself and his choices.

   He often vacillates back and forth between binaries, expressing ambivalence about truly inhabiting one identity. He has opinions and beliefs that he ruminates on in his autobiography, yet he rarely takes the time to delve into exactly why he possesses those opinions and beliefs.

   He falls into lassitude quite easily, staying in situations far too long for what they can actually offer him.

   The autobiography of an ex colored man chapter 11 summary

   This can be seen in his becoming a gambler instead of remaining gainfully employed and working toward his goals and his traveling around Europe working for a rich white man and ignoring his own ambitions. When he does make the decisive choice to pass as white, he cannot remain convinced that this was the right decision.

   He is full of doubts and recognizes those doubts exist, but he does not prob