Edgar Allan Poe's Misconceptions

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The first two paragraphs of the novel have an irritated, but also contradictory tone. The narrator knows that he is invisible, knows that he can't really do much about it, but is irritated by the misconceptions people have about being invisible. He says "[he is] not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor [is he] one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasm," which shows his irritation at being perceived as such. However, he later goes on to say that "...you strike out with your fists, you curse and you swear to make them recognize you. And, alas, it's seldom successful." People have these misconceptions about being invisible, which irritate the narrator, but in realizing he is invisible, he understands that there's really no way to
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