Question

"Come out of the fog, young man. And remember you don't have to be a complete fool in order to succeed. Play the game, but don't believe in it--that much you owe yourself." *

Answer 1

Answer:

Quoted from"The Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, these lines are spoken by the vet who had mocked the narrator's college and Mr. Norton.

Explanation:

Ralph Ellison's "The Invisible Man" tells the story of the narrator/ protagonist who had been accustomed to being "invisible", meaning he was unnoticed by people. Amidst the racial prejudice of the blacks by the whites, the young narrator finds it hard to fully comprehend the situation. And things turn for the worse when he showed the reality of life for the blacks to one of the college's benefactors which resulted in him getting expelled from the college.

But despite all that, he calmly accepted his mistake and asked for recommendation from the man. The letters did not endorse him but rather cheated him from any form of employment. The given quote is from Chapter 7, spoken by the vet who was his co-passenger in the bus for New York. He told the young man to "come out of the fog".  He advised him to try to "learn to look beneath the surface", be more conscious of the events around him so as not to be a victim.