"But suddenly the
yokel, rolling about in a gale of boxing gloves, struck a blow and knocked
the science, speed, and footwork as cold as a well-designer’s posterior."
The Invisible
Man is using himself in his metaphor. He is the yokel, the underdog.
After taking multiple hits for twenty years of his life and barely defending
himself at all he finds a way to remove himself from what seems to be the
un-winnable fight. By stepping into his opponent’s sense of time,
which the Invisible man accomplishes by going underground, he is able to
assert his power.
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