Glass Eye

I feel that Brother Jack's glass eye is significant. Jack states that the glass eye justifies his authority and shows the sacrifice he has made for the Brotherhood. However, the narrator later retorts that the sacrifice of the leaders is of their own doing and is justified as they have authority and knowledge of their own actions. What is not right is the sacrifice of the lower members who do not have say (kind of like taxation--> taxation of senators is definately justifiable as they are the one who spend the money, while taxation of those who are not represented is wrong because these people have no say in government and do not benefit, but give all the sacrifice).
More importantly the loss of an eye represents the white perspective towards their black conterparts. Jack's half-blindness causes him to compensate for his handicap by predicting people's action and having the authority to know where people are at all times. The narrator did not know this until it was too late. In the same way, the white leaders of the Brotherhood appear to be all seeing and empathetic to both the white world and the black world, but rather they only see one perspective--the white perspective on racism--just as Jack can only see through one eye, even though he pretends to see out of his dead eye just as the white leaders pretend to see the black perspective. Furthermore, the white leaders place extensive authority on the black brothers, wanting to know their whereabouts and motives, not because they actually have interest in the movement, but rather so they can promote their own interests and have full confidence in their power.