![]() ![]() “The myriad problems faced by the nameless narrator of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man: the cruel disillusionments he undergoes with Dr. Stealing electricity from the city, he lives underground invisible to the rest of the world. In the beginning of the book he is figuratively invisible, by the end of the book he is literally invisible. Despite the places he goes and relationships he builds, the world continues to ignore him. The audience is able to watch events unfold as he interacts with society and the people around him. This is because the main character –the invisible man- is Black. The invisibility is also figurative, “I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me” (Ellison 3). Invisibility is literal because he is ignored by mainstream society. He is invisible both literal and physical. It tells the story of a nameless man who is invisible. Invisible Man is an American literary classic. ![]()
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