In 2017, the struggles of black Americans presented in “Invisible Man” is strikingly relevant to our political and social climate. Racism and prejudice has always been rampant in America, not just to blacks, but also other minority groups. With the recent presidential administration change, many people have felt more comfortable being blatantly racist towards minorities and although this is shocking and appalling it implies that many people were tamping down their racist opinions and were in fact never impartial to minorities in the first place. The fight for equality is very relevant now and will continue to be and I think this book is relevant in providing insight to people such as myself, a white American, who doesn’t have the experience to understand the prejudice that minorities …show more content…
What is the meaning of the work as a whole? Be sure to avoid one-word answers, topics, and clichés; phrase a sophisticated answer that illuminates the text’s meaning.
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison deals with race and racism, elements of the narrators life, which he does not examine until he is forced to and still though many naive actions he becomes aware that some people are intentionally sabotaging, him resulting in the Invisible Man becoming a cynic of others and what motivations them. Essentially, the novel is demonstrates the importance of examining taught social norms: moving beyond the limitations of thought presented to you and, instead, through experience discovering ones own belief system and philosophy for navigating the world.
7. In a letter penned from the Birmingham Jail in 1963, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. confesses his “disappoint[ment] with the white moderate,” claiming that “shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.” How does this idea of “the white moderate” manifest itself throughout the novel? What is Ellison saying about leadership and progress within pro-black