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Self-Reliance And Self Discovery In Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison

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In the fiction novel, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, the narrator struggles with self-reliance and self-discovery. Often times he foolishly believes that others have his best interest in mind, which allows him to get taken advantage of, especially in the Brotherhood. The narrator finally finds himself and becomes independent after realizing people’s perspectives of him and their true intentions, which causes him to see how he wasted so much time in hibernation, as well as trying to meet the expectations of other people. The narrator was more concerned with the needs of other people rather than his own and many characters who he trusted betrayed him by using the narrator’s kindness against him and for their own good. The Brotherhood tricked
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