The Invisible Man Ralph Ellison

My Novel Ralph Ellison in the book, The Invisible Man, tells us a remarkable experience of a young black man outcoming horrible challenges and finds his true self. A young black man from the South who does not fully understand racism in the world. Filled with hope about his future, he goes to college, but gets expelled for showing the real and seamy side of black existence. He was unhappy with who he was, not being able to live normal. “Invisible Man”, what he called himself, he didn't know “what” he was. He moves to Harlem and is a orator for the Communist Party. He is praised and loved. He then gets dragged into a riot and and is driven’ in a manhole. While in that manhole he starts to understand himself. He thinks about all the unhappy

“I am not complaining , nor am I protesting either. It is sometimes advantageous to be unseen, although it is most often rather wearing on the nerves.” This shows that his identity has been dictated by white-dominated society. He first tried a humble attitude which got him expelled from his college. He then starts to move and takes him too far from the actual realities of being black in America. Also, his ego is very high, he goes by his word, throughout this novel,we see how his personality is changing, and how he is reborn. The way he is towards everyone shows us how much pride he has. Ralph states many oppositions that he goes through. In those arguments, it gives us a very weak tone. He always tried being someone he was not just to please white individuals. He was sad, and very unhappy with who he was because no one wanted to accept him for who he was. Don’t get this wrong, he did have acceptance with some individuals but it was rare. There a time where white men socialized with him but he had to get through a boxing match before he can give out his speech. After that brutal match, he finally got to say his speech but everyone ignored him while they were drunk and just all over the