In Ralph Ellison's novel, "Invisible Man," the narrator is influenced by many. ... However, Ellison does not restrict himself to concerns of African-Americans because he believes that their culture is a disentangled part of American culture. Even though, Ellison still shows the narrator's struggle as an individual. ... Ellison first introduces the narrator's grandfather as the first metaphoric representation of Booker T. ...

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