The "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, published in 1952, describes the life of an African-American man made invisible by the cultural lenses of society. ... To support this claim, Ralph Ellison, the author, described the protagonist of the novel as a man wrought invisible by the people around him. ... (p.3) All throughout the novel, it is very interesting to note that Ellison has never mentioned the protagonist's name, but instead the readers are guided by the narrative and informed that he is given a new name as the plot develops, and intriguingly, the protagonist adapts to eac...

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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout this book Ralph Ellison uses metaphors for the world around the character. ... Ellison remarks on the hypocrisy embedded in Norton from the very beginning, mentioning that he has held the white man's burden for forty years. ... By making him partially blind, an injury he claims he took for the Brotherhood, Ellison implies that the Brotherhood too works as a blinding device. ...

• Word Count: 2101
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• Grade Level: High School