1. Assumptions and Moral values in Society(Invisible Man)
Anne Bradstreet was the first published female poet. But in the time of Puritanism and strict moral codes, the progressive woman was looked down upon. The role of a woman was to cook, clean, milk the cows, and manage the household in the event of the absence of the man. But there were women like An...
When I was at the store the other day I saw a black man accuse a worker of being a racist because he checked the black man receipt and not mine. The black man was making a scene about this in front of his children. ... By this I mean the minorities feel that they have to talk like a white man, smell like a white man, laugh like a white man, feel like a white man in order to fit in with the white race. ... When people are brought up in a society that has these invisible acts of racism, it makes it hard for people to see that they are being discriminatory against people ...
Change seems to be the enemy of many characters in this novel, and it is the fear of change that causes Anne to lose the one man that she truly loved. ... Whether it is wearing a certain article of clothing or behaving a certain way in public, we all have participated in this invisible barrier that we call normal behavior. ... She becomes an individual only after she goes through the process of losing the man that she loves. ...
Anthem relates to the struggle of man with being free and fighting the masses of conformity.Mankind has been enslaved for many aspects such as race, gender, money, social status, and religion. ... The people worshipped each other as a collective and would recite like a prayer, "There are no men but only the great We, one invisible and forever" (Rand 19). ...