Numerous dualities pervade throughout Ralph Ellison's classic novel, "Invisible Man": sight and blindness, unity and separation, identity and invisibility, and abandonment and gain. ... Bledsoe wants him out of the college and to go to New York City. ... Several chapters later, when he sees the death of Tod Clifton, volition to step up for what he thinks is right ignites inside IM once again. ... He starts to recognize his invisibility when speaking with Brother Jack; "Well, I was and yet I was invisible, that was the fundamental contradiction. ... Like the two sides of a single coin, gai...

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James Joyce, in his novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, traces the growth and development of Stephen Dedalus as he experiences a life filled with filial, social, educational and religious constraints. ... In Chapter Two, Joyce introduces Stephen's acquaintance with Heron, who comes across very hostile during their first meeting (p. 70 544-548). ... Stephen, who has devoted much of his life to education, attends various institutions including Wood School run by Jesuits, Belvedere School when his family moves to Dublin, and the University College near the end of the novel. .....

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• Grade Level: High School