Analysis Of The Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison: The Invisible Man Ralph Ellison’s novel “Invisible Man” talks about racial issues of Negro life. Ellison expresses the challenges of assimilation of living in the White American society. The story focus on social class, race, and gender roles in African American culture. Ralph Ellison’s writing is engaging; he is able to fulfill major roles of encouragement and motivation to black lives. Also Ellison approaches the struggle of humanity towards the youth of black males. The battle royal scene in the novel exposes the conflict of man versus society in having justice and equality. The scene in battle royal is about how the woman is not being treated equally, she is a sex slave. Also Madison

Through the story Ralph Ellison reflects on the relationships between race and American identity that give exploration of African American strain (Parrish 422-423). Also the scene shows the difficulty the character went through just to survive to make a statement and could not even speak with the blood coming out of his mouth. The scene of battle royal is when the protagonist is being introduced to the white citizens of the town. The narrator states: “I was so moved that I could hardly express my thanks. A rope of bloody saliva drooled upon the leather, forming a shape like an undiscovered continent, and I wiped it quickly away. I felt an importance that I had never dreamed before” (Ellison 1168). The protagonist feel relieved of overcoming his fear and anxiety to speak about the importance of the struggles that distinguish African Americans from social reform (Hobson

The experience impacts on the race relations of social and political issues that the protagonist faced towards the white American society. His story illustrates the idea of going through the struggles to have justice in the community. Ellison describes in the battle royal scene the painful years of the protagonist living under the rules of the white supremacy that has effect on the character’s life. The invisible man illustrates the African Americans being tortured out of cruelty because their race was subjected to stereotyping and not equality. The protagonist’s journey expresses his devotion of speaking up for equality to be civilized in the modern world (Podhoretz 29). Ralph Ellison did not only expose motivation of black culture,