Invisible Man Struggles

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In the Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison, our main character struggles to find his place in society. Throughout the novel, he finds himself in "power-struggles". At the beginning of the novel, we see the narrator as a student in an African-American college. He plays a large role in the school as an upstanding student. Later, we see the Invisible Man once again as an important member of an organization known as the Brotherhood. In both situations he is working, indirectly, to have a place in a changing world of homogony. In each circumstance he finds himself deceived in a "white man's world".

The Invisible man originally wanted to graduate from his college to be a professor, perhaps even the president of the college. His dream and life as he …show more content…

Bledsoe promises the Invisible Man letters of recommendation to white businessmen in New York. He finds that in truth the letters are mocking him and stating that he will never be invited back to the college again. Bledsoe masks his "respect" for the white man, signing the letter, "Respectfully, I am your humble servant". This power struggle between the white man, the powerful black man, and the black citizen is a twisted circle of trying to please the …show more content…

It is interesting to see how Invisible Man yearns for a place in society. He ignores his roots, and wants to become a part of the changing America. Although he is a black man and speaks of it frequently, he seems to forget that he is an African American. It is also interesting that the white people trick him. Bledsoe has managed to play an upstanding role in the white world. It is the Invisible man who suffers because he fails to recognize the false equality and separation between blacks and whites. Brother Jack also tricks him into believing that he thinks equality is the future. In reality, Brother Jack has deceived him. He believes that the white man is more powerful. His ideology of equality is

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