Invisible Man
Invisible Man Essay Topic #9
The invisible man is a novel diving deep into the social and political issues of society. While doing so, it follows the experiences and obstacles of one particular blank man who is the “invisible man” (IM). Chapter to chapter, he comes across a new individual who has a completely different definition of him and that gives him a completely different role to play in society. By the end of the novel, the invisible man has a sense of moral reconciliation and he has some sense of his identity. His interactions with other characters, along with his attitude, and the use of several literary techniques used by the author make this moral reconciliation completely evident and obvious. In the epilogue, the IM realizes everything that has happened and can distinguish between the lessons that he has learned. The book shows a long, tedious, and struggling transition from an IM to someone on their way to an identity. Throughout the entire novel the IM suffered from alienation from whites and blacks. One of the first occurrences happened to be from doctor Bledsoe, the college president. He trusted Bledsoe, especially seeing as he was another black man and had the utmost respect for him. Although Bledsoe got the IM kicked out of the university, Bledsoe was not very different from the IM. Bledsoe was a black man playing his “role” for whites, but he was corrupt. He had a false sense of power and he was okay with that. He knew that if he did what whites wanted him to do and showed white what they wanted to see he would be happy. Despite the selfish and hypocritical views of doctor Bledsoe, Bledsoe greatly influenced the IM by setting a bad example. Although it might not have been immediately after his interactions with Bledsoe the IM learned a valuable lesson from Bledsoe. Eventually he learned that the only way he was truly going to realize an identity was going to be by being an individual. Mary Rambo was also a very influential figure to the
The invisible man is a novel diving deep into the social and political issues of society. While doing so, it follows the experiences and obstacles of one particular blank man who is the “invisible man” (IM). Chapter to chapter, he comes across a new individual who has a completely different definition of him and that gives him a completely different role to play in society. By the end of the novel, the invisible man has a sense of moral reconciliation and he has some sense of his identity. His interactions with other characters, along with his attitude, and the use of several literary techniques used by the author make this moral reconciliation completely evident and obvious. In the epilogue, the IM realizes everything that has happened and can distinguish between the lessons that he has learned. The book shows a long, tedious, and struggling transition from an IM to someone on their way to an identity. Throughout the entire novel the IM suffered from alienation from whites and blacks. One of the first occurrences happened to be from doctor Bledsoe, the college president. He trusted Bledsoe, especially seeing as he was another black man and had the utmost respect for him. Although Bledsoe got the IM kicked out of the university, Bledsoe was not very different from the IM. Bledsoe was a black man playing his “role” for whites, but he was corrupt. He had a false sense of power and he was okay with that. He knew that if he did what whites wanted him to do and showed white what they wanted to see he would be happy. Despite the selfish and hypocritical views of doctor Bledsoe, Bledsoe greatly influenced the IM by setting a bad example. Although it might not have been immediately after his interactions with Bledsoe the IM learned a valuable lesson from Bledsoe. Eventually he learned that the only way he was truly going to realize an identity was going to be by being an individual. Mary Rambo was also a very influential figure to the