Literary Devices In Invisible Man

“I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.” In the book, “Invisible Man”, what did Ellison mean by this statement? Identifying the era of the literature, helps you understand why the man is invisible. Knowing the different languages and symbols in the book can be compared to what is going on today. Let’s discuss the character’s actions and rolls played within’ the reading. Also, what does acceptance mean to the reader; when reading the text. Within’ this literary analysis, I will be comparing between the era of which the book was written and today’s society. As well as the issues of African American identity failure. First, why do people refuse to see the man? Knowing the era of when the book was written the language shows colored males were not respected too well. I was having different thoughts about the text considering
Identifying these different characteristics helps me understand what elders mean when saying or quoting, “Life recycles itself,” comparing what goes on in the book to life today. Reading the chapters, there are certain areas that remind me as the reader of slavery. And I’m not speaking of slavery to the full affect, but to the extent that African Americans were working to please whites. Furthermore, during the first few chapters you can understand how racism has a big effect of the main character’s life. The things that the character goes through concerning racism is pretty much the same as what is affecting people’s lives today. One example of racism; is in the first chapter, while the protagonist was giving his “great speech” in front of a room full of important “whites”; no one showed