The First Chapter In Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

The first chapter of Ralph Ellison’s novel, Invisible Man, is the thesis of the main themes, motifs, characters, and etc. that are seen throughout the book. The first sentence of the book starts with the main character reflecting on his past saying “it goes back some 20 years”, this is the telling sign that the start is essentially the end. As the main character progresses through the first chapter he starts to bring up rather daunting subjects such as his who he is as a person and who he self identifies as, the main character states that he is ‘invisible’ but he elaborates that being invisible is not socially advantageous but rather unequal because of being black in the south he is not seen as an equal human. The main character is told who