Identity And Self In Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man

The leading character of Ellison’s “The invisible man” remains unseen as the novel develops. Throughout the novel the unknown character’s self-development changes both tempo and beat as the novel unfolds. Rather like the invisible man, the progressing musical beat that flows throughout the invisible man may not be visible, yet it is clearly felt and heard. The main theme within the invisible man is the constant form of invisibility. Ellison explores the use of music such as in the form of jazz and improvisation. These are moments or experiences where invisibility takes control. Although signifies a chance for the protagonist to escape reality, allowing for the exploration of one’s true identity. “Ellison uses various incidents to show the Invisible Man's sensibility to the conflict of black men trying to find their sense of identity and self and also the ugly reality of the …show more content…
While all of this is happening, the blacks are striving to have power like the whites. The narrator accepts all of the chaos in his life as reality starts to set in. The Invisible Man now realizes this while he is stuck in this hole, and doesn’t want to be dull no longer like some of the people that have been in and out of his life. Often times we fail to see the major corruption of our society because our human nature causes us to want to see the good in people rather than the bad. Everyone has a good side but it’s up to you to look past the bad in order to see the good. Everyone in life has to get through certain milestones and there are stereotypes against everyone in society. Whether it be your skin, religion, house, or money it doesn’t matter because no one is free from stereotypes. We all want to see the good in everyone and not focus on the bad, but often times it’s hard. If we eliminated stereotypes the world would be a way better