1.“And I love light. Perhaps you’ll think it strange that an invisible man should need light” (page 6, chapter 1)
The invisible utilizes a mocking and ironic tone to tell the audiences that he actually loves light as an invisible man. This “ironic” fact can be a foreshadow to the end of the story where the invisible man is ready to emerge from the underground and return to the lightness of the public world. Also, the invisible man’s obsession to light can indicate that he is never entirely invisible, and there are always some aliveness and purpose inside his heart that require him to take his time to discover and identify. 2. “He lay like a figure of chalk. I shook him gently, feeling dread within me. He barely breathed. I shook …show more content…
The unity of invisibleness indicates that part of the narrator’s fate is to be ignored as an invisible man in this unequal society because he is black. In this quote, Ralph Ellison strengthens the sense of invisibleness by saying the narrator shouts his name “in the roar of the furnaces”, showing that it is difficult for people to hear his name due to it is covered by the noise of the furnaces, which can be a reflection of the society because many people ignore the identity of the African American at that …show more content…
Brockway belongs as a paranoid person who is deeply influenced by his worry that someone may attempt to take his job. By connecting Mr. brockway with the shadow, Ralph Ellison vividly presents this character’s negativity and his gloomy influence to the environment as well as the people around him (the narrator in this scenario). Besides, brightness also plays a role of metaphor in this quote to describe the environment after Mr. Brockway’s leaving. The utilization of brightness as a metaphor shows a sense of relief in the atmosphere and the narrator’s feeling, and it indicates the fact that the environment will become lively and hopeful when such a negative character is
The invisible utilizes a mocking and ironic tone to tell the audiences that he actually loves light as an invisible man. This “ironic” fact can be a foreshadow to the end of the story where the invisible man is ready to emerge from the underground and return to the lightness of the public world. Also, the invisible man’s obsession to light can indicate that he is never entirely invisible, and there are always some aliveness and purpose inside his heart that require him to take his time to discover and identify. 2. “He lay like a figure of chalk. I shook him gently, feeling dread within me. He barely breathed. I shook …show more content…
The unity of invisibleness indicates that part of the narrator’s fate is to be ignored as an invisible man in this unequal society because he is black. In this quote, Ralph Ellison strengthens the sense of invisibleness by saying the narrator shouts his name “in the roar of the furnaces”, showing that it is difficult for people to hear his name due to it is covered by the noise of the furnaces, which can be a reflection of the society because many people ignore the identity of the African American at that …show more content…
Brockway belongs as a paranoid person who is deeply influenced by his worry that someone may attempt to take his job. By connecting Mr. brockway with the shadow, Ralph Ellison vividly presents this character’s negativity and his gloomy influence to the environment as well as the people around him (the narrator in this scenario). Besides, brightness also plays a role of metaphor in this quote to describe the environment after Mr. Brockway’s leaving. The utilization of brightness as a metaphor shows a sense of relief in the atmosphere and the narrator’s feeling, and it indicates the fact that the environment will become lively and hopeful when such a negative character is