An Analysis Of Bildungsroman In Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man

Bildungsroman is a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character. In life we don’t thrive when things are facile; we thrive when we face challenges. Life greatest moments are usually learned at the lowest times and from the worst mistakes. In the Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, demonstrates the evolution of the protagonist as he goes through the struggles during racial times in the 1950’s. Crash Course describes the struggle of the narrator and how, “at every turn, the narrator finds that the things he believes in most deeply turn out to be not what they seem” (Crash Course). After losing Dr. Bledsoe rust at his dream school. The narrator was sent by Dr. Bledsoe to move up North to work. Where he experiences a socially, diverse community in the North. The narrator abandons his path, from seeking to find his true identity, by joining the brotherhood. It takes courage to grow up and become who you are really are and you …show more content…
Norton one of the wealthy white trustees at the college. One day he was driving Mr. Norton around to show him the magnificent campus and its beauty. Then Mr. Norton mentions that he knows the campus very well because he is one of the biggest donors to the school. Making that clear, the narrator leaves campus area and drives down a road, that has rundown cabins. The narrator felt like a fool, knowing that the campus most disgraceful person lives in one of those cabins. The narrator filled with sorrow, told Mr.Norton that, “It was cabin of Jim Trueblood, a sharecropper who had brought disgrace upon the black community” (Ellison 46). He fails to listen to himself instead he listens to Mr. Norton. Making himself feel like a fool, knowing that he should n’t have taken Mr. Norton down that path nor himself, he put his reputation in jeopardy. Showing he has a sense of regretness in his mind shows that he can learn from his mistakes and continue to strive for success in his