The Invisible Man written by Ralph Ellison and The Awakening written by Kate Choplin has many universal themes. Coming from two different time periods in American history, it seems like the Black man and the white woman seemed to suffer from identity crisis and the dominance of society more so from the white man.
Identity has been portrayed throughout the two novels. Written in different time period but seem to face the same problems. In The Invisible Man the narrator struggles with his own identity and expresses himself of being invisible. "I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. (Prologue.1)". The narrator is telling about his past and future he goes on to say that throughout his whole life he has felt this way …show more content…
The narrators perspective of love is not in his life because the fear of actually loving something will not only put it in danger but also distract him from completing his task that he has set out accomplish. The narrator uses hate as a motivation through the novel The Invisible Man. But it is clearly seen that love and hate has a tight bond through the story. Later in the novel the narrator realizes otherwise that he needed to approach many things with love and hate. "And I defend because in spite of all I find that I love. In order to get some of it down I have to love. I sell you no phony forgiveness, I 'm a desperate man – but too much of your life will be lost, its meaning lost, unless you approach it as much through love as through hate. So I approach it through division so I denounce and I defend and I hate and I love. (Epilogue.28)" The main character in The Awakening Edna came to find freedom mentally and began to excersise her rights as a women. But falling to prioritize the important things. Instead she falls in love with another man, who is also married, but can 't seemed to face society and leave her alone. Throughout the book a women dressed in all black is spotted following the young couple. Foreshadowing that love always doesn 't last forever. "The lovers were just entering the grounds of the pension. They were leaning toward each other as the wateroaks bent from the sea. There was not a particle of earth beneath their feet. Their heads might have been turned upside-down, so absolutely did they tread upon blue ether. The lady in black, creeping behind them, looked a trifle paler and more jaded than usual.
Identity has been portrayed throughout the two novels. Written in different time period but seem to face the same problems. In The Invisible Man the narrator struggles with his own identity and expresses himself of being invisible. "I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. (Prologue.1)". The narrator is telling about his past and future he goes on to say that throughout his whole life he has felt this way …show more content…
The narrators perspective of love is not in his life because the fear of actually loving something will not only put it in danger but also distract him from completing his task that he has set out accomplish. The narrator uses hate as a motivation through the novel The Invisible Man. But it is clearly seen that love and hate has a tight bond through the story. Later in the novel the narrator realizes otherwise that he needed to approach many things with love and hate. "And I defend because in spite of all I find that I love. In order to get some of it down I have to love. I sell you no phony forgiveness, I 'm a desperate man – but too much of your life will be lost, its meaning lost, unless you approach it as much through love as through hate. So I approach it through division so I denounce and I defend and I hate and I love. (Epilogue.28)" The main character in The Awakening Edna came to find freedom mentally and began to excersise her rights as a women. But falling to prioritize the important things. Instead she falls in love with another man, who is also married, but can 't seemed to face society and leave her alone. Throughout the book a women dressed in all black is spotted following the young couple. Foreshadowing that love always doesn 't last forever. "The lovers were just entering the grounds of the pension. They were leaning toward each other as the wateroaks bent from the sea. There was not a particle of earth beneath their feet. Their heads might have been turned upside-down, so absolutely did they tread upon blue ether. The lady in black, creeping behind them, looked a trifle paler and more jaded than usual.