Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison, is a novel about the Black experience in America, about race, and indeed about one man’s journey to find truth and identity. The narrator, who throughout the novel remains anonymous, comes from a Southern family who believes that there is truth is the phrase “separate but equal.” On his graduation day he gives a speech stressing Black submission as a way to gain advancement. His eloquence, scholarship and humility …showed first 75 words of 1353 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1353 total…and one of Clifton’s dolls, he finds the paper Brother Jack wrote with his brotherhood name and matched the handwriting to that of the anonymous letter. He falls asleep and dreams of Bledsoe, Norton, Jack and Ras all mocking him. He decides to stay underground. Because he is invisible and won’t be missed. He only exists as people thought he did. He is a mere reflection of the world’s opinion of him.