Invisible Man, a 1950s novel written by Ralph Ellison, charmed the nation by sophisticatedly documenting the life of an African American. As a young, nameless man searches for his individual identity, a variety of men attempt to impede his journey. Because the man is young and inexperienced, powerful men can manipulate him like a Sambo doll without much effort. Each time authoritative men control the invisible man, he is blind to the deception and betrayal. As the man gains experience, events repeat
The narrator’s absence of identity is primary presented in the prologue when he says “I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me”. This shows how humanity is portrayed in which peoples identity are changed through lies, racism and blindness. Identity is defined as “the set of meanings that define who one is when one is an