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A review by thechanelmuse
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
5.0
Vision versus blindness. Social conditioning. Ideologies. The nature of self-interested power. Power structures. Stereotypes. Idolization. "Playing the game."
This masterful debut novel by Ralph Ellison is layered with themes, symbols and motifs (the briefcase, the Liberty Paints factory, and the sambo figures to name a few) that are used to reflect the shaping of the nameless narrator's ethnic and cultural identity on the heels of self-discovery and maintaining/shifting power in various ways. Ellison bodied this.
This masterful debut novel by Ralph Ellison is layered with themes, symbols and motifs (the briefcase, the Liberty Paints factory, and the sambo figures to name a few) that are used to reflect the shaping of the nameless narrator's ethnic and cultural identity on the heels of self-discovery and maintaining/shifting power in various ways. Ellison bodied this.