Invisible Man Ralph Ellison Character Analysis

In the novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, the nameless protagonist's faces internal and external situations that caused him to have a changed state of awareness for the things surrounding him. He faced many of his own people whom had different views of the world that is full of racism and inequality. He struggles in facing discouragements of his own people alone; this soon alternates his consciousness into the mindset that his grandfather had encouraged, to be someone who fights for equality. Ralph Ellison developed the character’s internal and external struggles by harnessing excitement, suspense, and climax throughout the character’s adventure in finding his freedom amongst the whites. The narrator is stating that fighting racism and the …show more content…
When he was set free, he felt suppressed by fear, fear of the white people, for they had been in control of his life until now. His grandfather regretted this and told the protagonist to not live in fear for he should look for his own path. He thought that “The old man's words were like a curse” because anything good that happens to him he feels guilty for after. The author harnessed this excitement by using it as a way to show that the black people are used as entertainment. The narrator attended an event where they permitted to present his speech. The white citizens who attended were men who well known politicians, whom abuse children at their luxury for they had allowed these children to play a psychotic game for their entertainment of the night. At the end, even though he lost they told him to give the speech that no one was paying attention until they heard the word “equality.” He said “The laughter hung smoke like in the sudden stillness...They shouted hostile phrases at me. This shows how the white people who attended the event are ignorant to the phrase equality and freedom, which is the 13th …show more content…
He was overwhelmed by the chaos that he soon joined in because he did not know what else to do. Ras, a man who fights for the same cause as the Brotherhood utilizes violence rather then words, betrayed him. The author utilizes this as the climax because as the narrator was running from the police, sees the true nature of his own people and the white people. He tried to understand the situation he was in but no one helped him. His conscious changes and he becomes aware that they are all playing into the white peoples stereotypes for that will prove that they are inferior to them. His mind set changes, knowing that he can never truly be free just by speaking; he needs to fight for what he believes in. This reverts to his grandfather’s last words that were full of regret; the narrator does not want to be like him; to die full of