Social Inequality In Invisible Man, By Ralph Ellison
As previously mentioned in the previous passages, Ellison uses the metaphor of electricity to point out social inequalities in Invisible Man,he does not solely downplays the oppression of blacks by whites but points out that this racial inequality is due to the lack of understanding and communication between races which makes racism inescapable. The Battle Royal episode presents the invisible man as a victim of white oppression. His struggle to electricity during the Battle Royal can be seen as a rejection of Otherness, as a straight and physical response to the dominant oppressive power of the white