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    Invisible Man: Prologue

    Ralph Ellison

    Plot Summary
    Narrator rejects society and lives in an underground room lit by 1,369 bulbs (Bloom) Narrator steals the heat and electricity from Monopolated Light & Power, who cannot find the source of the power drain narrator invisible (Bloom) Narrator recalls mugging a man for insulting him, but the man does not "see" the narrator as who he is: narrator is only a nightmare (Bloom)

    Quotes

    Is Your Compu

    ter Damaging

    Your Eyes?

    "That invisibility to which I refer occurs because of a peculiar disposition of the eyes of those with whom I come in contact. A matter of the construction of their inner eyes, those eyes with which they look through their physical eyes upon reality" (Ellison 3).

    Quotes
    "Without light I am not only invisible, but formless as well; and to be unaware of one's form is to live a death. I myself, after existing some twenty years, did not become alive until I discovered my invisibility" (Ellison 7).

    Invisible Man? | A Space for Thought

    Theme White vs. Black


    The separation of white and black is a major theme The white people are society and is referred to as "them" The narrator is invisible because "they"' refuse to see him beyond the color of his skin The narrator is struggles to find his worth in "'their" world

    Theme Identity
    The Narrator searches to find his identity Narrator is lost and is invisible to society Narrator needs objects, such as light to confirm his identity

    Motifs
    Identity:

    Jazz@Rochester: Jazz Around Town

    Music helps the narrator find his identity Narrator listens to music to understand himself and find his form "Perhaps I like Louis Armstrong because he's made poetry out of being invisible. I think it must be because he's unaware that he is invisible. And my own grasp of invisibility aids me to understand his music" (Ellison).

    Motifs
    Identity:
    Narrator constantly surrounds himself with light Narrator describes light as truth Light gives narrator a form, confirming his identity, and reminds him that he is not completely invisible "Perhaps you'll think it strange that an invisible man should need light, desire light, love light. But maybe it is exactly because I am invisible. Light confirms my reality, gives birth to my form" (Ellison).

    Work Cited for Text


    Bloom, Harold, ed. "Invisible Man." Invisible Man, Bloom's Guides. New York: Chelsea House Publishing, 2008.

    Bloom's Literary Reference Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE54&SID=5&iPin= BGIM014&SingleRecord=True (accessed May 29, 2013). Ellison, Ralph. "Invisible Man." Invisible Man. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 May 2013. <tanier.weebly. com/uploads/3/7/7/4/3774406/invisible_man_-_full_text.pdf>. Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. New York: Vintage Books, 1995. Print.

    Work Cited for Pictures


    "Invisible Man? | A Space for Thought." A Space for Thought | stories, reflections, and photographs. N. p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2013.
    "Is Your Computer Damaginig Your Eyes." Technology Bloggers. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 May 2013. <www. technologybloggers.org >. "Jazz@Rochester: Jazz Around Town." Jazz@Rochester. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2013. <http://www. jazzrochester.com/jazz_around_town/>.

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