The Invisible Man: Summary
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In the novel, The Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison, written
in 1952, a young black man's struggle to find an identity in a harsh and
very manipulative society is exemplified. The narrator's experience and
struggles are often expressed through the memory of his grandfather's words,
the people he has ....
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.... memory of his grandfather's last words in which he claims
to have been a traitor to his own people and urges his son to "overcome `em
with yeses, undermine `em with grins, agree `em to death and destruction,
let `em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open." These words remain
imprinted in the narrator's mind throughout the book, although he never
fully understands their meaning. His grandfather's words eventually serve
as catalyst for his subsequent disillusionments, the first of which o ....
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