A Personal Point of View

This book is written in first person, the man living through the situation is the same man telling it. this is what makes the readers sympathize with him, what makes us like him. the wording of the book turns this man into an amiable character, a friend if you may, every time he gets hurt we get mad and every time he gets rewarded we are happy for him. I believe that this is the reason why people fall in love with this book, we want to see our friend through this tough times of his life.

Consequently the subject of slavery and racism is one that has marked world history deeply since it began and many people have suffered from it, or their family has suffered from it, but absolutely everyone in the world knows about it. This is why people can relate to it in diferent levles. Some people who have been ensalved or who's family has sffered from slavery will identify with the book and imideatley form an attatchement to it. But, people who only know about slavery from text books will get a fel of what it really feels like through the character in the book "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Like a Bucket of Cold Water

Our character attends the towns meeting and is quite anxious and looking forward to giving his speech to all this important people. Therefore, while looking forward to this opportunity he never takes into account that white men despise black men and like to make fun of and mistreat them. He gets reminded of this cold truth when he is forced to participate in the "battle royal", an activity that consists of throwing several blind folded black men into a ring and make them beet each other up while the white men observe and insult them. It is when he is forced to participate in this violent activity that his tone turns from optimistic to gloomy, he goes from having an intellectual future to being a dog.

Nevertheless, he does as he is told because that is what he has been told to do all his life. But, as the reader we get an inside look into the deception that he feels to see the tables turn on him in such a way, he goes from a hopeful optimistic to a gloomy mistreated dog. 

Straight from the heart

Ralph Ellison's novel "Invisible Man" talks about slavery in its worst moments. The main character is an optimist man, a black man, who is recently graduating school and looking for a place in the world. being the optimist that he is the first few pages of the book are written in an optimistic tone, the character believes that he has struck the chance of his life when he gets invited to give his graduation speech "at a gathering of the leading white citizens". The prospect of being able to give his speech to all of the important men of the town made him feel as though he had cut a break, like he would be able to impress him with his abilities and move up in the world.