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.