Stages of Visibility in Invisible Man :: Invisible Man Essays

Stages of Visibility in camouflaged Man         In Ralph Ellisons novel, Invisible Man, the main character goes through many situations trying to discover himself.  The main character, the bank clerk, thinks that he is a very important person.  He thinks that his ideas will edit an hold back to all the racial stereotypes in the world.  The narrator does not do that he is virtually nonexistent to everyone. The narrator goes through three states of sociality  inconspicuous, translucent, and visible.         At first, the narrator thinks of himself as being visible, however, he is actually totally invisible to everyone he meets.  Hardly anything he does is accepted by the whites.  He thinks raft want to listen to him and that they look up to his views.  He is notably na&239ve, and even admits to it.  He forms and idea of what he wants to be when he is expelled from college. That was when he realized he was not very important to anyone.         During the middle of the novel, the narrators visibleness fluctuates this symbolizes a change.  He is slowly realizing that he is really invisible to everyone.  When the narrator was speaking with Mr. Emerson about a job, Mr. Emerson said ...I happen to know of a possible job at Liberty Paints.  My father has sent some(prenominal) fellows there...You should try-- and the narrators reply was a shut door.  This shows that the narrator knows he is not simply visible or important to everyone.  He had then realized that he is just a player in a game.         In the end of the novel, the narrator sees that he is visible only to certain people.  Nobody cares what he does, as long as he does what is expected.  Towards the end of the novel, the narrator shows that he understands his status with the white people when he refuses to consent to